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Nurses: The Missing Link in Continuous EEG Monitoring?
The past decade has been marked by the advent of continuous EEG (cEEG) monitoring, which is now recommended as the standard of care in numerous medical conditions seen in the neurologic intensive care unit (ICU).1,2 In clinical practice, its main indications are seizure detection, treatment monitoring, and prognostication in various conditions such as seizures/status epilepticus, ischemic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, encephalitis/sepsis-associated encephalopathy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, targeted temperature management, and cardiac arrest.2,3
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - October 11, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Jacq, G., Legriel, S. Tags: Practice Current, EEG Editorial Source Type: research

Human Herpesvirus 6 in the CSF of a Woman With New-Onset Seizures: Encephalitis or Genomic Integration?
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) can successfully integrate itself into the human genome, which may complicate the diagnosis of HHV-6 encephalitis. Headache and visual symptoms can rarely be caused by epileptic seizure (ictal headache and hemicrania epileptica).
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - October 11, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Wenner, A. M., Weitz, L., Ostertag, K., Hubmer, S., Springer, E., Stoiser, B., Baumgartner, C., Riederer, F. Tags: Encephalitis, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, EEG; see Epilepsy/Seizures Case Source Type: research

Varicella-Zoster Vasculopathy Causing Carotid Artery Dissection
This case raises the potential association between cervical arterial dissection and VZV vasculopathy. We advise angiographic imaging of neck vessels when VZV vasculopathy is suspected.
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - June 7, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Williams, L., Delaney, F., Kenny, G., Marnane, M., Kavanagh, E., Sheehan, G., Murphy, S. Tags: Encephalitis, Viral infections, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Carotid artery dissection Case Source Type: research

Looking ahead: The risk of neurologic complications due to COVID-19
The rapid spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has become a public health emergency of international concern. The outbreak was characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. The most characteristic symptom of patients with COVID-19 is respiratory distress. Some patients may also show neurologic signs and symptoms ranging from headache, nausea, vomiting, and confusion to anosmia, ageusia, encephalitis, and stroke. Coronaviruses are known pathogens with neuroinvasive potential. There is increasing evidence that coronavirus i...
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - August 9, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Perez, C. A. Tags: Viral infections, All global neurology, Public health, COVID-19 Commentary Source Type: research

Mumps encephalitis with bilateral hippocampal lesions preceding parotitis
Bilateral hippocampal lesions can be a feature in both infectious and autoimmune limbic encephalitis. Although rare, mumps meningoencephalitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of bilateral hippocampal lesions, especially in the presence of symptoms suggestive of systemic and/or CNS infection.
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - December 8, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Chee, Y. C., Ong, B. H. Tags: MRI, Encephalitis, All Clinical Neurology, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, EEG; see Epilepsy/Seizures Case Source Type: research

Cytomegalovirus encephalitis radiographically mimicking lateral medullary stroke
Cytomegalovirus encephalitis may demonstrate unique MRI characteristics that allow for earlier diagnosis and treatment.
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - December 10, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Li, D., van Gaal, S. Tags: MRI, Encephalitis, Viral infections, HIV, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke Case Source Type: research

Autoimmune limbic encephalitis in association with acute stroke
A 60-year-old woman with no known medical history presented with acute-onset altered mental status and aphasia. She was in her usual state of health until the time of presentation. She was found to have left middle and posterior cerebral artery (MCA and PCA) acute ischemic strokes and subsequently developed refractory status epilepticus. CT angiography showed moderate stenosis of the proximal left internal carotid artery (ICA), occlusion of the right ICA at its origin, and near-complete occlusion of the left vertebral artery (figure). Strokes were attributed to large-vessel atherosclerotic disease in the setting of multipl...
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - August 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Kaas, B., Zeiler, S. R., Bahouth, M. N., Llinas, R. H., Probasco, J. C. Tags: All Immunology, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke Case Source Type: research