Exposure to specific solvents, and trichloroethylene in particular, is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease.
In a carefully studied group of patients who underwent brain biopsies for atypical presentations of multiple sclerosis, cortical demyelination or cortical inflammatory lesions were demonstrated in about half.
Neurological disease affecting the non-dominant frontal lobe has been associated with a syndrome of "delusional jealousy," referred to as Othello syndrome.
This clinical study evaluated patients with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome to determine the kind of seizures they experienced, abnormalities on EEG, and to correlate this with findings on neuroimaging (MRI).
A small percentage of patients taking statins may develop muscle symptoms (pain and weakness) but elevated CK is rare.
New treatment for TB; safety of dabigatran; quality of antidepressants; systolic hypertension treatment; and FDA actions.
CLIPPERS is a recently described steroid- responsive neurological syndrome manifested by subacute progressive cerebellar and brainstem inflammation with characteristic MRI appearance.
Penetrating and blunt cardiac trauma are serious causes of morbidity and mortality. Presentation for blunt cardiac trauma may be subtle and nonspecific, challenging the clinician to make a timely diagnosis.
Treating pain in the ED is relatively straightforward if the cause is obvious like a broken leg or acute myocardial infarction for which there is clear evidence for the diagnosis. Treating pain is somewhat more problematic when there is no diagnostic test. So it is with headaches, especially the severe migraine types.
