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OBJECTIVE: The aim: The purpose of this study is to determine clinical and imaging features of lateral medullary infarction in a prospective hospital-based cohort study, illustrated with a clinical case presentation in a white adult. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: We prospectively recruited 120 acute posterior circulation stroke patients, admitted to the Neurological Center of the University Hospital (Oleksandrivska Clinical Hospital) in Kyiv, Ukraine, within 6 to 24 hours from the onset of the stroke symptoms. Comprehensive neurological, clinical, laboratory, ultrasound, and imaging examination was performed on all patients. RESULTS: Results: Out of 120 adult patients (68 men, 52 women aged 28 to 89 years; average age 60.7 ± 12.1 years) with an acute ischemic MRI/CT-proven posterior circulation stroke, 22 (18.3%) patients have acute medulla oblongata infarctions.We provided a complex clinical, neurological, laboratory, and instrumental analysis of lateral medullary infarction illustrated with a clinical case presentation. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: Specific clinical and imaging features of lateral medullary infarction were determined, analyzed, compared, and described.
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Infarction , Stroke , Adult , Aged , Cohort Studies , Female , Hospitals , Humans , Infarction/complications , Male , Medulla Oblongata/diagnostic imaging , Middle Aged , Prospective Studies , Stroke/diagnostic imaging , Stroke/etiologyABSTRACT
We aimed to provide a clinical case presentation of aseptic meningitis as an extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C. A 28-year-old lady has been admitted to the Regional Clinical Center of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Uzhhorod City, Ukraine, with mild meningeal signs and symptoms upon admission. Complex neurological, clinical, laboratory, and imaging examination was performed within 24 hours of admission. Mononuclear pleocytosis of the cerebrospinal fluid and positive express test on HCV were discovered. The patient was treated and showed full recovery. Specific neurological features of aseptic meningitis as an extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C in a young white adult were reported, described, and analyzed.
