1.Epilepsy and abnormal MRI brain findings in a patient with Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy – A rare association
Dinkar Kulshreshtha ; Kiranpreet Malhotra ; Pradeep Kumar Maurya ; Ajai K Singh ; Anup Kumar Thacker
Neurology Asia 2015;20(2):181-183
Epilepsy in Duchene’s muscular dystrophy, though more prevalent than in general population, is seen
in only 6-10% cases of DMD. Earlier studies have reported nonspecific MRI findings in DMD patients
with epilepsy. We report a patient of DMD, diagnosed on muscle biopsy who had definite MRI brain
imaging abnormalities. Our case highlights the rare association of MRI brain signal changes in this
patient with DMD.
Epilepsy
2.Parkinsonism due to isolated substantia nigra involvement in probable Japanese encephalitis
Rakesh Shukla ; Veeresh Bajpai ; Himanshu Mehta ; Sanjay Gambhir ; Sanjay Prakash ; Ajai Kumar Singh
Neurology Asia 2008;13(1):113-115
Parkinsonism due to an isolated lesion of the substantia nigra following a febrile illness is a rare entity.
Anecdotal reports in the literature implicate substantia nigra as peculiarly susceptible to flaviviruses.
Here we report a case of isolated substantia nigra involvement in a probable Japanese encephalitis
patient who presented with post-encephalitic parkinsonism