Coexistence of Multiple Sclerosis and Brain Tumor: An Uncommon Diagnostic Challenge.

Nonneoplastic demyelinating processes of the brain with mass effect on magnetic resonance imaging can cause diagnostic difficulties. It requires differential diagnosis between the tumefactive demyelinating lesion and the coexistence of neoplasm. We document the case of 41-year-old woman with clinical and radiological findings suggestive of multiple sclerosis.

Can we define severity of carpal tunnel syndrome by ultrasound?

Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common entrapment neuropathy. Diagnosis of CTS is usually based on a combination of clinical symptoms and electrodiagnostic study (EDS). Ultrasonography (US) also has been shown to be a useful diagnostic tool in CTS and is based on an increase in the median nerve cross-sectional area (CSA) at the level of the pisiform bone.

A comparison of the ultrasonographic median nerve cross-sectional area at the wrist and the wrist-to-forearm ratio in carpal tunnel syndrome.

Background: Electrophysiologic (EDX) study is the most valuable method in grading the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), but it is invasive and painful. We evaluated the efficacy of ultrasound for this purpose.

Materials And Methods: Eighty-one wrists of 52 consecutive patients with clinical evidences of CTS, confirmed and graded by EDX as mild, moderate, and severe, were examined by ultrasonography.

Comparative interrater reliability of Asian Stroke Disability Scale, modified Rankin Scale and Barthel Index in patients with brain infarction.

Background: This study tried to develop an Asian Stroke Disability Scale (ASDS) and compared its interrater reliability with modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and Barthel Index (BI).

Methods: Three items including self-care, mobility, and daily activities were selected as variables for development of the ASDS. The variables were provisionally graded on a 2- to 4-point scale based on the importance of each item.