pseudobulbar palsy/hemorrhage

A 65-year-old male and an 80-year-old female presented with unusual simultaneous bilateral hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhages in the putamina and thalami, respectively. The hematomas were demonstrated by computed tomography performed within a few hours of onset. The patients underwent

Characterised classically by the association of buccal and genital ulceration and uveitis with hypopyon, Behçet's disease has many other manifestations, amongst which the neurological ones (often referred to as Neuro-Behçet) are important in view of their frequency and their gravity. Anatomically,

The medical records and autopsy data of patients over the age of 70 years at death with a diagnosis of cortical artery infarction (CAI) in the Yokufukai Geriatric Hospital were reviewed. Among 690 autopsied cases from 1981 to 1988, there were 45 cases (21 men and 24 women) with CAI available for

Only a few large families with cerebral cavernous angiomas (CCA) have been reported. We studied 47 members of a four-generation kindred with familial CCA. Thirteen members are affected; of these, eleven (85%) have epilepsy, five (38%) have hearing loss, three (23%) have clinically significant

BACKGROUND Pathological laughter occurs in pseudobulbar paralysis, in psychiatric disorders and as a sign of convulsions (gelastic crisis). An extremely rare form is the "fou rire prodromique' a pathological episode of laughter preceding a stroke. The pathogenesis is unknown and classically

Four patients with pseudobulbar palsy, mental retardation and various degrees of speech disturbance associated with perinatal difficulties are described as having an acquired type of opercular syndrome. There were two patients with fetal bradycardia and three with subarachnoid haemorrhage and

We describe an 8-year old boy with pseudobulbar palsy and speech disturbance associated with fetal distress, mild birth asphyxia and probably intracranial hemorrhage. There is a remarkable dissociation between orofacial voluntary movements and emotional expression. MRI revealed cortical atrophy and

We reported clinical and neuropathological observations of a 41-year-old man with Degos disease. He first noted painless skin lesions over the upper extremities in January, 1982. Three years later he was diagnosed as Degos disease by skin biopsy, and treatment with aspirin was started. In September,

We studied 13 patients with supranuclear lower cranial nerve ("pseudobulbar" or "suprabulbar") palsy of acute onset. While seven patients had had a prior stroke, six patients had no history of stroke. Eight patients experienced a complete bilateral supranuclear lower cranial nerve palsy, which was

The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of endoscopy in the treatment of post-shunt placement for slit ventricle syndrome (SVS). Endoscopic surgery was performed on 18 patients with SVS between October 2004 and December 2012. Sex, age, causes of the hydrocephalus, ventricular size and