Prediction of prognosis in patients with ischemic stroke combined with type 2 diabetes mellitus based on serum total bilirubin levels.

Serum bilirubin levels may have therapeutic benefits in oxidative stress-related diseases, but their role in stroke remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum bilirubin levels on admission and clinical outcomes in ischemic stroke patients. We prospectively collected data from consecutive ischemic stroke admissions.

A case report of the rare fifteen-and-a-half syndrome.

Rationale: The dorsal tegmentum of the caudal pons, including the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF), the paramedian pontine reticular formation (PPRF), abducens nucleus, and the adjacent facial nerve is the anatomical basis of the the fifteen and a half syndrome (15½) syndrome. No patients of 15½ Syndrome presenting with bilateral peripheral facial paralysis and one-and-a-half simultaneously at the onset have been reported up to now.

Patient Concerns: A 54-year-old woman complained of diplopia, slurred speech, and slightly distal numbness of the left upper limb for 4 days in our hospital.