Publications by authors named "R Antulov"

In this case report a 54-year-old woman had an anterior clinoid process meningioma. She was initially diagnosed as having a cerebrovascular disease, however, her stroke-like symptoms were most likely caused by internal carotid artery compression or vasospasm due to meningiomal involvement, but initially overlooked. Meningiomas are rarely reported as a cause of a stroke.

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This paper demonstrates a case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in a patient with multiple myeloma (MM) treated with nine different MM therapies. This case report contributes to the already published 16 cases of PML in patients with MM. Additionally, this paper presents an analysis of cases from the United States Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Report System database (n = 117) with a description of demographics and MM-specific therapies.

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To present a 29-year-old immunocompetent patient with neurosyphilitic changes characterized by multiple acute ischemic brain strokes along with significant narrowing of several large intracranial arteries. Ceftriaxone treatment for 14 days followed by benzathine benzylpenicillin weekly for additional 3 weeks, showed improvement in meningovascular changes.

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This is a case report about spinal cord ischaemia (SCI) in a 47-year-old woman with no known cerebrovascular risk factors. SCI is a rare entity with debilitating consequences, which typically presents with acute pain corresponding to the involved cord level, followed by flaccid paralysis, decreased sensation and autonomic dysfunction. The most common cause is aortic atheromatosis.

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Acute toxic leukoencephalopathy (ATL) and delayed post-hypoxic leukoencephalopathy (DPHL) are two possible adverse entities related to opioid intoxication (OI), each having a distinct clinical course. While ATL shows a monophasic course with gradual neurological deterioration, DPHL has a distinct biphasic course. We report a case of ATL along with a case of DPHL happening in young male patients with OI, including their clinical courses as well as imaging characteristics with comparable time intervals.

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