Neurological presentation of ten cases with disseminated intravascular coagulopathy

Cerebral involvement in DIC is rare. Ten cases of DIC, showing variable forms of central nervous system involvement, were reported. All cases showed neurological disorders plus laboratory evidence of DIC [disseminated intravascular coagulopathy]. DIC patients secondary to malignancy presented mainly with a picture of large vessel stroke. The most common neurological presentations of DIC are obtundation, coma, focal or generalized seizures, large vessel occlusion and rarely subarachnoid hemorrhage

Effect of electroconvulsive therapy on type II diabetes mellitus

ECT caused partial or complete remission of diabetic symptoms in most patients included in the present work. All were recent onset diabetics and non-insulin-dependent. Blood sugar level should be carefully monitored in depressed diabetics undergoing ECT for fear of hypoglycemia which gives rise to a picture simulating post-ECT confusion and mental changes