Patients with subacute or chronic meningitis typically have fluctuating but slowly progressive symptoms of fever, headache, neck pain or stiffness, vomiting, and/or cognitive changes over four or more weeks. Meningitis…
Acute meningitis is a neurological emergency. Clinical evaluation alone cannot accurately determine the cause of meningitis; lumbar puncture (LP) is essential and should be performed without delay. Empiric treatment should…
Encephalitis refers to a constellation of syndromes that present with brain inflammation and rapidly progressive neurologic symptoms. Although traditionally recognized as being caused by infection, a growing number of autoimmune…
Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes are characterized by an immune response targeting the central or peripheral nervous system in the presence of an underlying malignancy. This autoimmune response is usually associated with…
Meningiomas are the most common primary central nervous system tumor. These extraaxial tumors can arise from the dura at any site along the neuroaxis, although are most frequently found at…
Acute rhabdomyolysis is a medical emergency that often requires hospitalization for infusion of intravenous fluids to protect from renal injury. In the acute period, the cause of rhabdomyolysis and the…
A. Myasthenic crisis is a life-threatening, rapid worsening of myasthenia gravis (MG) leading to respiratory failure requiring intubation or noninvasive ventilation. Impending crisis is rapid clinical worsening that could lead…
