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Cureus
October 2024
Department of Pediatrics: Pediatric Neurology, Local Healthcare Unit Alto Ave, Guimarães, PRT.
Varicella-zoster virus is a highly contagious infection that primarily affects children. It typically presents as a mild, self-limiting illness with a distinctive rash. However, severe complications can arise, with skin and soft tissue infections being the most common.
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November 2024
Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Japan.
A 75-year-old man presented with cognitive decline, headaches, and ataxic gait. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed acute infarcts in multiple brain regions, and vessel wall MRI (VW-MRI) demonstrated concentric arterial wall thickening and enhancement in some intracranial arteries, initially suggesting primary central nervous system vasculitis (PCNSV). Despite immunosuppressive therapy, the patient developed further infarction.
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September 2024
From the Departments of Neurology (J.B., S.W., M.L., A.N.), Genetics (S.W.), and Ophthalmology (M-A. L.), Université Caen-Normandie, CHU de Caen-Normandie, Caen; NeuroDiderot (T.C.), Université Paris Cité, Inserm UMR 1141; and Service de Génétique Moléculaire Neurovasculaire (T.C.), AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
A 50-year-old man presented with headache. Examination showed left sided ataxic hemiparesis and elevated blood pressure. Brain imaging revealed an acute intracerebral hemorrhage in the right lentiform nucleus, deep and periventricular white matter hyperintensities, and predominantly deep cerebral microbleeds.
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May 2024
College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, SAU.
Cureus
April 2024
Pediatrics, Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, USA.
This study examines a four-year-and-one-month-old male with no significant past medical, family, or surgical history who initially presented to the pediatric clinic with cough, rhinorrhea, conjunctivitis, emesis, leg and arm pain, and increased difficulty ambulating. The patient was transferred to the emergency department and tested positive for a non-COVID-19 coronavirus infection. The patient was stabilized, given intravenous fluids, and discharged only to return to the clinic the next day with the onset of a headache, right eye ptosis, an inability to bear weight, and bilateral upper and lower extremity weakness resulting in an ataxic gait.
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