Refractory Immune-Mediated Cysticercal Meningitis and Role of B Cell Depleting Therapy.

Background: Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis (NCC) commonly presents with symptoms of raised intracranial pressure such as headache, nausea, vomiting, or delirium. Intraventricular NCC is frequently associated with obstructive hydrocephalus as well as recurrent inflammatory cascade leading to chronic meningitis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to report the novel use and benefit of B cell depleting therapy in a case of treatment-refractory cysticercal meningoencephalitis.

Clinicodemographic profile, management, and treatment outcomes in advanced retinoblastoma at a tertiary care center in North India.

Purpose: The study was undertaken to look into the clinicodemographic profile, management, and clinical outcomes of advanced retinoblastoma at a tertiary care center.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted from Jan 2019 to Dec 2022. Forty-two patients of intraocular advanced retinoblastoma were assessed.

Correlation of CT perfusion with MRI brain in symptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

Background: Cerebral white matter disease and large vessel cerebral steno-occlusive are both associated with high incidence of strokes and mortality. There is a lack of literature correlating the cerebral perfusion downstream of a stenotic lesion with white matter changes in the cerebral hemispheres. The aim of this study was to correlate the white matter changes in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with computed tomography (CT) perfusion parameters in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis.

An unusual case of eosinophilia, myalgia and skin contractures: Shulman's disease revisited.

Shulman's disease (eosinophilic fasciitis) is a very rare autoimmune disorder with an unknown etiopathogenesis. During the initial period of disease, it usually causes limb and trunk edema followed by collagenous thickening of the subcutaneous fascia. Eosinophilia is a predominant laboratory finding during the initial phase of the disease and less prominent in the later phases.

Pulmonary cavitation in follow-up COVID 2019 cases: An etiological perspective.

Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global healthcare challenge that has caused morbidity and mortality at unprecedented levels. Since the post-COVID pulmonary complications are evolving and challenging, a study was carried out to assess pulmonary cavitation in follow-up COVID cases from an etiological perspective. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of pulmonary cavitation and describe its etiology and evolution in moderate and severe post-COVID pneumonia patients.