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A Case of Giant Cell Arteritis Presenting As Catastrophic Posterior Circulation Stroke: A Diagnostic Dilemma
We describe a case of a 75-year-old woman who presented with jaw claudication and temporal headache. A colour duplex ultrasonography and later biopsy of the temporal arteries confirmed GCA and she was commenced on oral steroids. She was subsequently readmitted with a new worsening vision of both eyes and confusion. Her brain images revealed acute bilateral vertebral artery thrombus with haemorrhagic transformation. She was loaded on intravenous steroids. The next day she developed vomiting, bilateral visual loss and a cardiac arrest from ventricular fibrillation. Following the return of spontaneous circulation, she was tak...
Source: Atherosclerosis - August 17, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Joshua Wong Siang Chan Ashit Shetty Source Type: research

Concurrent Cerebral, Splenic, and Renal Infarction in a Patient With COVID-19 Infection
Conclusion: In this case, a patient with multiple thrombotic events in the acute phase of COVID-19 infection, the delimitation of the inflammatory state through analytical markers as D-dimer helped to individualize the antithrombotic treatment (full anticoagulation or anticoagulation at intermediate doses plus antiplatelet treatment as used in our patient) and its duration. However, more data are needed to better understand the mechanisms and treatment of stroke in patients with COVID-19 infection.
Source: The Neurologist - May 1, 2022 Category: Neurology Tags: Case Report/Case Series Source Type: research

Neurological Involvement in Primary Systemic Vasculitis
Conclusion Neurological involvement is a common complication of PSV (Table 1), and neurologists play an important role in the identification and diagnosis of PSV patients with otherwise unexplained neurological symptoms as their chief complaint. This article summarizes the neurological manifestations of PSV and hopes to improve neuroscientists' understanding of this broad range of diseases. TABLE 1 Table 1. Common CNS and PNS involvements of primary systemic vasculitis. Author Contributions SZ conceived the article and wrote the manuscript. DY and GT reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors ...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Is Intracranial Arterial Involvement A Subgroup of Neuro-Behcet Syndrome? (P5.035)
Conclusion:Neurological involvement in BS patients is generally due to venous inflammation. Intracranial arterial involvement in NBS is rare, but it should be kept in mind that it can occur during the course of the disease independent of other stroke risk factors.Disclosure: Dr. Zeydan has nothing to disclose. Dr. Uygunoglu has received personal compensation for activities with Merck Serono, Biogen Idec, Novartis and Allergan Inc. as an attendee at congresses or symposia. Dr. Tutuncu has nothing to disclose. Dr. Yalcinkaya has nothing to disclose. Dr. Altintas has received personal compensation for activities with The Scie...
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Zeydan, B., Uygunoglu, U., Tutuncu, M., Yalcinkaya, C., Altintas, A., Saipoglu, S., Siva, A. Tags: General Neurology IV Source Type: research