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We reported a 72-year-old man with left supranuclear hypoglossal nerve palsy and right Avellis' syndrome due to a medullary small infarction. On admission, he showed slight disturbance of consciousness, ocular lateropulsion to the right side, rotatory nystagmus, dysarthria, absent right gag reflex,
Opiates play an important role in the control of pain associated with thoracotomy in both people and animals. However, key side effects, including sedation and respiratory depression, could limit the use of opiates in animals that are lethargic due to cardiac disease. In addition, a rare side
A 61-year-old woman with a history of photosensitive dermatitis and recurrent mouth ulcers presented with progressive weakness typical of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and subsequently underwent extensive neurologic and rheumatologic testing. We investigated whether ALS-like motor neuron
Among a cohort of 921 outpatients less than 65 years of age at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound who took lithium during a 5-year period, lithium-associated toxicity leading to hospitalization was rare. In only one case (muscle fasciculation) was lithium directly implicated as the cause of
Lingual motricity was prospectively studied in 32 consecutive stroke patients with hemiparesis or hemiplegia involving the face. We excluded patients with vertebrobasilar infarcts, controlateral stroke, arteriovenous malformations, internal carotid artery dissection, severe aphasia or severe
Hyperglycemic, but not normoglycemic cats exposed to anoxia develop neurologic signs following reoxygenation including fasciculations, focal and tonic-clonic seizures and coma after a symptom-free period. These symptomatic hyperglycemic cats may develop brain edema and will show diffuse neuronal
We report a 49-year-old man with progressive bulbar palsy and respiratory failure. He was well until his 48 years of the age (December 1994) when he noted a difficulty in speaking in loud voice. In February, 1995, he noted regurgitation of foods to his nose and difficulty in his speech. He was
Snake and spider bites, as well as scorpion sting envenoming, are neglected diseases affecting millions of people all over the world. Neurological complications vary according to the offending animal, and are often directly related to toxic effects of the venom, affecting the central nervous system,
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Involuntary convulsive-like movements sometimes occur in patients with brainstem strokes. These movements vary in nature, frequency, and trigger, including fasciculation-like, shivering, jerky, tonic-clonic, and intermittent shaking movements. Some are interpreted as decerebrate postures
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We report on two patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) complaining of sudden-onset difficulty in finger elevation.
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A 65-year-old man (the first patient) and a 66-year-old man (the second patient) suddenly became aware of difficulty in finger elevation of one hand.