Unusual presentation of neurobrucellosis presenting with the features of parkinsonism: two case reports and a review of the literature.

Background: Brucellosis, a zoonotic disease caused by species, remains endemic in regions such as Saudi Arabia. While neurobrucellosis is a serious complication, its presentation with parkinsonian features and psychiatric manifestations is exceedingly rare, with only five such cases reported in the literature. These case reports add to the limited data on atypical presentations of neurobrucellosis.

Elevated intracranial pressure requiring decompressive craniectomy in a child with progressive primary angiitis of the central nervous system: a case report.

Background: Elevated intracranial pressure is a potentially catastrophic complication of neurologic injury in children. Successful management of elevated intracranial pressure requires prompt recognition and therapy directed at both reducing intracranial pressure and reversing its underlying cause. A rare condition that causes elevated intracranial pressure is childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system, which is a rare inflammatory central nervous system disease that poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Auto-immune anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis: three case reports.

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is a recently identified auto-immune disorder characterised by severe memory deficit, a decreased level of consciousness, seizures, autonomic dysfunction and movement disorders. Three girls with the disorder are reported; they were aged 4 years, 5 years and 10 months. The 10-month-old infant who is one of the youngest patients reported with anti-NMDAR encephalitis worldwide, had MRI features suggestive of herpes simplex encephalitis (known to trigger anti-NMDAR encephalitis), but CSF PCR for herpes simplex was negative.

A case of pancreatitis, panniculitis and polyarthritis syndrome: Elucidating the pathophysiologic mechanisms of a rare condition.

Pancreatitis-Panniculitis-Polyarthritis (PPP) syndrome is rare and its physiopathology unclear. A 6-year old boy suffered of traumatic pancreatitis complicated by PPP syndrome. Extensive investigations demonstrated high levels of pancreatic lipase and fatty acids in the affected peripheral tissues.