paresis/vomiting

The incidence of intracranial aneurysms in infancy is relatively rare. They are infrequent in children less than 1 year old, and are an exception in the neonatal period. They usually originate in the internal carotid artery bifurcation, posterior circulation and seldom in the territory of the distal

We present the results from the evaluations of three children ages of 2, 7, and 11 years with hemiparesis and multiple white-matter lesions on magnetic resonance images (MRIs). The initial symptoms were mainly acute/subacute hemiparesis in all and headache/vomiting in one of them. Before admission,

The authors report a case of a 53-year-old woman who developed symptoms and signs of compression of the left medulla oblongata by the elongated and curved left vertebral artery with normal diameter. Twelve days before admission to the hospital, the patient suddenly noticed severe occipital-nuchal

Transient neurological deficits experienced by patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome can be caused by epilepsy, or may result from temporary ischaemia of the cortex underlying the vascular malformation. To show the difficulty in distinguishing seizures from ischaemic symptoms, two male children with

We report a 78-year old woman with 30 years history of rheumatoid arthritis and nephrotic syndrome, who developed right hemiparesis and renal failure recently. The patient was diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis in 1965, and had been treated with gold -sol, steroid hormone, and non-steroidal

The peripherally acting prokinetic drug cisapride can overcome opioid-induced gastrointestinal paresis and may thereby eliminate a stimulus for postoperative vomiting. We conducted a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial of 96 children undergoing inguinal surgery to determine

BACKGROUND To predict the outcome of stroke at an acute stage is important but still difficult. Vomiting is one of the commonest symptoms in stroke patients. The aim of this study is threefold: first, to examine the percentage of vomiting in each of the three major categories of strokes; second, to

Five patients, aged 9-16, living in a community-based home for the mentally retarded, have undergone Nissen fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux. They were all severely physically handicapped by cerebral palsy. Their symptoms had persisted from 1-10 years, and included chronic retching and

A 27 year old male with metastatic testicular carcinoma was treated with cisplatin, vinblastine, and bleomycin (PVB) chemotherapy. After receiving a cumulative dose of 500 mg/m2 of cisplatin, he developed severe nausea and vomiting and had clinical evidence of a cisplatin-induced peripheral

A 35-year-old female visited emergency department for a sudden onset of headache with vomiting after management for abortion at local department. Neurological examination revealed drowsy mentality without focal neurological deficits. CT showed 3.2×3.4 cm hyperdense intraventricular mass with

OBJECTIVE To report the onset of neuro-ophthalmological adverse effects in two children treated with metronidazole for amoebic dysentery. METHODS A 6-year-old child and his 8-year-old sister presented with sudden bilateral vision loss and diplopia associated with intense headache and vomiting. The

A case of a 56-year-old Korean man with cerebral cysticercosis was reported. This case demonstrated the first successful treatment with praziquantel in Japan and also the usefulness of a low-dose regime in the treatment of cerebral cysticercosis. The patient was admitted to our hospital with a 7