Alexia Without Agraphia Due to Biopsy-Negative Primary CNS Angiitis OBJECTIVES To briefly discuss management of primary CNS angiitis. To review an unusual cause of alexia without agraphia. VIGNETTE A 39-year-old…
Lacunar Hemichoreoathetosis OBJECTIVE To demonstrate a hyperkinetic presentation of a lacunar stroke. VIGNETTE This 56-year-old woman with history of uncontrolled arterial hypertension had sudden onset of left hemibody paresthesias, followed…
Pure Sensory Stroke Due to Thalamic Hemorrhage OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical characteristics of pure sensory stroke (pure hemisensory or paresthetic stroke). To highlight the fact that discrete hemorrhages can…
Multiple Lobar Hemorrhages Due to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy OBJECTIVES To review clinical characteristics of lobar intracerebral hemorrhages. To discuss nonhypertensive causes of intracerebral hemorrhages. To illustrate a unique form of…
Recurrent Facial Palsies (VZV) Followed by Cerebral Infarction OBJECTIVES To review the clinical characteristics of Ramsay Hunt syndrome (herpes zoster oticus). To analyze different vasculopathies associated with varicella-zoster virus (VZV)…
Takayasu Arteritis OBJECTIVES To review the basic pathophysiology of the vasculitides. To review the clinical characteristics of Takayasu arteritis. To discuss ancillary diagnostic tests in Takayasu arteritis. To review management…
Moyamoya Syndrome Associated with Down Syndrome OBJECTIVES To review the basic pathophysiology of moyamoya disease. To review clinical characteristics of moyamoya disease. To discuss ancillary diagnostic tests in moyamoya disease….
Watershed Infarcts OBJECTIVES To review clinical characteristics of watershed infarctions. To discuss pathogenetic mechanisms of watershed infarctions. VIGNETTE A 65-year-old woman with a T4, N1, M0 squamous cell carcinoma of…
Pseudobulbar Palsy (Multiple Strokes) OBJECTIVES To review clinical characteristics of pseudobulbar palsy. To discuss pathogenetic mechanisms of pseudobulbar palsy. To describe nonvascular etiologies of pseudobulbar palsy. VIGNETTE A 48-year-old man…
Multiple Cerebral Infarctions Due to Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome OBJECTIVES To review the main manifestations of the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APAS). To discuss nosologic entities associated with the secondary type of…
