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K Mahmutyazicioglu

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Encephalomyelitis following mumps.

STUDY DESIGN: A case report with review of literature since 1961. SETTING: Departments of Neurology and Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey. METHOD: A 22-year-old male patient diagnosed and treated as mumps encephalomyelitis is described. The clinical findings of the patient and the difficulties in differential diagnosis are discussed with the help of previously reported eight adult cases. RESULTS: Increased T2 signals in the spinal cord from C4 to C6 and T5 to T10 were seen by magnetic resonance imaging. This was the largest spinal involvement in the reported mumps cases. He was treated with supportive therapy oral steroids and early rehabilitation. On the sixth month, his neurological examination revealed bilateral 2/5 paresis in lower extremities. CONCLUSION: Encephalomyelitis following mumps is an uncommon but serious event in adults.

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Indriven sphenoid wing as a cause of post-traumatic epilepsy.

Post-traumatic epilepsy is more frequent after severe head injuries, however the severity of the trauma is not always correlated with the injured brain tissue. We report a patient whose seizures developed 4 years after a face trauma. Upward displacement of the sphenoid wing caused a contusion at the orbital surface of the frontal lobe. Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalographic findings are presented. The patient responded well to commonly used antiepileptic drugs.

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Ileus secondary to pancreatic pseudocyst.

Intra-or extrapancreatic pseudocyst is a common local complication in pancreatitis. Pathological involvement of the colon secondary to acute and chronic pancreatitis is a rare complication of major clinical interest. Contiguity with the tail of the pancreas and certain anatomical relationships, particularly at the level of the peritoneal reflections, explain the involvement of, particularly, the left flexure of the colon and the adjacent part of the transverse colon. We report a patient, presenting with ileus resulting from pressure of a giant pseudocyst secondary to acute pancreatitis, to share the diagnostic and chronologic follow-up computed tomography (CT) scanning findings of this rare complication.

Colonic Diseases↗