Safety and efficacy of CAR T cells in a patient with lymphoma and a coexisting autoimmune neuropathy.

CAR T-cell therapy was safe and effective in a DLBCL patient with coexisting autoimmune neuropathy. CD19 CAR T-cell therapy may control refractory autoantibodies and monoclonal gammopathies.

COVID-19: Neurology residents' perspective.

Throughout this pandemic, neurology resident education and service has, and will continue to be, affected during this unprecedented time. Balancing the safety of our residents as well as the anticipated inpatient service demands, we have, and continue to, make changes to meet the needs of our community. Education certainly has been affected but we have made great effort to maintain normalcy.

Lumbar arachnoiditis: Does imaging associate with clinical features?

Objectives: Lumbar arachnoiditis is a rare and debilitating neurologic disorder with multiple etiologies and a spectrum of imaging and clinical characteristics. Prior reports have anecdotally claimed that no association exists between findings of arachnoiditis observed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and those assessed clinically. The purpose of this study was to determine if MRI features of lumbar arachnoiditis associate with the clinical findings of the disorder.

Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: Clinical manifestation and evaluation.

In this article, we discuss the clinical approach to patients with dropped head syndrome and identify the various neuromuscular causes of dropped head syndrome including muscle, neuromuscular junction, peripheral nerve and motor neuron etiologies. We aim to increase awareness of recognition the entity of dropped head syndrome and factors that may predict response to immunomodulating therapy in dropped head syndrome.

The sensitivity comparison of bar electrode and disposable ring electrode for recording of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.

Objectives: To compare the sensitivity of bar electrode and disposable ring electrode for recording of lateral femoral cutaneous (LFCN).

Materials And Methods: A total of 23 subjects (13 females, 10 males, mean age: 49.6 ± 9.

Underrecognized anomaly: proximal martin-gruber anastomosis at the elbow.

Purpose: A proximal Martin-Gruber anastomosis (MGA) is an underrecognized anomaly and can mimic ulnar neuropathy at the elbow on electrodiagnostic testing. Martin-Gruber anastomosis is mainly recognized as a crossover from median nerve or its branches to ulnar nerve at the forearm, but may occur at the elbow (proximal MGA). The authors report their experience with MGA at the elbow.

Ulnar neuropathy with prominent proximal Martin-Gruber anastomosis.

Martin-Gruber anastomosis (MGA) is the most common nerve anastomosis in the upper extremities and it crosses from the median nerve to the ulnar nerve. Proximal MGA is an under recognized anastomosis between the ulnar and median nerves at or above the elbow and should not be missed during nerve conduction studies. We presented two patients with ulnar neuropathy mimicking findings including numbness and tingling of the 4th and 5th digits and mild weakness of intrinsic hand muscles.

A study of Gulf War veterans with a possible deployment-related syndrome.

A previous symptom-based survey of veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War suggested a neurological syndrome (blurred vision, loss of balance/dizziness, tremors/shaking, and speech difficulty). The authors conducted the present study to determine whether specific findings could indicate an organic basis for this possible syndrome. They completed an extensive clinical and laboratory evaluation on Gulf War veterans with all 4 symptoms, using 3 comparison groups.