Case of the Week Archive
Section Editors: Sapna Rawal,1 Juan Pablo Cruz2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
December 28, 2015
A 75-year-old woman on warfarin with sudden-onset occipital headache, who subsequently developed severe back pain with lower limb hyperreflexia
December 24, 2015
A 22-month-old boy with developmental delay since birth and episodes of seizures, extreme irritability, and unexplained fever since the age of 18 months. Only child of nonconsanguineous parents. Neurologic examination showed axial hypotonia, hyperreflexia, and mild microcephaly. CSF showed mild chronic lymphocytosis and normal glucose and protein levels.
December 14, 2015
A 5-month-old boy brought by his parents to the clinic for evaluation of bilateral leukokoria. Examination revealed bilateral retrolental masses. His elder brother was also blind by birth and developed hearing loss at the age of 12 years. His 2 elder sisters were completely normal.
December 7, 2015
A 66-year-old man with a severe gait disturbance and a history of "multiple cerebral lacunar infarcts" diagnosed by CT
December 3, 2015
A term newborn (4 days old) with jaundice, lethargy, and feeding difficulty 24 hours after hospital discharge
November 30, 2015
A 33-year-old woman with headache, right upper quadrant visual cut, and difficulty reading
