Neurosyphilis presenting as new onset refractory status epilepticus: one of the multifarious faces of a great imitator.

Background: Neurosyphilis can present in a myriad of ways, making the suspicion and diagnosis of this disease a great challenge for the clinician.

Methods: We present a case of a 54-year-old patient who initially presented with cognitive changes and was eventually found to have new onset refractory status epilepticus.

Results: Neurosyphilis is still a frequent entity nowadays, with involvement of both HIV positive and negative patients.

Contextual social cognition impairments in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Background: The ability to integrate contextual information with social cues to generate social meaning is a key aspect of social cognition. It is widely accepted that patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders have deficits in social cognition; however, previous studies on these disorders did not use tasks that replicate everyday situations.

Methodology/principal Findings: This study evaluates the performance of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders on social cognition tasks (emotional processing, empathy, and social norms knowledge) that incorporate different levels of contextual dependence and involvement of real-life scenarios.

Emergency department evaluation and treatment of elbow and forearm injuries.

This article reviews the anatomy of the elbow and discusses several different types of elbow fractures and dislocations. A review of forearm anatomy and common injuries, trauma, and fractures follows. Methods for treatment and management for both elbow and forearm injuries are discussed.