A 23-year-old low-risk primiparous patient, who was 35 weeks pregnant, presented in the emergency department after collapsing at home. Her observations showed severe hypertension with proteinuria. On examination, she had left hemiparesis and was aphasic. Fetal monitoring was reassuring. Initial CT
Background: Infections are a common cause of childhood stroke with variable presentation. The current case describes a rare infective cause of venous and arterial stroke in an immunocompetent girl with management implications.
Cerebral oedema is the most common neurological complication of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). However, ischaemic and haemorrhagic brain injury has been reported infrequently. A 10-year old girl who was previously well presented with severe DKA. She was tachycardic with poor peripheral perfusion but
We present a 62-year-old lady admitted in our hospital with two episodes of acute ischemic stroke about 2 weeks apart. She was evaluated for acute ischemic stroke and was thrombolysed for recent stroke in right MCA territory first time. On further evaluation, she was found to have a RVOT mass. A
We report an 8-year-old white girl with no previous medical history who developed sudden onset right hemiplegia, left gaze preference, and global aphasia. An acute left middle cerebral artery stroke syndrome was diagnosed. She was treated with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, 2
A 43-year-old woman with no known cardiovascular risk factors was admitted with a second episode of ischaemic stroke. She was not a known case of connective tissue disease like systemic lupus erythematosus or antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). During the current episode, she was found to have markedly
We report the case of paraneoplastic vasculitis of the central nervous system associated with breast cancer. A 54-year old woman had a complete workup because of recidive seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed cerebral and medullary cryptogenic lesions, and a diagnosis of
A 34-year-old Chinese woman was admitted to the labour suite for induction of labour. She had no history of hypertension, vascular disease or coagulapathy. She was induced for less fetal movement at 38 weeks of gestation. Labour progressed smoothly, but immediately after delivery the patient had
A 73-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to a decreased conscious level and a high fever. Six days before her admission, she felt transient numbness in her right lower limb. Brain MRI taken by her local doctor revealed only right parietal cortex lesions. She was diagnosed with transient
We report an 80-year-old woman who had rheumatoid arthritis and antiphospholipid syndrome. She was treated for rheumatoid arthritis since her thirties. At 76 years of age, she was diagnosed antiphospholipid syndrome serologically. She felt It. limb weakness and dysarthria and was admitted to the
A 42-year-old woman, presented to our emergency room with chief complaints of acute onset of dyspnea, left-sided chest pain, and respiratory distress. On arrival, she had blood pressure of 90/50 mm Hg, respiratory rate of 40/min, and oxygen saturation of 95% breathing on 10 L oxygen. She was in
A healthy 27-year-old female presented to the hospital after she collapsed an hour into her first marathon run on a hot humid day. On presentation, she was hyperthermic, encephalopathic, tachycardic, and hypotensive. On admission, she was found to have lactic acidosis, rhabdomyolysis, and acute
A 56-year-old woman with no medical history was admitted with acute onset hemiballistic-choreiform movements of right extremity. On admission, her serum glucose and osmolality were elevated. Her glycosylated haemoblobin (HbA1c) was 17.9 with average blood sugars of 467 mg/dL. A CT scan of the brain