mitral valve prolapse/seizures

The clinical and laboratory features of 24 patients with proven mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and brain dysfunction are reported. The age range of affected patients was between 20 and 63 years (average of 43) and 70 percent were women. MVP was documented prior to the brain illness in only 4 patients.

Several neurological syndromes, including syncope, convulsions, amnesia, transient ischaemic attacks and cerebral infarction, have been associated with mitral valve prolapse. It has been presumed that emboli may account for some of these. We report a case of retinal infarction in association with

Fragile X syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that results from a single gene mutation on the X chromosome. It is the most common genetic cause of learning disability, though many patients remain unrecognized. Fragile X syndrome is characterized phenotypically mainly by a long coarse face,

Long QT syndrome is a disease that can cause syncope, seizures and sudden death. From June 1990 to June 1996, 11 children (male/female: 714; ages: 1 day-13 years with a median of 5.4 years) from different families were found to have long QT syndrome. Their corrected QT intervals (QTc) were 0.46-0.59

The literature comparing panic disorder with natural fear, hypoglycemia, hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma, the hyperventilation syndrome, the mitral valve prolapse syndrome and partial complex seizures is briefly reviewed. Some features of each of these syndromes may clinically resemble panic

Hemorrhagic stroke is a complication of infectious endocarditis (IE), and severe hemorrhage accompanies Staphylococcus aureus IE during early uncontrolled infection. However, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) or subdural hematoma is rare. A case of S. aureus IE associated with SAH and subdural hematoma

Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an episodic and progressive inflammatory disease of cartilaginous structures. Its diagnosis is based primarily on clinical features such as laboratory parameters, biopsy. Neurological complications occur in 3% of the cases and are classified as an important cause of

Panic disorder with or without agoraphobia is dominated by the occurrence of panic attacks. However, panic attacks are also reported to occur as part of the clinical picture in several medical conditions, notably thyroid disease, hypoglycemia, and pheochromocytoma. The authors examine these

Patients reporting sensitivity to multiple chemicals at levels usually tolerated by the healthy population were administered standardized questionnaires to evaluate their symptoms and the exposures that aggravated these symptoms. Many patients were referred for medical tests. It is thought that

Epilepsy associated with Marfan's syndrome is rare. Although previous observations have shown that Marfan's patients with epilepsy had angioid streaks in the retina or coloboma of the iris, such ocular manifestations were absent in two patients reported here. One patient with mental retardation and

Anxiety symptoms and disorders are associated with a range of general medical disorders. This association may be a physiologic consequence of the general medical disorder, a psychologic reaction to the experience of having a medical illness, a side effect of treatment, or a chance occurrence. This