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Biomarkers of inflammation are found in the circulation of adults who have had a stroke. Although these biomarkers may, in part, be indicators of damage, some appear to contribute to damage. Similar biomarkers are found in newborns with cerebral white matter damage or at risk of cerebral palsy. Can
Stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy (SMART) is a syndrome observed in a delayed fashion in patients following brain radiation therapy. It is a rare but important differential diagnosis of migraine in these patients, often presenting with migraine-like headache. In addition, there
BACKGROUND
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
Tick-borne encephalitis, caused by the tick-borne virus (TBEV), is endemic in central, eastern, and northern Europe eastwards through Russian Siberia and China. For the year 2009, the highest incidence in Scandinavian countries was in Sweden. The clinical symptoms have a wide spectrum. We report a
Aim of this review is to discuss recent findings concerning the management of stroke-like episodes (SLEs) in patients with mitochondrial disorders (MIDs). Various databases were searched for appropriate literature. SLEs are a dominant feature of MIDs and occur most frequently in MELAS-syndrome, less
Clinical estimation of the patient with suspicion of stroke is not quite investigated problem yet. The article contains modern data on aspects of differential diagnosis of stroke and stroke-like conditions in acute period. Neurological symptoms in acute ischemic stroke and in somatic diseases which
BACKGROUND
The clinical presentation of primary cerebral lymphoma can take on many forms.
METHODS
We report the case of a patient who experienced recurrent neurological events mimicking stroke with normal brain MRI. A late performed MRI showed a mesencephalic lesion. A biopsy was obtained and led to
An analysis of 106 verified cases of brain tumours has been carried out. In one group of patients (51), a clinical picture of acute impairments of the blood circulation inside, in the vicinity and at the periphery of tumour is described. Specific features of the differential diagnosis of tumor and
Intrathecal administration of methotrexate (IT-MTX) can lead to neurotoxicity. MTX-induced neurotoxicity occasionally manifests with a stroke-like presentation that is difficult to distinguish from genuine stroke. We retrospectively reviewed records of nine patients with leukemia or lymphoma and