October 20, 2022
A 26-year-old woman with delayed psychomotor development and seizures that started at the age of 1 year, evolving to involuntary movements of the face and neck associated with spasticity of the lower limbs in the last 4 years
Case of the Week Archive
Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
October 13, 2022
A 61-year-old woman with a past medical history of vitamin B12 deficiency and hypothyroidism presents to the ED with a 1-week history of right-sided numbness and paresthesia.
October 6, 2022
A 35-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus since 3 years old, progressive bilateral optic atrophy, neurosensorial deafness, and myopathy; admitted to our hospital because of an altered level of consciousness; undergoes brain MRI
September 29, 2022
A 56-year-old man with a several-month history of gait imbalance and postural instability
September 22, 2022
A 67-year-old man with type II diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease presents with recurrent episodes of visual disturbances and transient weakness of the right side of the body with slurring of speech.
September 15, 2022
A 44-year-old man presents to the emergency department due to a fall where his “legs gave way” and he was unable to stand up again. He has a 6-month history of dragging his feet and numbness of the soles of his feet. He also has burning and numbness spreading up his legs to his thighs, which began around the same time. Clinical examination is normal.
September 8, 2022
A 56-year-old woman with left hemicranial headache, aphasia, and right hemianopsia later associated. Multimodal CT and initial lumbar puncture are normal. During admission, several MRIs and an arteriography are performed (shown below).
September 1, 2022
A 59-year-old woman from the north of Argentina with dysuria, hematuria, pain in the flanks, asymmetry in the left thigh, and ipsilateral paresis and paresthesias for several months; history of high blood pressure
August 25, 2022
A 12-month-old child with E. coli meningitis, relapse of fever during treatment, acute urinary retention, and lower extremity weakness; an erythematous sacral dimple is noted.
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