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Central Poststroke Pain: Its Profile among Stroke Survivors in Kano, Nigeria.
CONCLUSION: Prevalence of CPSP following stroke is low. The clinical features are variable and can occur at a varied time and different intensities and locations. However, it majorly occurs within the first few months post stroke. PMID: 29056825 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Behavioural Neurology - October 25, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Bashir AH, Abdullahi A, Abba MA, Mukhtar NB Tags: Behav Neurol Source Type: research

Rate of Utilization and Determination of Withdrawal of Care among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patient Treated with Thrombolytics (P02.002)
CONCLUSIONS: Our results identify several individual and institution related factors that determine the use of "withdrawal of care" among thrombolytic treated ischemic stroke patients. The excessively high mortality and resource utilization mandates a more evidence based policy for "withdrawal of care" in these patients.Disclosure: Dr. Suri has nothing to disclose. Dr. Adil has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gilani has nothing to disclose. Dr. ATACH Investigators has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - February 14, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Suri, M. F., Adil, M., Gilani, W., Qureshi, A. Tags: P02 Ethics, Pain, and Palliative Care Source Type: research

Diagnosing Stroke in Acute Vertigo: The HINTS Family of Eye Movement Tests and the Future of the “Eye ECG”
Semin Neurol 2015; 35: 506-521DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1564298Patients who present to the emergency department with symptoms of acute vertigo or dizziness are frequently misdiagnosed. Missed opportunities to promptly treat dangerous strokes can result in poor clinical outcomes. Inappropriate testing and incorrect treatments for those with benign peripheral vestibular disorders leads to patient harm and unnecessary costs. Over the past decade, novel bedside approaches to diagnose patients with the acute vestibular syndrome have been developed and refined. A battery of three bedside tests of ocular motor physiology known as “HI...
Source: Seminars in Neurology - October 6, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Newman-Toker, David E.Curthoys, Ian S.Halmagyi, G. Michael Source Type: research

Acute Chest Pain and Paraparesis Illustrative Teaching Cases
Source: Stroke - April 27, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Raty, S., Rantanen, K., Sundararajan, S., Strbian, D. Tags: Acute Stroke Syndromes Illustrative Teaching Cases Source Type: research

Teaching NeuroImages: Acute isolated oculomotor nerve palsy of microvascular origin
A 73-year-old man presented with acute-onset, right-sided ptosis and pain above the right eye. His medical history noted hypertension and diabetes. On physical examination, an isolated right oculomotor palsy was noted with preserved pupillary function. An MRI scan revealed isolated swelling of superior, inferior, and medial rectus muscle at the right side (figure). No cause other than presumed microvascular oculomotor nerve ischemia was shown.1 In patients aged 50 years or older, isolated ocular motor nerve palsies are most likely due to microvascular ischemia, but other etiologies such as aneurysm, brainstem stroke, and m...
Source: Neurology - August 14, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: van den Wijngaard, I. R., Hagenbeek, R. E., Jellema, K., Lycklama a Nijeholt, G. J. Tags: MRI, Other cerebrovascular disease/ Stroke, All Clinical Neurology, Ocular motility RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research

Teaching NeuroImages: Concurrent hemifacial spasm and trigeminal neuralgia due to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia
A 64-year-old man reported a 2-week worsening of a 2-year history of paroxysmal, lancinating right facial pain and spasms. Head CT demonstrated a tortuous and ectatic vertebral-basilar system. MRI confirmed a dolichoectatic basilar artery that distorted the right trigeminal (figure 1) and facial nerve roots (figure 2). He failed conservative medical management including carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, and levetiracetam. He underwent Gamma Knife radiosurgery with few months of pain relief and was offered botulinum neurotoxin injection for spasms.
Source: Neurology - August 19, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Lakhan, S. E. Tags: Other cerebrovascular disease/ Stroke, All Movement Disorders, Trigeminal neuralgia RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research

Teaching NeuroImages: Ocular bruit in carotid-cavernous sinus fistula
A 57-year-old man who had a traffic accident 1 month previously presented with left ocular pain, double vision, and left eye proptosis with ptosis and conjunctival hemorrhage. Fundus showed dilated veins with no hemorrhages or disc edema. Left ocular motility showed complete external ophthalmoplegia (figure 1). There was prominent ocular bruit in his left eye (audio file on the Neurology® Web site at Neurology.org). MRI and magnetic resonance angiography showed a dilated left superior ophthalmic vein and an extravasation into cavernous sinus (figure 2). With chemosis, ophthalmoplegia, and retro-orbital pain, the auscul...
Source: Neurology - August 11, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Choi, J.-Y., Baek, S.-H., Jung, J.-M., Kwon, D.-Y., Park, M. H. Tags: All Imaging, Other cerebrovascular disease/ Stroke, Clinical neurology examination, All Neuro-ophthalmology RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research

Teaching NeuroImages: Carotid cavernous fistula in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
A 25-year-old woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV and history of spontaneous right petrous internal carotid artery dissection presents with severe headache, right eye pain with extraocular movements, proptosis, and chemosis of the right eye. She reported hearing her heartbeat in her right ear. CT angiogram (figure) revealed an engorged right ophthalmic vein. Subsequent digital subtraction angiography confirmed a carotid cavernous fistula along a previously dissected carotid artery.
Source: Neurology - August 28, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Liang, J. W., Horowitz, D. Tags: CT, Other cerebrovascular disease/ Stroke, Arteriovenous malformation, Carotid artery dissection RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research

Teaching NeuroImages: Acute infarction of the left medial lemniscus masquerading as a peripheral neuropathy
A 58-year-old woman with hypertension and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome presented with acute paresthesias in her right hand and foot. She had decreased sensation to vibration and pinprick in a right-sided stocking-glove distribution. MRI of the pons confirmed an acute infarction of a paramedian branch of the basilar artery in the left medial lemniscus (figure). In the posterior column pathway, sensory projections from the face, arm, and leg are somatotopically arranged medially to laterally within the medial lemniscus.1,2 Although strokes classically present with numbness, both thalamic and medial lemniscal infarcts can...
Source: Neurology - April 24, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Aamodt, W. W., Siegler, J. E., Elman, L. Tags: MRI, DWI, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Central pain, Infarction RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research

Teaching NeuroImages: Takayasu arteritis: Neuroimaging progression after immunosuppressant treatment
A 29-year-old woman presented with a 2-year history of heel pain, constitutional symptoms, and increased acute phase reactants. CT and magnetic resonance (MR) angiography revealed a thickening of aortic walls and a thread-like appearance of bilateral subclavian and common carotid arteries. The findings were consistent with Takayasu arteritis (TA)1 and the patient was prescribed methylprednisolone, followed by azathioprine. Follow-up MR angiography, 6 years later, showed an important improvement with only a mild luminal narrowing of both common carotid arteries (figures 1 and 2, A and B). TA is a large-artery inflammatory d...
Source: Neurology - May 15, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Martinez Rodriguez, L., Caminal Montero, L., Pena Suarez, J., Garcia-Cabo Fernandez, C., Calleja Puerta, S. Tags: MRI, Vasculitis, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research