Pediatric Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Review With Emphasis on Neuroimaging Characteristics.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurological disorder characterized by the sudden onset of seizures, headaches, and visual disturbances. Its exact cause is unknown, but several triggers and associated conditions are identified, including high blood pressure, kidney dysfunction, and various medications. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a crucial role in diagnosis due to its high sensitivity and specificity for detecting characteristic features.

A Rare Case of Benign Long-Standing Ecchordosis Physaliphora.

Ecchordosis physaliphora (EP) is a rare benign lesion arising from embryonic notochordal remnants, typically located in the retroclival region. This case report presents a 46-year-old male patient experiencing intermittent headaches and occipital pain. Imaging revealed a well-defined, smoothly corticated bony lesion on the left side of the clivus, accompanied by a characteristic bony stalk devoid of any aggressive features.

Vertebral artery dissection aneurysm in a pediatric patient: A rare case with unusual clinical manifestations, diagnostic, and management challenges.

Vertebral artery aneurysm is a rare condition with diverse clinical manifestations in pediatric patients. We present the case of a 12-year-old male who presented with diplopia, vomiting, ataxia, and severe headache. Diagnostic evaluation revealed an extracranial vertebral artery dissection with an associated aneurysm at the C3-C4 level.

Impact of domestic violence against pregnant women in Minia governorate, Egypt: a cross sectional study.

Background: Domestic violence is a common problem that is related to many serious short-term and long-term health hazards around the world.

Methods: During obtaining the medical history from the participants, the questions used to assess the abuse were derived from the widely used Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS). Potential risk factors including a variety of socio-demographic and reproductive health-relation indicators were assessed.

Lethal neonatal mitochondrial phenotype caused by a novel polymerase subunit gamma mutation: A case report.

Rationale: Polymerase subunit gamma (POLG) is a gene that codes for the catalytic subunit of the mitochondrial DNA polymerase, which is involved in the replication of mitochondrial DNA. Mutations in these genes are associated with a range of clinical syndromes characterized by secondary mtDNA defect including mtDNA mutation and mtDNA depletion which may culminate in complete failure of energy production (respiratory changes complex 1 defect) as in this case.

Patient Concerns: We herein report a full term Saudi female neonate born to consanguineous parents, who was noticed immediately after birth to have severe hypotonia, poor respiratory effort, and dysmorphic features.

Neuroprotective efficiency of Mangifera indica leaves extract on cadmium-induced cortical damage in rats.

Due to the high ability of cadmium to cross the blood-brain barrier, cadmium (Cd) causes severe neurological damages. Hence, the purpose of this study was to investigate the possible protective effect of Mangifera indica leaf extract (MLE) against Cd-induced neurotoxicity. Rats were divided into eight groups.

A case report on 1-year follow-up of bilateral thalamic glioma.

Bilateral thalamic glioma is one of the rarest tumor occurrences, representing a small fraction of thalamic gliomas, which only accounts for 1-1.5% of all brain tumors. It is usually a diffuse, low-grade astrocytoma (WHO grade II), seen mainly in adults, with approximately 25% of them involving children under the age of 15.