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April-June 2016
Volume 19 | Issue 2
Page Nos. 169-293
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REVIEW ARTICLES
Prions, prion-like prionoids, and neurodegenerative disordersVacancy
p. 169
Ashok Verma
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:10.4103/0972-2327.179979
PMID
:27293325
Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are fatal neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the aggregation and deposition of the misfolded prion protein in the brain. α-synuclein (α-syn)-associated multiple system atrophy has been recently shown to be caused by a
bona fide
α-syn prion strain. Several other misfolded native proteins such as β-amyloid,
tau
and TDP-43 share some aspects of prions although none of them is shown to be transmissible in nature or in experimental animals. However, these prion-like “prionoids” are causal to a variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The remarkable recent discovery of at least two new α-syn prion strains and their transmissibility in transgenic mice and
in vitro
cell models raises a distinct question as to whether some specific strain of other prionoids could have the capability of disease transmission in a manner similar to prions. In this overview, we briefly describe human and other mammalian prion diseases and comment on certain similarities between prion and prionoid and the possibility of prion-like transmissibility of some prionoid strains.
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Understanding migraine: Potential role of neurogenic inflammation
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Rakesh Malhotra
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:10.4103/0972-2327.182302
PMID
:27293326
Neurogenic inflammation, a well-defined pathophysiologial process is characterized by the release of potent vasoactive neuropeptides, predominantly calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), substance P (SP), and neurokinin A from activated peripheral nociceptive sensory nerve terminals (usually C and A delta-fibers). These peptides lead to a cascade of inflammatory tissue responses including arteriolar vasodilation, plasma protein extravasation, and degranulation of mast cells in their peripheral target tissue. Neurogenic inflammatory processes have long been implicated as a possible mechanism involved in the pathophysiology of various human diseases of the nervous system, respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, urogenital tract, and skin. The recent development of several innovative experimental migraine models has provided evidence suggestive of the involvement of neuropeptides (SP, neurokinin A, and CGRP) in migraine headache. Antidromic stimulation of nociceptive fibers of the trigeminal nerve resulted in a neurogenic inflammatory response with marked increase in plasma protein extravasation from dural blood vessels by the release of various sensory neuropeptides. Several clinically effective abortive antimigraine medications, such as ergots and triptans, have been shown to attenuate the release of neuropeptide and neurogenic plasma protein extravasation. These findings provide support for the validity of using animal models to investigate mechanisms of neurogenic inflammation in migraine. These also further strengthen the notion of migraine being a neuroinflammatory disease. In the clinical context, there is a paucity of knowledge and awareness among physicians regarding the role of neurogenic inflammation in migraine. Improved understanding of the molecular biology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology of neurogenic inflammation may provide the practitioner the context-specific feedback to identify the novel and most effective therapeutic approach to treatment. With this objective, the present review summarizes the evidence supporting the involvement of neurogenic inflammation and neuropeptides in the pathophysiology and pharmacology of migraine headache as well as its potential significance in better tailoring therapeutic interventions in migraine or other neurological disorders. In addition, we have briefly highlighted the pathophysiological role of neurogenic inflammation in various other neurological disorders.
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HOW I DO IT
Approach to a case of myeloneuropathy
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Ravindra Kumar Garg, Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Neeraj Kumar
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:10.4103/0972-2327.182303
PMID
:27293327
Myeloneuropathy is a frequently encountered condition and often poses a diagnostic challenge. A variety of nutritional, toxic, metabolic, infective, inflammatory, and paraneoplastic disorders can present with myeloneuropathy. Deficiencies of vitamin B12, folic acid, copper, and vitamin E may lead to myeloneuropathy with a clinical picture of subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. Among infective causes, chikungunya virus has been shown to produce a syndrome similar to myeloneuropathy. Vacuolar myelopathy seen in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is clinically very similar to subacute combined degeneration. A paraneoplastic myeloneuropathy, an immune-mediated disorder associated with an underlying malignancy, may rarely be seen with breast cancer. Tropical myeloneuropathies are classified into two overlapping clinical entities — tropical ataxic neuropathy and tropical spastic paraparesis. Tropical spastic paraparesis, a chronic noncompressive myelopathy, has frequently been reported from South India. Establishing the correct diagnosis of myeloneuropathy is important because compressive myelopathies may pose diagnostic confusion. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord typically reveals characteristic signal changes on T2-weighted images of the cervical spinal cord. Once the presence of myeloneuropathy is established, all these patients should be subjected to a battery of tests. Blood levels of vitamin B12, folic acid, vitamins A, D, E, and K, along with levels of iron, methylmalonic acid, homocysteine, and calcium should be assessed. The pattern of neurologic involvement and results obtained from a battery of biochemical tests often help in establishing the correct diagnosis.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Clinical profile and treatment outcome of febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome in South Indian children
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Sandeep B Patil, Arun Grace Roy, Kollencheri Puthenveettil Vinayan
DOI
:10.4103/0972-2327.173305
PMID
:27293328
Purpose:
To describe the clinical features and outcome of febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), a catastrophic epileptic encephalopathy, in a cohort of South Indian children.
Materials and Methods:
We performed a retrospective chart review of a cohort of children with previously normal development who presented with status epilepticus or encephalopathy with recurrent seizures following a nonspecific febrile illness during the period between January 2007 and January 2012. They were divided into two groups super refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) and refractory status epilepticus (RSE) depending on the duration and severity of the seizures.
Key Findings:
Fifteen children who met the inclusion criteria were included for the final analysis. The age of the children at presentation ranged 3-15 years (median 6.3 years). All the children presented with prolonged or recurrent seizures occurring 1-12 days (median 4 days) after the onset of fever. Eight children had SRSE while seven children had refractory seizures with encephalopathy. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis was done in all the children in the acute phase, and the cell count ranged 0-12 cells/μL (median 2 cells/μL) with normal sugar and protein levels. Initial neuroimaging done in all children (MRI in 10 and CT in 5), and it was normal in 13 children. Treatment modalities included multiple antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) (4-9 drugs) (median 5 drugs). Midazolam (MDZ) infusion was administered in seven patients. Eight patients required barbiturate coma to suppress the seizure activity. The duration of the barbiturate coma ranged 2-90 days (median 3 days). Steroids were used in 14 children and intravenous immunoglobulin (2 g/kg) in 7 children. Three children died in the acute phase. All children were maintained on multiple AEDs till the last follow-up, the number of AEDs ranged 1-6 (median 5 AEDs). The patients with super refractory status in the acute phase were found to be more severely disabled at the follow-up; the median score of these patients on the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) was 2 compared to 5 in the RSE group.
Significance:
This study reports one of the largest single center cohorts from India, with an adverse long-term developmental and seizure outcome. The duration and severity of seizures in the acute period correlated directly with the short-term and long-term clinical outcomes. There is an urgent need for developing new effective therapeutic strategies to treat this acute catastrophic epileptic syndrome.
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Hippocampal volumes among older Indian adults: Comparison with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment
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Vikas Dhikav, Sharmila Duraisamy, Kuljeet Singh Anand, Umesh Chandra Garga
DOI
:10.4103/0972-2327.176863
PMID
:27293329
Background:
Hippocampal volume data from India have recently been reported in younger adults. Data in older adults are unknown. The present paper describes hippocampal volume from India among older adults and compares the same with patients having Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Materials and Methods:
A total of 32 cognitively normal subjects, 20 patients with AD, and 13 patients with MCI were enrolled. Patients were evaluated for the diagnosis of AD/MCI using the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Related Disorders Association criteria and the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale (score = 0.5), respectively. Hippocampal volume was measured using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine by manual segmentation (Megnatom Symphony 1.5T scanner) three-dimensional (3D) sequences.
Results:
Age and duration of illness in the MCI group were 70.6 ± 8.6 years and 1.9 ± 0.9 years, respectively. In the AD group, age and duration of illness were 72 ± 8.1 years and 3.1 ± 2.2 years, respectively. In cognitively normal subjects, the age range was 45-88 years (66.9 ± 10.32) years. Mean mini–mental status examination (MMSE) score of healthy subjects was 28.28 ± 1.33. In the MCI group, MMSE was 27.05 ± 1.79. In the AD group, MMSE was 13.32 ± 5.6. In the healthy group, the hippocampal volume was 2.73 ± 0.53 cm
3
on the left side and 2.77 ± 0.6 cm
3
on the right side. Likewise, in MCI, the volume on the left side was 2.35 ± 0.42 cm
3
and the volume on the right side was 2.36 ± 0.38 cm
3
. Similarly, in the AD group, the volume on the right side was 1.64 ± 0.55 cm
3
and on the left side it was 1.59 ± 0.55 cm
3
.
Post hoc
analysis using Tukey's honestly significant difference (HSD) showed, using analysis of variance (ANOVA) that there was a statistically significant difference between healthy and AD (
P
≤ 0.01), and between healthy and MCI (
P
≤ 0.01) subjects. There was a correlation between MMSE score and hippocampal volume in the AD group.
Conclusion:
The volume of the hippocampus in older Indian adults was 2.77 ± 0. 6 cm
3
on the right side and 2.73 ± 0.52 cm
3
on the left side. There was a significant hippocampal volume loss in MCI/AD compared to cognitively normal subjects.
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Coexistence of central nucleus, cores, and rods: Diagnostic relevance
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Sathiyabama Dhinakaran, Rashmi Santhosh Kumar, Ravindra Thakkar, Gayathri Narayanappa
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:10.4103/0972-2327.176861
PMID
:27293330
Background:
Congenital myopathies (CMs) though considered distinct disorders, simultaneous occurrence of central nucleus, nemaline rods, and cores in the same biopsy are scarcely reported.
Objective:
A retrospective reassessment of cases diagnosed as CMs to look for multiple pathologies missed, if any, during the initial diagnosis.
Materials and Methods:
Enzyme histochemical, and immunohistochemical-stained slides from 125 cases diagnosed as congenital myopathy were reassessed.
Results:
The study revealed 15 cases (12%) of congenital myopathy with more than one morphological feature. Central nucleus with cores (
n
= 11), central nucleus, nemaline rods and cores (
n
= 3), and nemaline rods with cores (
n
= 1). 4/11 cases were diagnosed as centronuclear myopathy (CNM) in the first instance; in addition, cores were revealed on reassessment.
Discussion:
The prevalence of CMs of all neuromuscular disorders is approximately 6 in 100,000 live births, with regional variations. Three main defined CMs include centro nuclear myopathy (CNM), nemaline rod myopathy (NRM), and central core disease (CCD). However, they are more diverse with overlapping clinical and histopathological features, thus broadening the spectra within each category of congenital myopathy.
Conclusion:
Identification of cases with overlap of pathological features has diagnostic relevance.
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Development of a dot blot assay with antibodies to recombinant “core” 14-3-3 protein: Evaluation of its usefulness in diagnosis of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
p. 205
Sarada Subramanian, Anita Mahadevan, Parthasarathy Satishchandra, Susarla Krishna Shankar
DOI
:10.4103/0972-2327.176867
PMID
:27293331
Background and Purpose:
Definitive diagnosis of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) requires demonstration of infective prion protein (PrP
Sc
) in brain tissues by immunohistochemistry or immunoblot, making antemortem diagnosis of CJD difficult. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends detection of 14-3-3 protein in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in cases of dementia, with clinical correlation, as a useful diagnostic marker for CJD, obviating the need for brain biopsy.This facility is currently available in only a few specialized centers in the West and no commercial kit is available for clinical diagnostic use in India. Hence the objective of this study was to develop an in-house sensitive assay for quantitation of 14-3-3 protein and to evaluate its diagnostic potential to detect 14-3-3 proteins in CSF as a biomarker in suspected cases of CJD.
Materials and Methods:
A minigene expressing the “core” 14-3-3 protein was synthesized by overlapping polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the recombinant protein was produced by employing a bacterial expression system. Polyclonal antibodies raised in rabbit against the purified recombinant protein were used for developing a dot blot assay with avidin-biotin technology for signal amplification and quantitation of 14-3-3 protein in CSF.
Results:
The results in the present study suggest the diagnostic potential of the dot blot method with about 10-fold difference (
P
< 0.001) in the CSF levels of 14-3-3 protein between the CJD cases (
N
= 50) and disease controls (
N
= 70). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis of the results suggested an optimal cutoff value of 2 ng/mL.
Conclusions:
We have developed an indigenous, economical, and sensitive dot blot method for the quantitation of 14-3-3 protein in CSF.
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Clinical and radiologic features and their relationships with neurofunctional scores in patients with acute cerebellar infarct
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Hasan Huseyin Kozak, Ali Ulvi Uca, Necdet Poyraz, Suleyman Omer Anliacik, Osman Serhat Tokgoz
DOI
:10.4103/0972-2327.177351
PMID
:27293332
Background:
Cerebellar infarct is a rare condition with very nonspecific clinical features. The aim of this study was to assess the full spectrum of the clinical characteristics, neuroimaging findings and neurofunctional analyses of cerebellar infarction, and the relationship between them.
Materials and Methods:
Data were collected from 59 patients admitted to our department during an 8-year period. We retrospectively analyzed the relationship between demographic characteristics, clinical symptomatology, etiological factors, functional condition, vascular distribution, frequency of subcortical white matter lesions (WMLs), and concomitant lesion outside the cerebellum in patients with acute cerebellar infarct (ACI) at time of admission.
Results:
The mean age in our series was 65.2 years, with most being male (57.6%). The posterior inferior cerebellar (PICA) artery was the most commonly affected territory at 62.7%. There was concomitant lesion outside the cerebellum in 45.7%. The main etiology in PICA was cardioembolism. While mean National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale on admission was 2.08 ± 1.67 in study group, modified Rankin Scale (mRS) on admission was detected to be mRS1 (
n
: 44, 74.5%) and mRS2 (
n
: 12, 20.3%) most frequently. Fourteen (35%) patients were detected to be in Fazekas stage 0; 11 (27.5%) patients in Fazekas stage 1; 6 (15%) patients in Fazekas stage 2; and 9 (22.5%) patients in Fazekas stage 3.
Conclusion:
Cerebellar infarct is very heterogeneous. The other cerebral area infarcts which accompany ACI negatively affect neurologic functional scores. Although it is difficult to detect the relationship between WMLs and neurologic functional severity, timely detection of risk factors and their modulation may be associated with prevention and treatability of WMLs, and this may be one of the important points for prevention of stroke-related disability.
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Clinical and polysomnographic predictors of severe obstructive sleep apnea in the South Indian population
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Sapna Erat Sreedharan, Pragati Agrawal, Ramachandrapillai S Rajith, Shana Nair, Sankara P Sarma, Ashalatha Radhakrishnan
DOI
:10.4103/0972-2327.173315
PMID
:27293333
Background:
With the emergence of lifestyle diseases in epidemic proportions, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is being increasingly recognized in less developed countries as well.
Aim:
We sought to study the demographic, clinical, and polysomnographic (PSG) predictors of OSA severity in a cohort of South Indian patients.
Materials and Methods:
Consecutive patients with PSG proven OSA [apnea hypopnea index (AHI) ≥5/h] were prospectively recruited. The study period was from January 2012 to December 2012. Demographic data, history of vascular risk factors, substance abuse, sleep quality, snoring, and witnessed apneas were collected using a structured
pro forma
. In addition, PSG variables such as AHI, sleep latency and efficiency, duration of slow wave and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and other parameters were collected. Correlations between AHI severity and clinical and PSG parameters were done.
Results:
There were 152 (119 males and 33 females) subjects with a mean age of 53.8 years and body mass index (BMI) of 29.31. Mean AHI was 36.2/h (range: 5.1-110) and 66 subjects had severe OSA. Around 12% had the presenting complaint as insomnia, mainly of sleep maintenance. Of the subjects, 35% had witnessed apneas and 67% had excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS); 40% of patients had ≥2 risk factors. PSG parameters showed short sleep onset latency with a high arousal index. Mean apnea duration was 24.92 s. We found that age >55 years, BMI >25 kg/m
2
, witnessed apneas, EDS, hypertension, dyslipidemia, reduced slow wave sleep duration, mean apnea duration >20 s, and desaturation index >10/h correlated well with OSA severity while the arousal index, sleep latency and efficiency, and exposure to smoking and alcohol showed no association.
Conclusions:
Older subjects with witnessed apneas are likely to have more severe OSA. Even though overall sleep architecture was similar between the groups, severe OSA had shorter slow wave sleep, longer apneas, and higher nocturnal hypoxemia.
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice in relation to stroke: A community-based study from Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Sujata Das, Avijit Hazra, Biman Kanti Ray, Malay Ghosal, Arijit Chaudhury, Tapas Kumar Banerjee, Shyamal Kumar Das
DOI
:10.4103/0972-2327.176857
PMID
:27293334
Background:
The rising incidence of stroke in India indicates the importance of evaluating the existing knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) in the community, which is essential for stroke control.
Objective:
To explore and compare stroke-related KAP among participants from stroke-affected families (SAFs) and nonstroke-affected families (NSFs).
Design:
Using stratified random sampling, a three-phase house-to-house survey was conducted in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. First, field investigators screened subjects of stroke; second, the neurologist confirmed positive cases; and third, under supervision of the neuropsychologist, a validated questionnaire on KAP was administered to participants from SAFs and age-matched NSAFs from the same neighborhood.
Results:
The KAP questionnaire was administered to 282 participants each from both groups. Knowledge about stroke prevailed in 97% participants and was significantly higher in the SAF group. Both SAF and NSAF groups had better knowledge about prominent symptoms of stroke (loss of consciousness and paralysis) and admitted it as emergency situation requiring hospitalization and that it was potentially preventable. Those persons belonging to the SAF group, however, had lesser knowledge of the risk factors such as diabetes (
P
< 0.001), smoking (
P
< 0.014), alcoholism (
P
< .0.0001), family history (
P
< .0.0001) and mild stroke symptoms such as headache, (
P
< 0.001), vomiting (
P
< 0.001), and fits (
P
0.003) as compared to the NSAF group.
Conclusions:
Persons from both SAF and non-SAF groups are aware about stroke but possess lesser knowledge about the many symptoms of stroke and risk factors, indicating the necessity of enhancement of existence knowledge on symptoms for better diagnosis and of risk factors for better prevention.
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Infantile spasms: A prognostic evaluation
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Mary Iype, Geetha Saradakutty, Puthuvathra Abdul Mohammed Kunju, Devi Mohan, Muttathu Krishnapanicker Chandrasekharan Nair, Babu George, Shahanaz M Ahamed
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173314
PMID
:27293335
Background:
Few papers address the comprehensive prognosis in infantile spasms and look into the seizure profile and psychomotor outcome.
Objective:
We aimed to follow up children with infantile spasms to study: a) the etiology, demographics, semiology, electroencephalogram (EEG), and radiological pattern; b) seizure control, psychomotor development, and EEG resolution with treatment; c) the effects of various factors on the control of spasms, resolution of EEG changes, and psychomotor development at 3-year follow-up.
Materials and Methods:
Fifty newly diagnosed cases with a 1-12 month age of onset and who had hypsarrhythmia in their EEG were recruited and 43 were followed up for 3 years.
Results:
Of the children followed up, 51% were seizure-free and 37% had a normal EEG at the 3-year follow-up. Autistic features were seen in 74% of the children. Only 22.7% among the seizure-free (11.6% of the total) children had normal vision and hearing, speech with narration, writing skills, gross and fine motor development, and no autism or hyperactivity. On multivariate analysis, two factors could predict bad seizure outcome — the occurrence of other seizures in addition to infantile spasms and no response to 28 days of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). No predictor could be identified for abnormal psychomotor development.
Discussion and Conclusion:
In our study, we could demonstrate two factors that predict seizure freedom. The cognitive outcome and seizure control in this group of children are comparable to the existing literature. However, the cognitive outcome revealed by our study and the survey of the literature are discouraging.
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Mutations in
GABRG2
receptor gene are not a major factor in the pathogenesis of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in Indian population
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Aparna Banerjee Dixit, Jyotirmoy Banerjee, Abuzar Ansari, Manjari Tripathi, Sarat P Chandra
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:10.4103/0972-2327.182304
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:27293336
Aim:
This study is focused on
GABRG2
gene sequence variations in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE). The GABA
A
receptor is a heteropentameric receptor and alpha-1 beta-2 gamma-2 subunits combination is most abundant and present in almost all regions of the brain. The gamma-2 subunit (
GABRG2
) gene mutations have been reported in different epilepsy pathologies. In the present study we have looked for
GABRG2
gene sequence variations in patients with mTLE.
Materials and Methods:
Twenty patients (12 females and eight males, age 4.6-38 years) with MTLE were recruited for this investigation. Patients were recommended for epilepsy surgery after all clinical investigations as per the epilepsy protocol. Ethnically matched glioma or meningioma patients were considered as nonepileptic controls. During temporal lobectomy of amygdalohippocampectomy, hippocampal brain tissue samples were resected guided by intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG) activity. All 11 exons of
GABRG2
gene with their flanking intronic regions were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and screened by DNA sequencing analysis for sequence variations.
Statistical Analysis Used:
Comparison of allele frequencies between patient and control groups was determined using a c
2
test.
Results and Conclusions:
Total five DNA sequence variations were identified, three in exonic regions (c.643A > G, rs211035), (c.T > A, rs424740), and (c.C > T, rs418210) and two in intronic regions (c.751 + 41A > G, rs211034) and (c.751 + 52G > A, rs 34281163). Allele frequencies of variants identified in this study did not differ between patients and normal controls. Thus, we conclude that
GABRG2
gene may not be playing significant role in the development of epilepsy or as a susceptibility gene in patients with MTLE in Indian population.
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CASE REPORTS
Malignant transformation in a case of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts: An extreme rarity in a rare disorder
p. 242
Rajendra Singh Jain, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, Sunil Kumar, Rakesh Agrawal
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173303
PMID
:27293337
Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC) is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder characterized by macrocephaly, progressive motor disability, seizures, mild cognitive decline, slow progression, and typical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. Age of onset of symptoms is described from birth to 25 years. Late onset presentation is very rare, only few cases have been reported worldwide. Most important clue for diagnosis is the characteristic MRI changes that include diffuse involvement of subcortical white matter mainly in frontoparietal region with relative sparing of central white matter along with subcortical cysts mostly in anterior temporal region. Cysts are usually benign and slowly progressive. Malignant transformation of cysts has not been reported as yet. We herein report a very unusual and probably the first case of MLC who presented to us in a unique manner with late onset and malignant transformation of cyst in left temporal region leading to rapid neurological decline. This case report highlights a possible life-threatening complication of a previously known slowly progressive disease warranting urgent neurosurgical intervention.
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Unusual idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patient with marked asymmetric and upper body parkinsonism
p. 245
Kyunghun Kang, Dongho Choi, Ho-Won Lee
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:10.4103/0972-2327.160057
PMID
:27293338
Asymmetry of parkinsonian symptoms is strong evidence toward the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Lower body parkinsonism is characteristic in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH). We report an unusual INPH patient with marked asymmetric and upper body parkinsonism. An 83-year-old man presented with gait impairment and asymmetric clumsiness of movement. According to the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), the motor subscore was 12 in the left limb and 8 in the right. The score was 14 for both the upper and lower body. After the cerebrospinal fluid tap test (CSFTT), he showed marked improvement in the upper body score. A loss of asymmetry of parkinsonian signs, with greater improvement in the left limb, was presented. Fluorinated N-3-fluoropropyl-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)-nortropane (F-18 FP-CIT) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging was normal. In the differential diagnosis of elderly patients presenting with parkinsonism compatible with PD, we might need to consider a diagnosis of INPH.
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Persistent post-stroke dysphagia treated with cricopharyngeal myotomy
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Sruthi S Nair, Arathy Jalaja Surendaran, Jayakumar R Menon, Sapna Erat Sreedharan, Padmavathy N Sylaja
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:10.4103/0972-2327.160055
PMID
:27293339
Post-stroke dysphagia is a common problem after stroke. About 8-13% patients have persistent dysphagia and are unable to return to pre-stroke diet even after 6 months of stroke. Use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) may be required in these patients, which may be psychologically unacceptable and impair the quality of life. In those with cricopharyngeal dysfunction leading on to refractory post-stroke dysphagia, cricopharyngeal myotomy and injection of botulinum toxin are the treatment options. We present a case of vertebrobasilar stroke who had persistent dysphagia due to cricopharyngeal dysfunction with good recovery of swallowing function following cricopharyngeal myotomy 1.5 years after the stroke.
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Cardiac cephalalgia: First case from India
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Sanjay Prakash, Nirav Panchani, Chaturbhuj Rathore, Prayag Makwana, Mitali Rathod
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:10.4103/0972-2327.165467
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:27293340
A 67-year-old male smoker had exertional headaches for 2 years. The headaches were holocephalic, very severe, excruciating, and occasionally accompanied by nausea. Physical examinations and neuroimaging were normal. Electrocardiogram (ECG) showed old infarct in inferior leads. Sublingual nitrate provided relief in headaches. Stress test was positive with recurrence of similar headaches with ECG changes suggestive of myocardial ischemia. Coronary angiogram revealed three-vessel disease. Coronary artery bypass surgery provided complete resolution of headaches.
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Clinical and MRI findings of cerebellar agenesis in two living adult patients
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Fazil Mustafa Gelal, Tugce Ozlem Kalayci, Mehmet Celebisoy, Levent Karakas, Hulya Erdogan Akkurt, Feray Koc
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:10.4103/0972-2327.160054
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:27293341
Cerebellar agenesis (CA) is an extremely rare entity. We present two adult patients with CA. The 61-year-old man had ataxia, dysarthria, abnormalities in cerebellar tests, severe cognitive impairment, and moderate mental retardation. The 26-year-old woman had dysmetria, dysdiadochokinesia, and dysarthria as well as mild cognitive impairment and mild mental retardation. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed complete absence of the cerebellum with small residual vermis. Brainstem was hypoplastic and structures above tentorium were normal. Supratentorial white matter bundles were unaffected in diffusion tensor tractography. Only few adult patients with CA have so far been published. These cases show that patients with CA present with a variety of developmental, clinical, and mental abnormalities; and emphasize the role of the cerebellum in normal motor, language, and mental development.
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Sporadic and familial myoclonic dystonia: Report of three cases and review of literature
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Kalyan B Bhattacharyya, Arijit Roy, Atanu Biswas, Ashutosh Pal
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:10.4103/0972-2327.168625
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:27293342
Myoclonic dystonia refers to a clinical syndrome characterized by rapid jerky movements along with dystonic posturing of the limbs. Clinically, it is characterized by sudden, brief, electric shock-like movements, mostly involving the upper extremities, shoulders, neck and trunk. Characteristically, the movements wane with consumption of small dose of alcohol in about 50% of cases. Additionally, dystonic contractions are observed in most of the patients in the affected body parts and some patients may exhibit cervical dystonia or graphospasm as well. It may manifest as an autosomal dominant condition or sometimes, as a sporadic entity, though there are doubts whether these represent cases with reduced penetrance. The condition is usually treated with a combination of an anticholinergic agent like, benztropine, pimozide and tetrabenazine. We report one sporadic case and one familial case where the father and the son are affected. The cases were collected from the Movement Disorders Clinic of Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, West Bengal in a period of ten months. Myoclonic dystonia is a rare condition and to the best of our knowledge, this series is the first one reported from our country. Videos of the patients are also provided with the article.
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Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancy using the penumbra system
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Sanjith Aaron, NK Shyamkumar, Sunithi Alexander, P Suresh Babu, AT Prabhakar, Vinu Moses, TV Murthy, Mathew Alexander
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173302
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:27293343
Even though intravenous thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) is the standard of care in acute ischemic stroke, its use in pregnancy is not clearly defined. Mechanical thrombectomy devices can be an option; however, literature on the use of such mechanical devices in stroke in pregnancy is lacking. Here we describe two cases that developed acute embolic stroke during pregnancy who were successfully treated by mechanical clot retrieval using the Penumbra system 28 (Penumbra Inc., Alameda, California, USA). To the best of our knowledge, these are the only case reports on the use of the Penumbra device in pregnant patients with acute ischemic stroke.
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Bilateral familial Hirayama disease in a father and daughter
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Sanjay Pandey, Shruti Jain
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173410
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:27293344
We are reporting a case of bilateral familial Hirayama disease where a father and daughter are the affected members of the family with the similar distribution of their weakness and wasting. To the best of our knowledge, bilateral familial Hirayama disease has not been described in father and daughter.
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Late-onset myoclonic epilepsy in Down syndrome (LOMEDS): A spectrum of progressive myoclonic epilepsy — Case report
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Chandra Mohan Sharma, Rajendra Kumar Pandey, Banshi Lal Kumawat, Dinesh Khandelwal
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173411
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:27293345
Cognitive decline and epilepsy are well recognized complication of Down syndrome (DS). Here, we intend to present a case of 28 year old male who presented with progressive mental regression, gait ataxia and myoclonic jerking especially on awakening in morning. His EEG was normal and karyotyping revealed trisomy of chromosome 21. Very few cases had been described in literature of late-onset myoclonic epilepsy in DS. This is first case report from India and our aim is to propose the inclusion of this entity in the spectrum of progressive myoclonic epilepsies but still more cases are yet to be found.
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RESIDENTS CORNER
Periodic electroencephalogram discharges in a case of Lafora body disease: An unusual finding
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Rajendra Singh Jain, Arti Gupta, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, Rakesh Agrawal
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:10.4103/0972-2327.176862
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:27293346
Lafora body disease (LBD) is a form of progressive myoclonic epilepsy, characterized by seizures, myoclonic jerks, cognitive decline, ataxia, and intracellular polyglucosan inclusion bodies (Lafora bodies) in the neurons, heart, skeletal muscle, liver, and sweat gland duct cells. Electroencephalogram (EEG) findings in LBD may include multiple spikes and wave discharges, photosensitivity, multifocal epileptiform discharges, and progressive slowing in background activity. Periodicity in epileptiform discharges has not been frequently depicted in LBD. We herein report an unusual case of LBD who showed generalized periodic epileptiform discharges in EEG.
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An unusual case of cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy with occipital lobe involvement
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Bhavesh Trikamji, Mariam Thomas, Gasser Hathout, Shrikant Mishra
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173403
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:27293347
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is an autosomal dominant angiopathy caused by a mutation in the notch 3 gene on chromosome 19. Clinically, patients may be asymptomatic or can present with recurrent ischemic episodes and strokes leading to dementia, depression, pseudobulbar palsy, and hemi- or quadraplegia. Additional manifestations that have been described include migraine (mostly with aura), psychiatric disturbances, and epileptic seizures. Neuroimaging is essential to the diagnosis of CADASIL. On imaging CADASIL is characterized by symmetric involvement by confluent lesions located subcortically in the frontal and temporal lobes as well as in the insula, periventricularly, in the centrum semiovale, in the internal and external capsule, basal ganglia, and brain stem; with relative sparing of the fronto-orbital and the occipital subcortical regions. We describe a 49 year old male with CADASIL with absence of temporal lobe findings on MRI but predominant lesions within the periventricular white matter, occipital lobes with extension into the subcortical frontal lobes, corpus callosum and cerebellar white matter. Although CADASIL characteristically presents with anterior temporal lobe involvement, these findings may be absent and our case addresses the atypical imaging findings in CADASIL.
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Atypical magnetic resonance imaging features in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
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Biplab Das, Manoj Kumar Goyal, Manish Modi, Sahil Mehta, Sudheer Chakravarthi, Vivek Lal, Sameer Vyas
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173304
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:27293348
Objectives:
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is rare chronic, progressive encephalitis that affects primarily children and young adults, caused by a persistent infection with measles virus. No cure for SSPE exists, but the condition can be managed by medication if treatment is started at an early stage.
Methods and Results:
Heterogeneity of imaging findings in SSPE is not very uncommon. But pial and gyral enhancements are very rarely noticed. Significant asymmetric onset as well as pial-gyral enhancements is not reported. Herein we present a case of 16 years adolescent of SSPE having remarkable asymmetric pial-gyral enhancements, which were misinterpreted as tubercular infection.
Conclusion:
Early diagnosis and treatment is encouraging in SSPE, although it is not curable with current therapy. Clinico-radiological and electrophysiological correlation is very important in diagnosis of SSPE, more gravely in patients having atypical image findings as in our index case.
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Frontal “wasting”: Cortical arteriovenous malformation causing hand wasting
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Aastha Takkar, Sahil Mehta, Chirag K Ahuja, Manoj Kumar Goyal, Manish Modi, Kanchan K Mukherjee, Ashish Pathak
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:10.4103/0972-2327.176865
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:27293349
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TECHNICAL NOTE
”Missing clot” during mechanical thrombectomy in acute stroke using Solitaire stent retrieval system
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Vikram Huded, Vivek Nambiar, Romnesh De Souza, Vikram Bohra, Ritesh Ramankutty
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:10.4103/0972-2327.176866
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:27293350
Stent retrieval system is an established treatment modality in acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion. Here, we describe a complication which occurred during mechanical thrombectomy in three cases where the clot dislodged during retrieval. There was a possibility of the clot getting reinjected into the artery with possible dire consequences.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Utility of cerebrospinal fluid cortisol level in acute bacterial meningitis
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Anish Mehta, Rohan R Mahale, Uchil Sudhir, Mahendra Javali, Rangasetty Srinivasa
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173412
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:27293351
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Did Mozart suffer from Tourette's syndrome?
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PA Bhaskar
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173309
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:27293352
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Topiramate precipitating mania in bipolar disorder
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NA Uvais, VS Sreeraj
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:10.4103/0972-2327.176858
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:27293353
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Autoimmune encephalitis
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Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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:10.4103/0972-2327.176868
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:27293354
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Hashimoto's encephalopathy as a treatable cause of corticobasal disease
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Sasi Kumar Sheetal, Robert Mathew, Byju Peethambaran
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:10.4103/0972-2327.176859
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:27293355
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Osteoporosis in patients with stroke: A cross-sectional study
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Snezana Tomasevic-Todorovic, Dusica Simic-Panic, Aleksandar Knezevic, Cila Demesi-Drljan, Dusan Maric, Fahad Hanna
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:10.4103/0972-2327.173409
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:27293356
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Necrotizing autoimmune myopathy
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Sachin Suresh Babu, Laxmi Khanna, Ravindra Kumar Saran, Gaurav Mittal, Sudhir Peter, Ivy Sebastian
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:10.4103/0972-2327.176864
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:27293357
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Defining role of vitamin D in cognitive decline
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Sunil Kumar Raina
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:10.4103/0972-2327.176860
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:27293358
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OBITUARY
In memoriam for Prof. Noshir H. Wadia
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Bhim Sen Singhal, Sarosh M Katrak
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:10.4103/0972-2327.182301
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