Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome with Posterior Spinal Root Involvement: A Case Report.

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy of the peripheral nervous system. Involvement of the dorsal root ganglia and the medulla spinalis in GBS is rare, especially in an axonal form. Herein, we report the case of a 53-year-old woman with classic GBS and involvement of the T8-L1 dorsal root segments.

Validation and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of the Stigma Scale of Epilepsy.

Introduction: We aimed to validate the Turkish version of the Stigma Scale of Epilepsy (SSE) (from Brazil) and present the results.

Method: The SSE was completed by 33 patients with epilepsy (PWE), 25 of the patients' family members, and 23 people from the community. Subjects were interviewed on an individual basis; a physician read the questions and the subjects wrote the answers on a sheet.

Reappraisal of epileptic pain as a rare symptom of seizures.

Purpose: To draw attention to epileptic pain which is a rare seizure symptom mostly causing wrong diagnosis and delayed treatment. We present nine patients in whom pain was a prominent initial or early ictal symptom.

Methods: We reviewed the records of 4736 patients, and found nine patients who had pain as an aura or an early prominent symptom of their seizures.