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The selective inability to comprehend the spoken word, in the absence of aphasia or defective or defective hearing, is defined as pure word deafness (auditory verbal agnosia). Reported cases of this rare disorder have suggested the site of involvement to be strategically placed, interrupting fibers
A 70-year-old man with known cardiovascular risk factors, presented with acute onset expression aphasia, agraphia, dyscalculia, right-left disorientation and finger agnosia, without fever or meningeal signs. Stroke was thought to be the cause, but cerebrovascular disease investigation was negative.
We report a 36-year-old woman with right hemiplegia, anosognosia, and rapidly deteriorating course. She was well until the end of January, 1995 when she had an onset of fever, sputum, and cough. A 5 x 5 tumor was found in her left lower lobe. She was admitted to the Pulmonary Medicine on May 24,
We report an 81-year-old woman who presented with motor disturbance in her right hand which was followed by parkinsonism, dementia, and supranuclear gaze palsy. She was well until her age of 73 (1989) when she had an onset of difficulty in using her right hand; she did not have weakness. She also
In a patient aged 16 behaviour at changes, followed by visual agnosia, aphasia, paraparesis and involuntary movements developed about the 24th week of pregnancy. The presence of measles virus antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid and progressing course of the disease with fever suggested SSPE.
The authors report the case of a 42 years-old electrician man, with an 8 months progressive manual difficulties in his specific job, with a complete disability for the last 2 months. These symptoms were associated with anemia, deterioration of the general condition, and slight fever. Three days
The authors present a case in which the clinico-evolutive particularity was an association between a periventricular tumour (multiform glioblastoma) and acute renal failure. Considerations are made on clinical signs determined by the neoplastic process (apraxia-agnosia hyperthermia, etc.), and on
A regional population-based survey identified six patients with pyridoxine dependency. Four presented on the first day of life and the other two at 1 and 8 months of age. Apart from multiple seizure types, other presenting features included jitteriness; encephalopathy, at first thought to be
Japanese encephalitis, the commonest Arbovirus encephalitis, has been endemic in many parts of Asia, the Pacific Islands, and India; also, there have been many epidemics. Most of the post JE cases have been associated with neurological and neuropsychiatric deficits but have not been properly