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
September 20, 2018
A 16-year-old girl with progressive headache, cutaneous reddening, and itching in the left cranial vault; blood exams show increased inflammatory markers.
September 13, 2018
A 42-year-old woman with an unremarkable past medical history complained about a spongy thickening of her scalp.
September 6, 2018
A 76-year-old woman with a history of sudden headache, recent onset limb claudication, and mobility limitation.
August 30, 2018
A 4-year-old boy with a history of progressive episodes of ataxia, spasticity, and gait disturbances after learning to walk.
August 23, 2018
A 14-month-old boy with right-sided facial asymmetry, reduced ability to walk, and not using right arm or leg.
August 16, 2018
A 54-year-old diabetic woman with immunosuppressive therapy due to renal transplant. She had a previous dental abscess treated with oral antibiotics for 2 weeks. Progressive, right-sided facial swelling and proptosis required surgical malar debridement with poor clinical response. She was transferred to a referral hospital 10 days later.
August 9, 2018
A 17-year-old girl with a history of language delay since age 5, weakness in her upper and lower limbs, and cognitive decline since age 13
July 26, 2018
A 41-year-old woman on HAART with fever and seizures before entering a coma after recent travel to Uganda. MRI performed 2 weeks into admission.
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