Colchicine myopathy typically presents acutely to subacutely with progressive limb weakness. The patients may not be on high doses of colchicine but almost always have acute kidney injury. Dehydration from colchicine-induced diarrhoea is often a precipitating factor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Organotin compounds are widely used in the plastic industry. We demonstrate the role of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with leukoencephalopathy.
Clinical Course: A 38-year-old man who worked with trimethyltin and dimethyltin in a polyvinyl chloride factory reported a two-week progression of impaired memory, loss of balance, apathy, tinnitus, scaly darkened skin, and psychomotor slowing that rendered him unable to continue his daily activities.
BMJ Case Rep
November 2022
SARS-CoV-2 is now a major global health issue and manifests mainly as a respiratory disorder. Several other complications involving hypercoagulability, cardiovascular system and central nervous system have been described in the literature. Among these atypical presentations, encephalopathy associated with SARS-CoV-2 is a rare entity with heterogenous clinical and radiological findings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUncertainty exists over the efficacy and safety of endovascular treatment in patients with large ischemic cores in anterior circulation. Several trials have shown some potential benefits in selected patients despite their late presentation. In particular, perfusion imaging modalities equipped with automatic software has been proven useful in identifying patients with large ischemic cores that are at risk of infarct core expansion, meaning that this specific patient group could still benefit from reperfusion treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular therapy and their favorable treatment outcomes have been established in clinical trials irrespective of age. Current guidelines do not recommend an age limit in selecting eligible patients for reperfusion treatment as long as other criteria are satisfied. A 103-year-old woman was admitted at our hospital within 1 h of stroke onset secondary to a left internal carotid artery terminus occlusion.
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