Embolic Stroke and Pulseless Right Arm in a Schoolgirl

Abstract: A rare clinical presentation arterial Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is described in a young school-girl. TOS causing distal; disease is a rare cause of artery to- artery embolic stroke. Brain-stem ischemic stroke is a result of compromise to the posterior circulation. This is often due to antegrade embolism from the heart or proximal vessels. […]

Alzheimer’s Disease – An Update

Introduction: Alzheimer’s (AD) disease is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder manifested by cognitive and memory deterioration, progressive impairment of activities of daily living and a variety ofneuropsychiatric symptoms and behavioral disturbances1.This incurable, degenerative, and terminal disease was first described by German psychiatrist andneuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him2. Alzheimer’s disease […]