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Neurologist. Proud Indian 🇮🇳. Alumnus @NIMHANS_BLR
Jan 24 7 tweets 2 min read
This patient with acute stroke presented with acute onset of dysphagia, drooling, dysarthria and facial deviation. How to explain his symptoms with this infarct on MRI?

#MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter #MedX Image (Brainstem did not show any infarct) Image
Nov 20, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
A case of rapidly progressive dementia with myoclonus

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#MedTwitter #NeuroTwitter A 54 year old lady was brought with h/o behavioral changes from 1 month (phobia, visual hallucinations); progressive cognitive decline,stiffness n abnormal posturing of limbs (10 days) ; startle response to sound, jerky movements of the limbs (1 week). No h/o fever.
Oct 26, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
Intractable vomiting and hiccups can be neurological in origin …

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#medtwitter #neurotwitter A 24-year-old lady developed recurrent projectile vomiting with hiccups, which continued for 1.5 months. Evaluated by multiple specialities and systemic causes were ruled out.
Oct 25, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
The lady who started sleeping 20 hours a day..

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#medtwitter #neurotwitter A 20 year old lady presented with h/o sleeping 20 hours a day from 10 days. There was h/o right hemiparesis 2 years ago.
May 3, 2022 9 tweets 1 min read
“Boomerang sign” :

Hyperintensity in the splenium of corpus callosum Also called transient splenial hyperintensity, MERS (mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion), CLOCC (cytotoxic lesions of corpus callosum).