L'image du mois. L'encéphalopathie postérieure réversible.

in Revue Médicale de Liège (2016), 71(11)

Nous rapportons ici le cas d'une patiente de 32 ans, sans antécédents, ayant présenté une encéphalopathie postérieure réversible toxique sur prise d'Antabuse.

Les paralysies du nerf moteur oculaire commun chez l'enfant: a propos d'une observation de tumeur germinale hypophysaire.

in Bulletin de la Société Belge d'Ophtalmologie (2011), (318), 31-6

PURPOSE: Third cranial nerve palsies are unfrequent in childhood and adolescence and are most often congenital. The association of sellar germ cell tumor and ophthalmoplegia is considered as being very ... [more ▼]

PURPOSE: Third cranial nerve palsies are unfrequent in childhood and adolescence and are most often congenital. The association of sellar germ cell tumor and ophthalmoplegia is considered as being very rare at this age. CASE REPORT: A 11-year-old young girl was examined in emergency with a third left cranial nerve partial palsy associated with one- year duration history of hypopituitarism with insipid diabetes and growth retardation. Cerebral IRM revealed a tumor of the pituitary gland. In histopathological examination of pituitary gland biopsies, lesions were compatibles with a sellar germ cell tumor. CONCLUSION: Although they are most often of a congenital nature, third cranial nerve palsies in childhood may be secondary to other causes that should be always taken in mind. When they are secondary to a sellar tumor and according to the clinical presentation and the IRM, the histopahological examination of biopsies is mandatory to have a precise diagnosis. [less ▲]

Idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis mimicking multiple meningiomas: case report and review of the literature.

in Acta Neuropathologica (1997), 94(4), 385-9

A case of idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis with an unusual and misleading manifestation is reported. Computed tomography scan, angiographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings were ... [more ▼]

A case of idiopathic hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis with an unusual and misleading manifestation is reported. Computed tomography scan, angiographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings were suggestive of multiple meningeal neoplasms and a correct diagnosis was made only after meningeal biopsy. This 44-year-old patient had a previous history of an ill-defined systemic disorder associating episcleritis, erythroderma nodosa and multiple peripheral arthritis. We review previous reports of idiopathic cranial pachymeningitis with emphasis on radiological investigation techniques, histopathology and possible dysimmune mechanisms of pathogenesis. [less ▲]