Acute stroke in familial Mediterranean fever: An analysis of 23 new cases and systematic review of the literature.

Objective: The nature of neurovascular involvement in cases of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) has not been adequately clarified.

Methods And Patients: Clinical features, infarct topography, vascular status, and stroke etiology were prospectively determined in 35 acute neurovascular events that occurred in 23 FMF patients. Clinicoradiological features were compared with an age- and gender-matched control group of 115 acute stroke patients.

Comparison of early- and late-phase CT angiography findings in brain death.

Background: Late-phase images on computed tomography angiography (CTA), traditionally used for assessing cerebral circulatory arrest in brain death, suffer from suboptimal diagnostic yield due to stasis filling. Herein, we assessed contrast filling in individual intracranial arteries and veins in the early and late phases of CTA in patients with clinically confirmed brain death.

Methods: Contrast opacification within 28 arterial/venous segments was evaluated in both phases of CTA in 79 patients.

Spectrum of EEG Findings in Patients with Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis and Seizures: Correlation with Neurodiagnostic Results and Outcome.

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LC) is a devastating condition in patients with systemic malignancies or primary brain tumors. Although much is known about neuro-radiologic investigations, there is very little information about EEG findings in these patients. Whether EEG is correlated with cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results and survival has not been investigated.

Life After Tetra Hit: Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis After HSV Encephalitis in a NMOSD Coexistent with Sjögren's Syndrome.

Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) and anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis are associated entities. On the contrary, although both are autoimmune diseases, the association of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and anti-NMDAR encephalitis is not well explained. Herein, we present consecutively developed post-herpetic anti-NMDAR encephalitis in a patient with the coexistence of NMOSD and Sjogren syndrome.

Isolated spinal cord granulomatous angiitis: a case report and review of the literature.

Introduction: Isolated spinal cord angiitis (ISCA) is very rare disease. But, it is frequently encountered in the differential diagnosis of atypical spinal cord syndromes.

Case Presentation And Review Of The Literature: We present a 31-year-old male who presented with progressive paraparesis, and diagnosed with pathologically confirmed ISCA.

Frequency and Types of Complications Encountered in Patients With Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus in the Neurological ICU: Impact on Outcome.

. The frequency and types of complications in patients with nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) who are followed up in the intensive care unit (ICU), and the impact of these complications on outcome are not well-known. We investigated the complications and their effects on prognosis in NCSE patients.

Factors associated with fingolimod rebound: A single center real-life experience.

Background It is still controversial whether the relapse experienced after discontinuation of fingolimod treatment is a rebound. Increasing cases of rebound have been reported in the literature. The rate of fingolimod rebound in patients after fingolimod cessation is reported between 5% and 52%.