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Although simple febrile seizures are relatively common and benign in toddlers, it is important to rule out any underlying critical disease that necessitates further intervention and treatment. Thyroid storm, the extreme manifestation of hyperthyroidism, is relatively rare and not often considered in
Neurological diseases are one of the main causes of high mortality and morbidity in developing countries. The prevention of these diseases is possible if they are well known. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and the distribution of the main neurological affections in two
We describe a euthyroid patient who presented with a goiter that continued to enlarge despite levothyroxine administration. Three fine-needle aspirations for cytology were nondiagnostic. An open biopsy was complicated by bleeding from the surgical site. Primary systemic amyloidosis was diagnosed on
Tuberous sclerosis complex is hereditary multisystemic, neurocutaneous disorder characterized by hamartomatous lesions mainly involving the brain, skin and viscera. Thyroid gland is rarely affected in these patients. Case history of a patient with tuberous sclerosis complex and diffuse and binodular
Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a syndrome in which patients have elevated thyroid hormone (TH) levels and decreased sensitivity to its action. We describe a child with extreme RTH and a severe phenotype. A 22-month-old female presented to the NIH with goiter, growth retardation, short
Hypocalcemia is a derangement in serum calcium level due to a vast spectrum of disorders, but the most common cause is surgery, usually thyroid gland surgery. Symptoms of hypocalcemia can be due to increased neuromuscular excitation resulting in tetany, paresthesia or seizure. It can There is a wide variety of disorders associated with thrombosis of the superior sagittal sinus (SSS), including infectious disease. noninfectious conditions such as vasculitis and hypercoagulable states, and complications arising from pregnancy or use of oral contraceptive medications. Despite these
Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) is a rare disorder that refers to episodic body image distortions, sometimes associated with altered perception of external space and time. AIWS is mainly associated with viral disease in children as well as migraines and epileptic seizures in adults. Its
A 42-yr-old woman presented with hyperthyroidism and a large, firm, irregular goiter. Within a few weeks she became hypothyroid. Five months later she developed increasingly severe neck pain and compressive symptoms. The goiter had become rock hard. A fine needle aspiration biopsy showed features of
The association of juvenile diabetes mellitus (DM), diabetes insipidus (DI), optic atrophy (OA) and sensorineural deafness (D) is known as DIDMOAD or Wolfram syndrome. Aside from these four cardinal features, a wide variety of abnormalities of the nervous system, urinary tract and endocrine glands
OBJECTIVE
Steroid responsive encephalopathy with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT) is a clinically and electrographically heterogeneous steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with thyroid autoantibodies. We report an adolescent with SREAT and review PubMed literature relating to
A 78-year-old Caucasian man was admitted in the Department of Neurology for visual disturbances, started two days before. The next day the patient experienced headache, fever and gait disturbances. He had hypertension, diabetes mellitus, an ischemic stroke 13 years ago, longstanding seronegative
The studies included 64 children with newly diagnosed epilepsy, aged from 6 to 15 years of life. In 25 children with partial and secondary generalized seizures monotherapy with carbamazepine was introduced; in 19 children with primary generalized seizures--with phenobarbital, and in patients with
BACKGROUND
Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis is an uncommon cerebrovascular accident that is frequently associated with diseases that may contribute to the development of thrombosis through hypercoagulability, stasis of the local blood stream, and abnormalities of the vessel wall. In approximately