An episode mimicking a versive seizure in acute bilateral pontine stroke.

Pontine ischemia usually results in focal deficits such as hemiparesis, facial palsy, dysarthria, disorders of eye movements or vertigo. Although rarely described, involuntary abnormal movements and "convulsions" due to pontine lesions can also occur. Here we describe a 67-year-old woman with hypertension who presented with a tonic movement mimicking a versive seizure in the acute phase of bilateral pontine ischemia.

[Therapeutic advances in neurology].

The neurology field has been greatly improved in 2008. The therapeutic window of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stoke is extended to 4 h 30. New studies show that the clinical progression of Parkinson's disease might be slowed by some medication.

[Neurology].

Neurology is a polymorphic discipline, with several subspecialties. In 2006, as in the previous years, a huge amount of scientific work focusing on treatment has been published. However, there has not been a true revolution in any of the current therapeutic strategies; rather, we experienced an improvement in the knowledge about several specific "details".