Syndrome of transient headache and neurologic deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis masquerading as meningitis in HIV patient.

Syndrome of transient headache and neurologic deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis (HaNDL syndrome) is described as "headache attributed to noninfectious inflammatory disease" featuring, as its name suggests, headache that mimics migraine in addition to neurologic symptoms such as hemiparesis, hemiparesthesia and dysphagia. We report a case of a 50-year-old African-American female who presented with headache, malaise and subsequent hemiparesis. Despite bearing a close resemblance to an acute episode of meningitis clinically, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis of the patient was only positive for isolated elevation in white cell count.

Warfarin-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis and proteinuria.

Warfarin is typically prescribed for patients with thromboembolic diseases and atrial fibrillation. In addition to the complications of bleeding, allergic skin reaction is one of its rare adverse effects. We herein report a case of a 79 year old male patient with leukocytoclastic vasculitis and proteinuria secondary to warfarin.

Gastrostomy tube migration complicated with acute pancreatitis: Two case reports with review of literature.

The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube is an important method of providing enteral nutrition to patients with swallowing disorders and those who need long-term enteral nutritional support. The association between PEG tube migration and acute pancreatitis is rare and was previously described in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, only 11 cases have been reported in the literature.

Bilateral thalamic stroke due to occlusion of the artery of Percheron in a patient with a patent foramen ovale.

The artery of Percheron (AOP) is a rare vascular variant in which a single dominant thalamoperforating artery arises from the P1 segment and bifurcates to supply both paramedian thalami. Occlusion of this uncommon vessel results in a characteristic pattern of bilateral paramedian thalamic infarcts with or without mesencephalic infarctions. We report a case of a 37-year-old man with acute bilateral thalamic infarcts.