Neurological manifestations, such as encephalopathy, intracranial neuropathy, headache, and cognitive decline, are often presented in patients with COVID-19 infection. Since the onset of the pandemic, acute ischemic stroke associated with a hypercoagulable state caused by COVID-19 is increasingly being reported. Hemorrhagic stroke is also reported via poorly understood mechanisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMoyamoya syndrome is a chronic and progressive narrowing of the arteries in the brain caused by different mechanisms than the genetic mutation that leads to moyamoya disease. It is characterized by the narrowing and/or closing of the carotid artery with a collateral circulation development around the blocked vessels to compensate for the ischemia. In this report, we present a unique case of moyamoya syndrome that developed over the course of a few months in a patient with new-onset strokes and seizures in the setting of late diagnosis of neurosyphilis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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April 2018
A retro odontoid pseudo tumor is a mass lesion lying posterior to the odontoid process along the dura. It is a disease process seen in inflammatory and non-inflammatory conditions causing chronic atlanto-axial instability. This type of mass has the potential to enlarge causing cervicomedullary compression and symptoms of myelopathy.
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