Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 on MS and NMOSD: a study in Sendai, Japan.
...Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Neuroimmunology of a natural disaster.
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Neuromyelitis optica presenting as acute bilateral ptosis.
Published in Practical neurology
Acute bilateral ptosis can be a hallmark of several serious neurological conditions. We present the first case of acute bilateral near-complete ptosis secondary to neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. We suggest that clinicians should consider this disorder among the differential diagnosis of acute bilateral ptosis, especially if there are other...
CIDP presenting as recurrent severe back pain without weakness or sensory loss.
Published in Practical neurology
A 71-year-old woman presented with severe back pain, limb weakness and cranial nerve dysfunction associated with high cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein; we diagnosed Guillain-Barré syndrome and her symptoms completely resolved after intravenous immunoglobulin. Over the next 4 years, she had three further episodes of excruciating back pain accompani...
Late progression of neurological symptoms and MRI T2 hyperintensities in Parry-Romberg syndrome.
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Severe parkinsonism associated with anti-CRMP5 antibody-positive paraneoplastic neurological syndrome and abnormal signa...
...Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis as a neuroimmunological disorder.
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
'The worm that got away': parainfectious atypical optic neuritis associated with schistosomiasis infection.
Published in Practical neurology
Although optic neuritis is commonly associated with multiple sclerosis, patients with atypical optic neuritis require further investigations to exclude other associated conditions. We report a woman presenting with cough, fatigue, atypical optic neuritis with chiasmitis. She responded partially to corticosteroids and we subsequently found she had a...
Limbic encephalitis due to GABAB and AMPA receptor antibodies: a case series.
...Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
GABA(B)R and AMPAR abs are well associated with LE. GABA(B)R abs lead to severe clinical, neuroradiological and EEG abnormalities with poorer outcome.
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: from pathology to phenotype.
...Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is an inflammatory neuropathy, classically characterised by a slowly progressive onset and symmetrical, sensorimotor involvement. However, there are many phenotypic variants, suggesting that CIDP may not be a discrete disease entity but rather a spectrum of related conditions. While t...
