August 8, 2019
A 19-year-old man with a painful swelling on the top of his skull that has been growing rapidly in the last few weeks.
Case of the Week Archive
Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
August 1, 2019
A 54-year-old woman with a 1-year history of slowly progressive left orbital proptosis and eyelid swelling, now with headache.
July 25, 2019
A 65-year-old diabetic male with an 18-year history of waxing and waning proptosis of the left globe and iliac and inguinal lymphadenopathy with no systemic symptoms.
July 18, 2019
An 18-year-old woman, with previous history of unclassified inflammatory bowel disease and oral ulcers, presented with acute onset of headaches, vomiting, blurred vision, and bilateral cerebellar syndrome.
July 4, 2019
A 52-year-old man with progressive, left sided weakness and numbness for 2 weeks.
June 27, 2019
A 41-year-old, right-handed man presented with complaints of forgetfulness and altered mentation for 2 months.
June 20, 2019
A 39-year-old man 5 days after a liver transplant with right temporal headache, subtle left hemineglect, and minimal weakness.
June 13, 2019
A 56-year-old woman, who underwent a C2-T2 decompression surgery with posterior instrumental fusion for cervical myelopathy, caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, developed left eye ptosis associated with an orthostatic headache on the 6th post-operative day.
June 6, 2019
A 9-year-old boy with a BMI of 40, worsening bilateral lower extremity weakness, and gait abnormality for three months. Preoperative physical exam shows bilateral lower extremity hyperreflexia, clonus, and positive Babinski. Four days postoperatively, he developed bilateral leg paralysis and a transient episode of hypotension.
