Acute necrotizing encephalopathy in an adult as a complication of H1N1 infection.

Acute necrotizing encephalitis is one of the recognized influenza-associated encephalopathies which has a characteristic multifocal symmetric involvement of the thalami bilaterally with only very few cases were reported in adults. We present a case of a young adult female who was presented with post-H1N1 Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy with full neurological recovery after proper clinicoradiological diagnosis and rapid treatment with steroids and intravenous immunoglobulins.

The Decision-Making Process in Traumatic Lesions of the Craniovertebral Junction: An Evidence-Based Approach? Part II.

This paper is Part II of a two-part report. Part I of the report covered atlanto-occipital dislocation or dissociation, and isolated condylar fractures. This part of the report covers isolated and combination fractures of the atlas and axis.

The Decision-Making Process in Traumatic Lesions of the Craniovertebral Junction: An Evidence-Based Approach? Part I.

Evidence-based medicine is a rather young concept, which entered the scientific literature in the early 1990s.

Posttraumatic Anatomical Injuries of the Craniovertebral Junction and Treatment Implications: Part II.

This paper is Part II of a two-part report. In Part I of the report, injuries of the occipital bone, atlanto-occipital dissociation and the atlanto-occipital joint space were discussed. This part of the report discusses atlantoaxial dislocation and fractures of the atlas and axis.