Giant Cell Arteritis Presenting With Multiple Cranial Neuropathies - Case Report.

Vision loss accounts for most ophthalmic presentations of giant cell arteritis (GCA), but an important minority of patients present with diplopia and other cranial neuropathies. Here we present the case of an 84-year-old woman with a prior history of multiple cancers who was admitted to our hospital after developing double vision. She was found to have mydriasis, ptosis, and ophthalmoplegia in the right eye (OD) consistent with a combined R CNIII/CNVI neuropathy, as well as highly elevated inflammatory markers.

Brain Abscess Complicating a Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Contusion.

A 63-year-old right-handed man was admitted to our hospital after sustaining a traumatic right-sided subdural hematoma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and temporal lobe hemorrhagic contusion. He was managed non-operatively and discharged without any neurologic deficits. Two weeks later he presented with worsening headaches and altered sensorium.

Chiari type I malformation: role of the Chiari Severity Index and Chicago Chiari Outcome Scale.

Objective: The authors aimed to determine whether the Chiari Severity Index (CSI), and other clinical variables, can be used as a predictor of postoperative outcomes for Chiari type I malformation (CM-I) using the modified Chicago Chiari Outcome Scale (mCCOS) as the postoperative measure.

Methods: The cohort included patients 18 years of age and younger who were treated for CM-I between 2010 and 2015 who had at least 12 months of clinical and radiographic follow-up. CSI grades were assigned using preoperative clinical and neuroimaging data.