brain mriperiorbital swellingThis case report describes a 56-year-old man with periorbital swelling and hyperpigmentation on the right side of the face and a hypopigmented patch on the anterior chest.doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.5107Noel WilliamGomes, MBBS, MD...
His neurologic workup included a normal MRI, EEG, lumbar puncture, sympathetic skin response and R-R variability. He was treated with fluids and fludricortisone. A paraneoplastic panel returned positive for neuronal AChR, Ganglionic (alpha-3) antibodies. The patient was then lost to follow up....
Head MRI showed hyperintensities in bilateral caudate nuclei, putamen, hippocampus, and insula cortex. Severe autonomic dysfunctions such as severe orthostatic hypotension, bradycardia, dysuria, prolonged constipation and vomiting appeared. These symptoms were successfully controlled by repeated immunomodulating ...
MRIA60-year-old woman without significant previous medical history presented with 24 hours of rapidly progressive paresthesia, subjective weakness, and unsteadiness 1 week after an upper respiratory infection. Examination revealed mild bilateral toe flexion weakness, limb areflexia, marked loss of ...
Total spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a non-enhancing, posterior cord, hyperintense signal from C1-T11. Partial improvement in her sensory ataxia was noted after 6months of high-dose steroids without dorsal cord signals change on repeat MRI that suggests Wallerian degeneration of ...
A contrast MRI head was normal. Further serum testing demonstrated binding avidity for neuronal α4 and α7 nAChRs. She responded to high-dose steroid and immunomodulation. This is the first case report of AAG presenting with antibodies directed against both peripheral and central nAChRs. It is ...
Clinical and MRI Findings in Dorsal Root Ganglionopathy After Cisplatin-based Chemotherapy: A Case Reportdoi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.08.142ChristopherKudronSDOSPm & R