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A 62-year-old woman developed neurologic deficits 7 months after pulmonary lobectomy for alveolar cell carcinoma of the lung. CT scan of the head demonstrated two metastases with marked peritumoral edema. Administration of Decadron, chemotherapy and 3,000 rad cranial radiation resulted in dramatic improvement of dysphasia and right hand paresis. Almost 2 months later, rhythmic, involuntary movements of the left hand developed. There was progression to multifocal seizures, grand mal seizures, postictal depression, status epilepticus, and coma, with death 9 days after onset of the movement disorder. Bronchoalveolar carcinoma was widely disseminated in lungs and bones, and as three metastases in brain. Bland "ischemic" necrosis in a pseudolaminar pattern was present in the neocortex. Innumerable Cowdry type A intranuclear inclusion bodies were seen in neurons, astrocytes, and oligodenodroglia. Immunofluorescence demonstrated Herpes simplex virus type 2 antigen and electron microscopy revealed virions with the morphology of the Herpes group. The case is significant for (1) the concurrence of intracranial metastases and Herpes simplex encephalitis, and (2) the causal agent, Herpes simplex virus type 2. The implication for the clinical neurocientist is the potential in a patient with systemic cancer, for the causation of neurologic complications by more than one factor or mechanism.
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PMID:Herpes simplex type 2 encephalitis concurrent with known cerebral metastases. 22 22

The authors report a case of epidermoid tumor of the lateral ventricle. Epidermoid tumors are relatively uncommon intracranial lesions and the one situated in the lateral ventricle has not been reported in this country. A 42 year old house wife was admitted to Asahi Central Hospital on February 14, 1973, complaining of progressive right hemiparesis for 2 years. The patient had no headache and no other symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. Neurological examination revealed disorientation, dyscalculia, amnestic aphasia, morter dysphasia, right facial paresis (central type) and right hemiparesis. The laboratory findings, which included complete blood count, serum electrolytes, urinalysis, electrocardiogram and blood Wassermann, were normal. Initial pressure of the spinal tap was 410 mmH2O and crystal clear CSF was obtained. tplain craniogram showed no calcification and was normal. The left CAG showed clearly the signs of the temporal lobe tumor (Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4.), but showed no early veins and no tumor stains. The brain scintigram was normal. A left temporo-parietooccipital craniotomy was performed. The epidural Echogram (horizontal section-Fig. 5, coronall section-Fig. 6) revealed the clear demarcated, multicystic round tumor in the inferior horn of the left lateral ventricle. After the whitesoap like tumor was totaly removed, the all interior surface of the left inferior horn of the lateral ventricle was seen (Fig. 8). Tumor was 5.5 cm in diameter and 50 g in weight. Histological findings of the tumor showed typical epidermoid (Fig. 9, 10). The origin of the intravetricular epidermoids and the usefulness of echo-encephalorgaphy were briefly discussed.
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PMID:[The epidermoid tumor of the lateral cerebral ventricle; report of a case (author's transl)]. 94 14

A case of mutism due to left hemisphere infarction is described. Recovery revealed mild motor dysphasia. Review of the literature showed that the case resembles aphemia but is unique by virtue of its duration, and the absence of associated apraxia and paresis.
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PMID:Mutism following left hemisphere infarction. 621 Mar 46

Thirty-four patients were submitted to the conventional cervical myelography by administration of metrizamide (Amipaque) through three routes (lumbar 23, suboccipital 6, C1-C2 lateral 5). After the injection of metrizamide (4-11 ml, 170-250 mgI/ml), all procedures of the cervical myelography were done as soon as possible within 9 minutes. The adverse reactions of Amipaque were observed in 29 cases (85%) out of 34 cases initially 1 hour after cervical myelography and disappeared completely in an average of 16 hours. The total number of the side effects was 140 incidences such as meningeal irritation (headache 18, nausea 17, vomiting 17), cerebellar signs (dizziness 11, dysarthria 8, tremor 5, bradylalia 2, dysmetria 2, tipsy feeling 2, dysdiadochokinesis 1), autonomic signs (flushing 7, pale face 4, fever 4, sweating 2, hiccup 2, fatigability 2, micturition disturbance 1), sensory signs (exacerbation of numbness 6, perioral numbness 3, back pain 1, chest pain 1), motor signs (focal muscle spasm 5, exacerbation of paresis 4, areflexia 1), psychiatric signs (dysphasia 3, disturbance of consciousness 2, euphoria 1, persecutory delusion 1) and muddiness 7. We observed that waxing and waning of side effects correlated tightly with transient cortical penetration of dye in CT and cortical dysfunction mainly slowing of the background activity and slow wave burst in EEG. According to high frequency of side effects in our study, we suggest that a greater incidence of side effects may result when high concentration of Amipaque comes in contact with the cerebral cortex by using an inadequate fluoroscopic table which has only fixed one plane image and rough positioning control. Slow absorption into blood stream may affect appearance and maintenance of side effects. In order to decrease side effects after Amipaque cervical myelography, we propose that we should introduce a mobile rotating chair coupled with high power image and chose C1-C2 lateral route using 1500-1700mgI of Amipaque.
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PMID:[Side effects of metrizamide (Amipaque) cervical myelography (author's transl)]. 711 May 15

Infusions of 5% albumin and/or dextran 40 in nine patients with acute ischemic neurological deficits reduced mean hematocrit values from 41% to 32%, raised mean central venous pressure from 4 to 12 cm H2O, and reduced mean arterial BP from 101 to 94 mm Hg. Six alert patients had ischemic structural damage on cranial computed tomography. All six alert patients with upper arm paresis objectively improved and two others with only dysphasia also improved within 24 hours after infusion initiation. Although the improvement in two patients seemed to be temporarily dependent on the continuing of the infusion, all eight alert patients were eventually weaned without loss of regained function. This report of neurological improvement during hypervolemic hemodilution suggests that augmentation of collateral perfusion secondary to reduced blood viscosity may rapidly relieve cerebral ischemia, impede infarction, and allow time for compensatory mechanisms to maintain blood flow above ischemic thresholds.
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PMID:Observations during hypervolemic hemodilution of patients with acute focal cerebral ischemia. 714 73

We report a 51-year-old man with mild left central facial palsy and left Avellis' syndrome due to a small medullary infarction. On admission, neurological examination revealed hoarseness, dysphasia, absent left gag reflex, palsies of the left vocal cord and left soft palate, and hypalgesia and thermohypesthesia on the right side of the trunk and extremities. In addition, he had a mild left central facial palsy. He had no nausea, vomiting, vertigo, hiccups, nystagmus, Horner's sign, facial numbness, or paresis or ataxia of the limbs. A T2 weighted MRI showed a small, high signal intensity area in the left dorsal region of the medulla and this lesion was presumed to involve the nucleus ambiguus and a part of the spinothalamic tract. These findings suggest that an aberrant supranuclear pathway, looping around the nucleus ambiguus to the facial nucleus exists in our patient.
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PMID:[A case of Avellis' syndrome with ipsilateral central facial palsy due to a small medullary infarction]. 1096 64

Surgical destruction of a portion of the ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus is currently the procedure of choice for the treatment of incapacitating tremor and rigidity of parkinsonism. Seventy-three patients were treated by 105 thalamotomies at the University of Alberta Hospital and assessed one to four years later for improvement of function in everyday activities. Fifty-six patients were improved, 12 were unchanged, and five had died. Only two of the deaths were related to the operation. Paresis was permanent in only one patient. Twenty-five patients had bilateral operations and 22 of these showed improvement of function. Contraindications to operation include serious cardiovascular disease, mental deterioration, and those parkinsonian patients whose disability is chiefly due to akinesia, oculogyric crisis, dysphasia or dysarthria.
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PMID:RESULTS OF THALAMOTOMY FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE. 1407 11

Migraine pathophysiology possibly involves deficient mitochondrial energy reserve and diminished cortical habituation. Using functional magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (fMRSI), we studied cortical lactate changes during prolonged visual stimulation to search for different pathophysiological mechanisms in clinically distinct subgroups of migraine with aura. Eleven healthy volunteers (HV) and 10 migraine patients were investigated interictally: five with visual aura (MA) and five with visual symptoms and at least one of the following: paraesthesia, paresis or dysphasia (MAplus). Using MRSI (Philips, 1.5 T) (1)H-spectra were repeatedly obtained from a 25 mm-thick slice covering visual and non-visual cortex, with the first and fifth measurements in darkness and the second to fourth with 8-Hz checkerboard stimulation. In MAplus lactate increased only during stimulation, only in visual cortex; in MA resting lactate was high in visual cortex, without further increase during stimulation. This is compatible with an abnormal metabolic strain during stimulation in MAplus, possibly due to dishabituation, and a predominant mitochondrial dysfunction in MA.
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PMID:MR-spectroscopic imaging during visual stimulation in subgroups of migraine with aura. 1595 37

The paper presents the case of a female, 36, hospitalised in the Lublin Regional Center of Clinical Toxicology, diagnosed with heavy ethylene glycol intoxication. The patient suffered from metabolic acidosis with pH at 6.6, bases shortage - 35,5 mmol/l, renal failure, acute respiratory failure, symptoms of CNS damage such as prolonged coma, followed by dysphasia and the lower limbs paresis persisting for a few weeks. During the treatment, ethanol was used as a competitive inhibitor of alcoholic dehydrogenase along with hemodialyses, intensive symptomatic treatment, care and rehabilitation. In spite of the severe course of the intoxication, the procedures employed with the patient resulted turned out to be effective, with total renal failure regression, lower limb paresis regression, speech function regain and regular motor apparatus function regain and the regaining of speech and regular motor apparatus functions. The case description proves that intensive therapy might lead to recovery even in cases of extreme metabolic acidosis.
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PMID:[Extremely severe metabolic acidosis and multi-organ complications in ethylene glycol intoxication: a case study]. 2201 Apr 58

We describe a case of a 56 year old man with no previous medical history who presented with sudden onset dyspnoea, expressive dysphasia, and right arm sensory loss and paresis. A diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary embolism and transient cerebral ischaemic attack was confirmed by CT pulmonary angiogram and MRI. Paradoxical embolism through an occult patent foramen ovale (PFO) was subsequently proven by contrast echocardiography. This case highlights a number of short and long-term management conundrums, that to date are incompletely addressed by clinical trials. These include timing of anticoagulation in patients with both venous thromboembolism and cerebral infarction, and the risk:benefit ratio of surgical closure of patent foramen ovale.
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PMID:Dyspnoeic dysphasia: a series of unfortunate events. 2211 Nov


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