Severe post-EBV encephalopathy associated with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-specific immune response.

The mechanisms leading to CNS disorders after EBV infections are unclear. We report the case of a patient who developed a severe, but reversible, encephalopathy following an infectious mononucleosis. We detected no EBV DNA in the blood or in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and no EBV-specific antibodies in the CSF.

Transitory sleep spindles impairment in deep cerebral venous thrombosis.

Sleep spindles may be affected by thalamic or hemispheric ischemic stroke. However, spindles reduction and their relationship with K-complexes following deep cerebral venous thrombosis have not been reported. An 18-year-old woman suffered from a deep cerebral venous thrombosis with vasogenic oedema located predominantly in the thalami.

Propofol treatment of refractory status epilepticus: a study of 31 episodes.

Purpose: Refractory status epilepticus (RSE) is a critical medical condition with high mortality. Although propofol (PRO) is considered an alternative treatment to barbiturates for the management of RSE, only limited data are available. The aim of this study was to assess PRO effectiveness in patients with RSE.

Central Horner's syndrome with contralateral ataxic hemiparesis: a diencephalic alternate syndrome.

Objective: To assess whether thalamic strokes presenting with a central Horner's syndrome (HS) show specific clinicoanatomic patterns.

Methods: From the Lausanne Stroke Registry (period 1993 to spring 2002), the authors selected all patients with thalamic stroke presenting with ipsilateral HS. Patients with complete infarction of the posterior cerebral artery territory, with involvement of middle cerebral artery territory or bilateral lesions, were excluded.