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Decompressive Craniectomy in Postpartum Cortical venous Thrombosis Masquerading as Postspinal Headache: What the Obstetrician should know - A Case Report Open

Neelam Suri, Vinit Suri, Kanika Suri · 2023

Introduction: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is commonly seen during pregnancy or in the postpartum period due to multiple physiological changes resulting in an altered state of homeostasis and a hypercoagulable state. Cortical vein thro…

Antiplatelets in Acute Management and Prevention of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke Open

Vinit Suri, Kanika Suri, Kunal Suri · 2023

Introduction Antiplatelet drugs (AD) reversibly or irreversibly inhibit activation and platelet aggregation and hence inhibit genesis of thrombus. Methods In this article, we review the administration of AD in acute stroke management as we…

Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus and Encephalopathy Related to Ifosfamide - A Case Report Open

Vinit Suri, Mohit Kalangi Venkata Naga, Dipanjan Panda, Kanika Suri · 2023

Introduction Ifosfamide (IFX) is an alkylating drug used for chemotherapy to manage a wide range of malignancies including testicular, ovarian, head-and-neck cancers, lymphomas, and sarcomas. Central nervous system (CNS) toxicity is known …

Cancer-Related Multiple Vessel Territory Ischemic Stroke a Case Report Open

Vinit Suri, Neelam Suri, Kanika Suri, Mohit Kalangi · 2023

Introduction: Stroke and cancer are among the most frequent causes of mortality in the elderly and may coexist. Stroke will result in further severe disability in cancer patients, and the presence of a preexistent or occult cancer increase…

Abulia without Motor Weakness - A Rare Presentation of a Lacunar Unilateral Internal Capsular Infarct Open

Vinit Suri, Vipin Patel, Kanika Suri, Avinash Goswami, Kunal Suri · 2023

Introduction: Typical lacunar strokes arising from lesions of the internal capsule result in pure motor dense hemiplegia, ataxic hemiparesis, clumsy hand-dysarthria syndrome, and capsular warning syndrome. Abulia usually occurs secondary t…

Portal Systemic Encephalopathy without Significant Changes of Chronic Liver Disease: A Case Report Open

Vinit Suri, Neelam Sahu, Sundeep Vohra, Kunal Suri · 2023

Introduction: Determining the etiology of an encephalopathy can be challenging for the neurologists, especially when the preliminary investigations do not indicate any significant biochemical or other systemic abnormality. Portosystemic sh…

An Unusual Presentation of Cryptogenic Pulmonary Mucormycosis Related to COVID-19 Infection - A Case Report Open

Vinit Suri, Neelam Sahu, Kunal Suri · 2023

Introduction: We present a unique and rare case of post-COVID cryptogenic primary pulmonary mucormycosis manifesting with nonspecific 3-week history of low-grade fever and fatigue but without any localizing symptoms related to the chest. M…

Pseudohypoparathyroidism: A Rare Cause of Status Epilepticus Open

Vinit Suri, Avinash Goswami, Shishir Pandey, Monika Goyal · 2022

Hypocalcemia can result in a variety of symptoms which include paresthesias, muscle spasms, cramps, tetany and circumoral numbness. Arrhythmias, heart failure and seizures constitute the serious symptoms arising from hypocalcemia. Seizures…

Acute-onset chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy after COVID-19 infection and subsequent ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination Open

Vinit Suri, Shishir Pandey, Jyoti Prakash Singh, Amarnath Jena · 2021

SARS-COV-2 predominantly results in a respiratory illness. However, it has also been associated with a wide range of neurological disorders including a broad range of immune neuropathies. These immune neuropathies associated with SARS-COV2…

<i>Cladophialophora bantiana</i> brain abscess with lymphadenitis Open

Vinit Suri, Shishir Pandey, Nidhi Goyal, Hena Rani · 2021

Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis refers to central nervous system infection by dematiaceous mould or by dark walled fungi which contain the dark pigment melanin in their cell wall which adds to the virulence of fungus. These dematiaceous fungi c…

Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) Open

Vinit Suri, Kunal Suri, Swapnil Jain, Kanika Suri · 2020

Coronaviruses including the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are known to affect primarily the respiratory system with additional manifestations on the enteric, hepatic, and cardiac systems as well. Neurological…

Decompressive craniectomy in herpes simplex encephalitis: a case report Open

Vinit Suri, Swapnil Jain, Mohit Kalangi Venkata Naga, Sudheer Tyagi, Aditendraditya Singh Bhati , et al. · 2020

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis is the commonest form of sporadic encephalitis. Availability of effective antiviral therapy viz Acyclovir has significantly reduced the mortality of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis. Elevated intracranial pressure re…

Listeria monocytogenes brain abscess in an immunocompromised patient: a case report Open

Vinit Suri, Subhajit Chatterjee, Rohini Handa, Swapnil Jain, Mohit Kalangi Venkata Naga , et al. · 2020

Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative intracellular gram-positive bacillus which usually infects immunocompromised patients, though it can infrequently infect immunocompetent individuals, neonates and pregnant women as well. Neurological…

Consensus statement – suggested recommendations for acute stroke management during the COVID-19 pandemic: Expert group on behalf of the indian stroke association Open

Rohit Bhatia, PN Sylaja, M.V. Padma Srivastava, Dheeraj Khurana, Jeyaraj Pandian , et al. · 2020

The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 is a global public health emergency. This has led to challenges for healthcare facilities to optimally manage other important medical emergencies. Stroke is an important public health emergency with signifi…

Simultaneous 18F- FDG PET/MRI in Autoimmune Limbic Encephalitis Open

Amarnath Jena, Sangeeta Taneja, Vinit Suri, Aashim Ahuja · 2018

Limbic encephalitis is an autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation of the brain with rapidly progressing dementia which requires definitive neurological evaluation. We describe both clinical as well as imaging findings in a case o…

Unusual presentation of Varicella zoster virus meningitis – Role of molecular rapid diagnostics in diagnosis and antimicrobial stewardship Open

Vinit Suri, Leena Mendiratta, Suranjit Chatterjee, Raman Sardana, Hena Butta · 2018

Postpartum hypernatremic encephalopathy with “Wine Glass Sign” on magnetic resonance imaging Open

Vinit Suri, Sanjiv Jasuja, Neelam Suri, Rahul Saini, Mohit Kalangi Venkata Naga , et al. · 2017

We report a 28-year-old postpartum female with acute delirium, agitation, confusion, visual hallucinations, and limb weakness. Investigations revealed severe hypernatremia, hyperuricemia, rhabdomyolysis, acute kidney injury, normal serum a…

A call for neurologists to take up stroke intervention Open

Vasantha Padma, Rohit Bhatia, Gigy Kuruttukulam, Anand Alurkar, K.K. Talwar , et al. · 2016

Recent data have provided overwhelming evidence in favor of benefits of emergent endovascular intervention in large vessel acute ischemic stroke (AIS). India with its large population has a huge burden of AIS. Hence, neurologists need to g…

Primary intraventricular central nervous system lymphoma in an immunocompetent patient Open

Vinit Suri, Venkatesh Mittapalli, Mukul Kulshrestha, Kaushal Premlani, SK Sogani , et al. · 2015

We report a young 15-year-old boy with 6 months history of headache, vomiting, and seizure. He underwent septostomy followed by right ventriculoperitoneal shunt for obstructive hydrocephalus and was managed with empirical antituberculosis …

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