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Acta Neurologica Belgica

Issue 2/2023

Content (78 Articles)

Open Access Epilepsy Review article

Radiological and surgical aspects of polymorphous low-grade neuroepithelial tumor of the young (PLNTY)

Daniele Armocida, Luigi Valentino Berra, Alessandro Frati, Antonio Santoro

Stroke Review article

Neurological monitoring in ECMO patients: current state of practice, challenges and lessons

Hassan Aboul-Nour, Ammar Jumah, Hafsa Abdulla, Amreeta Sharma, Bradley Howell, Namita Jayaprakash, Jayna Gardner-Gray

Stroke Review article

Cortical connectivity in stroke using signals from resting-state EEG: a review of current literature

Cătălina Elena Bistriceanu, Florentina Anca Danciu, Dan Iulian Cuciureanu

Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula: a comprehensive review of the history, management, and future prospective

Ali Alkhaibary, Nada Alnefaie, Ahoud Alharbi, Hajar Alammar, Alshaymaa M. Arishy, Wael Alshaya, Sami Khairy

Myasthenia Gravis Original article

Current management of myasthenia gravis in Belgium: a single-center experience

Rudy Mercelis, Alicia Alonso-Jiménez, Paul Van Schil

Migraine Original article

Structural integrity of corpus callosum in patients with migraine: a diffusion tensor imaging study

Aygul Tantik Pak, Sebahat Nacar Dogan, Yildizhan Sengul

Cerebral microbleeds is associated with dementia in Parkinson’s disease

Huijuan Wan, Huimin Chen, Meimei Zhang, Tao Feng, Yilong Wang

Stroke Original article

Comparison of the effectiveness of anti-gravity treadmill exercises and underwater walking exercises on cardiorespiratory fitness, functional capacity and balance in stroke patients

Ümmügülsüm Doğan Duran, Mustafa Duran, Elif Tekin, Yasin Demir, Koray Aydemir, Berke Aras, Evren Yasar

Computed Tomography Original article

Admission chest CT findings and risk assessment for stroke-associated pneumonia

Ethem Murat Arsava, Selin Ardali Duzgun, Gamze Durhan, Melike Cakan, Erhan Akpinar, Mehmet Akif Topcuoglu

Open Access Migraine Original article

Vertebrobasilar artery elongation in migraine—a retrospective cross-sectional study

Ole Hensel, Philipp Burow, Torsten Kraya, Dietrich Stoevesandt, Steffen Naegel

Stroke Original article

Carotid artery stenting during endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke with tandem occlusion: the Italian Registry of Endovascular Treatment in Acute Stroke

Fabrizio Sallustio, Giovanni Pracucci, Manuel Cappellari, Valentina Saia, Alfredo Paolo Mascolo, Federico Marrama, Roberto Gandini, Giacomo Koch, Marina Diomedi, Federica D’Agostino, Alessandro Rocco, Valerio Da Ros, Andrea Wlderk, Marco Nezzo, Renato Argirò, Daniele Morosetti, Leonardo Renieri, Patrizia Nencini, Stefano Vallone, Andrea Zini, Guido Bigliardi, Antonio Pitrone, Francesco Grillo, Sandra Bracco, Rossana Tassi, Mauro Bergui, Andrea Naldi, Giuseppe Carità, Ilaria Casetta, Roberto Gasparotti, Mauro Magoni, Luigi Simonetti, Nicolò Haznedari, Matteo Paolucci, Nicola Mavilio, Laura Malfatto, Roberto Menozzi, Antonio Genovese, Mirco Cosottini, Giovanni Orlandi, Alessio Comai, Enrica Franchini, Alessandro Pedicelli, Giovanni Frisullo, Edoardo Puglielli, Alfonsina Casalena, Giacomo Cester, Claudio Baracchini, Davide Castellano, Alessandra Di Liberto, Giuseppe Kenneth Ricciardi, Luigi Chiumarulo, Marco Petruzzellis, Elvis Lafe, Alessandra Persico, Nicola Cavasin, Adriana Critelli, Vittorio Semeraro, Angelica Tinelli, Andrea Giorgianni, Federico Carimati, William Auteri, Stefano Rizzuto, Francesco Biraschi, Ettore Nicolini, Antonio Ferrari, Maurizio Melis, Stefano Calia, Tiziana Tassinari, Nunzio Paolo Nuzzi, Manuel Corato, Simona Sacco, Guido Squassina, Paolo Invernizzi, Ivan Gallesio, Luigi Ruiz, Giovanni Dui, Nicola Carboni, Pietro Amistà, Monia Russo, Mario Maiore, Bastianina Zanda, Giuseppe Craparo, Marina Mannino, Domenico Inzitari, Danilo Toni, Salvatore Mangiafico, R. Gasparotti, D. Inzitari, S. Mangiafico, D. Toni, S. Vallone, A. Zini, M. Bergui, F. Causin, A. Ciccone, P. Nencini, A. Saletti, F. Sallustio, R. Tassi, F. Zappoli Thyrion, G. Pracucci, V. Saia, R. Gandini, V. Da Ros, L. Greco, D. Morosetti, M. Diomedi, F. Sallustio, S. Mangiafico, S. Nappini, N. Limbucci, L. Renieri, E. Fainardi, D. Inzitari, P. Nencini, S. Vallone, L. Verganti, F. Sacchetti, G. Zelent, G. Bigliardi, M. L. Dell’Acqua, L. Picchetto, L. Vandelli, R. Pentore, S. Maffei, P. Nichelli, M. Longo, A. Pitrone, S. L. Vinci, M. Velo, A. Caragliano, A. Tessitore, O. Bonomo, R. Musolino, P. La Spina, C. Casella, M. C. Fazio, F. Grillo, M. Cotroneo, C. Dell’Aera, I. Francalanza, S. Bracco, S. Cioni, P. Gennari, I. M. Vallone, A. Cerase, R. Tassi, G. Martini, M. Bergui, G. Stura, D. Daniele, P. Cerrato, A. Naldi, A. Saletti, M. Onofrio, A. De Vito, C. Azzini, I. Casetta, R. Gasparotti, D. Mardighian, M. Frigerio, M. Magoni, A. Costa, L. Simonetti, L. Cirillo, F. Taglialatela, S. Isceri, C. Princiotta, M. Dall’Olio, M. Cellerini, A. Zini, M. Gentile, L. Piccolo, L. Migliaccio, L. Brancaleoni, F. Naldi, M. Romoli, A. Zaniboni, M. Ruggiero, A. Sanna, N. Haznedari, C. Commodaro, M. Longoni, S. Biguzzi, F. Cordici, E. Malatesta, L. Castellan, N. Mavilio, G. Salsano, L. Malfatto, C. Finocchi, R. Menozzi, P. Piazza, E. Epifani, A. Andreone, U. Scoditti, P. Castellini, L. Latte, I. Grisendi, M. Cosottini, M. Puglioli, G. Lazzarotti, D. Lauretti, M. Mancuso, N. Giannini, M. Maccarone, G. Orlandi, A. Comai, G. Bonatti, G. Nano, F. Ferro, M. Bonatti, E. Dall’Ora, R. Currò Dossi, E. Turri, M. Turri, C. Colosimo, A. Pedicelli, F. D’Argento, A. Alexandre, G. Frisullo, V. Di Egidio, E. G. Puglielli, L. Ruggero, M. Assetta, A. Casalena, F. Causin, G. Cester, C. Baracchini, F. Viaro, A. Pieroni, G. Vaudano, C. Comelli, L. Di Maggio, D. Castellano, R. Cavallo, E. Duc, G. Chianale, E. F. M. Ciceri, M. Plebani, R. Augelli, P. Zampieri, A. Grazioli, M. Cappellari, S. Forlivesi, G. Tomelleri, N. Micheletti, L. Chiumarulo, D. S. Zimatore, F. Federico, M. Petruzzelli, F. Zappoli, E. Lafe, G. Sanfilippo, A. Sgreccia, A. Martignoni, A. Cavallini, F. Denaro, A. Persico, E. Cagliari, N. Cavasin, R. Quatrale, A. Critelli, N. Burdi, V. Semeraro, N. Lucarelli, M. P. Ganimede, S. Internò, A. Tinelli, M. P. Prontera, A. Pesare, E. Cotroneo, E. Pampana, F. Ricciardi, R. Gigli, F. R. Pezzella, F. Corsi, A. Giorgianni, F. Baruzzi, C. Pellegrino, A. Terrana, M. Versino, M. L. Delodovici, F. Carimati, L. Princiotta Cariddi, W. Auteri, O. Di Benedetto, U. Silvagni, P. Perrotta, E. Crispino, A. Petrone, F. Stancati, S. Rizzuto, P. Pugliese, E. Pisani, A. Siniscalchi, C. Gaudiano, D. Pirritano, F. Del Giudice, M. Piano, E. Agostoni, C. Motto, A. Gatti, A. Guccione, R. Tortorella, A. Stecco, G. Guzzardi, B. Del Sette, L. Coppo, J. Baldan, D. Romano, A. Siani, G. Locatelli, R. Saponiero, R. Napolitano, M. De Gregorio, G. Volpe, M. Tenuta, G. Guidetti, F. Biraschi, A. Wulbek, D. Toni, A. Falcou, A. Anzini, A. Mancini, M. De Michele, S. Fausti, M. T. Di Mascio, L. Durastanti, E. Sbardella, V. Mellina, E. Nicolini, S. Comelli, C. Ganau, S. Corraine, F. Fusaro, A. Ferrari, F. Schirru, V. Ledda, S. Secci, M. Melis, V. Piras, J. Moller, R. Padolecchia, L. Allegretti, V. Caldiera, S. Calia, G. Ganci, T. Tassinari, V. Saia, A. Sugo, M. De Nicola, M. Giannoni, S. Bruni, E. Gambelli, L. Provinciali, N. P. Nuzzi, S. Marcheselli, M. Corato, F. Scomazzoni, F. Simionato, L. Roveri, P. Filauri, S. Sacco, B. Orlandi, F. De Santis, C. Tiseo, F. Notturno, R. Ornello, M. Pavia, G. Squassina, M. Cobelli, M. Morassi, E. Magni, P. Invernizzi, F. Pepe, B. Bigni, P. Costa, M. Crabbio, S. Griffini, F. Palmerini, M. P. Piras, I. Gallesio, S. Barbero, D. Ferrandi, G. Dui, M. C. Fancello, S. Zedda, A. Ticca, M. V. Saddi, G. Deiana, R. Rossi, N. Carboni, A. Mela, P. Amistà, M. Russo, M. Gentile, G. Iannucci, V. Pinna, L. Di Clemente, M. Santi, A. De Boni, C. De Luca, M. Natrella, G. Fanelli, M. Cristoferi, E. Bottacchi, G. Corso, P. Tosi, M. Sessa, A. Giossi, Baietti, G. Romano, P. Meineri, A. Armentano, P. Versace, L. Arcudi, G. Galvano, B. Petralia, P. Feraco, G. Luppi, B. Giometto, V. Bignamini, S. Piffer, G. B. Meloni, C. Fabio, M. Maiore, F. Pintus, A. Pischedda, A. Manca, C. Mongili, B. Zanda, A. Sanna, A. Baule, F. Florio, G. Ciccarese, M. Leone, P. Di Viesti, M. P. Pappalardo, G. Craparo, C. Gallo, S. Monaco, M. Mannino, M. Muto, GL. Guarnieri, V. Andreone, G. Passalacqua, M. Allegritti, C. Colosimo, S. Caproni, M. Filizzolo, A. Salmaggi, A. Giordano, C. Marini, S. Sacco, I. Frattale, G. Lucente, C. Nozzoli, F. A. Lupo

Effect of cerebral small vessel disease on cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

Yuan Shen, ZhiFeng Dong, JianGuo Zhong, PingLei Pan, Gang Xu, Zhiping Zhang, Xianxian Zhang, HaiCun Shi

Parkinson's Disease Original article

Discussing sexual health among Flemish patients with Parkinson’s disease

Roel Van Overmeire, Lara Vesentini, Stephanie Vanclooster, Johan Bilsen

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Original article

Quality of life in patients and caregivers after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a Flemish population study

M. Ramael, L. Peeters, M. Schoovaerts, C. M. J. Loos, T. Menovsky, L. Yperzeele

Angiography Original article

Can bispectral index be an early marker in the diagnosis of brain death?

Yasemin Çoban, Dincer Yildizdas, Ozden Ozgur Horoz, Nagehan Aslan, Ozlem Herguner

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Original article

Primary acute convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage in older patients: analysis of baseline, clinical and MRI characteristics including quantitative surface study and topographical probabilistic mapping of convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage

Vincenzo Autieri, Nicolas Gaillard, Isabelle Mourand, Sabine Laurent-Chabalier, Thibault Mura, Cassiana Trandafir, Anne Wacongne, Nicolas Menjot de Champfleur, Eric Thouvenot, Fabricio Pereira, Dimitri Renard

Myasthenia Gravis Original article

COVID-19 infection and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in myasthenia gravis

Stojan Peric, Milos Rankovic, Ivo Bozovic, Vanja Radosavljevic, Ivan Marjanovic, Ivana Basta, Dragana Lavrnic

Stroke Original article

Multicentric validation of a reduced features case-mix set for predicting functional outcome after ischemic stroke in Belgium

Sofie Ordies, Anouk Lesenne, Kim Bekelaar, Jelle Demeestere, Robin Lemmens, Peter Vanacker, Dieter Mesotten, Luc Stockx, Tom De Beule, Geert Maleux, Olivier François, Ludovic Ernon, Pascal Vanelderen

Stroke Original article

The effect of robot-assisted gait training frequency on walking, functional recovery, and quality of life in patients with stroke

Elif Yakşi, Elif Selim Bahadır, Mustafa Fatih Yaşar, Tuğba Alışık, Ramazan Kurul, Adnan Demirel

Cranial MRI Original article

Hemiballism and chorea with acute/subacute onset: a retrospective series

Yeşim Güzey Aras, Sena Boncuk Ulaş, Türkan Acar, Bilgehan Atılgan Acar

Dystonia Letter to the Editor

A case report of a novel GNB1 pathogenic variant and the response to deep brain stimulation

Gloria Rožmarić, Mario Hero, Valentino Rački, Vladimira Vuletić, Darko Chudy, Borut Peterlin

Polyneuropathy Letter to the Editor

Hansen’s disease presenting as polyneuropathy: an unusual presentation

Dipti Baskar, Deepak Menon, Shilpa Rao, Pramod Kumar Pal

Stroke Letter to the Editor

In situ high fidelity simulation of the pre procedure start timeframe in cerebral thrombectomy

Lionel Bapteste, Jérémy Bayet, Anne-claire Lukaszewicz, Omer Eker, Baptiste Balanca

Guillain-Barré Syndrome Letter to the Editor

Facial diplegia with hyperreflexia: a rare variant of Guillain–Barré syndrome

Uddalak Chakraborty, Ajitava Dutta, Jayanta Ghosal, Biman Kanti Ray

A young man with vertical diplopia and Bielschowsky sign: isotretinoin-induced extraocular myopathy

Erwin Chiquete, Luis Lee-Chen, José Aceves-Buendía, Eduardo Ruiz-Ruiz, Tatiana Bliskunova, Jennefer Portillo-Valle, Elizabeth Rodríguez-Perea, Salvador Durán-Coyote, Liz Toapanta-Yanchapaxi, Emmanuel Aguilar-Salas, Francisca Fernandez-Valverde, Guillermo García-Ramos, Carlos Cantú-Brito

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Letter to the Editor

T1-hyperintensity in the pulvinar (“Pulvinar sign”) in Klinefelter (47, XXY) syndrome: a case report

Luca Panebianco, Laura D’Acunto, Bruna Nucera, Fabrizio Rinaldi, Paolo Manganotti, Raffaele Nardone, Francesco Brigo

Letter to the Editor

Real-time cerebral blood flow velocity during limb-shaking transient ischemic attacks

Takaya Kitano, Manabu Sakaguchi, Shuhei Okazaki, Kenichi Todo, Hideki Mochizuki

Letter to the Editor

FUS positive juvenile ALS-diagnostic and therapeutic insights from a 16-year-old female patient

Anu Philip, Sachin Sureshbabu, K. Nikitha, Divya Pachat, Sujith Janardhanan, Rekha Narayanan, Sudhir Peter, Sobhana Chindrippu, Merisin Joseph, Smilu Mohanlal

Cranial MRI Letter to the Editor

Migratory enhancement in brain MRI of rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour over 11 years

Bin Chen, Huiyuan Chen, Huanguang Liu, Weibin Gu, Zaiqiang Zhang

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Letter to the Editor

Spinal cord involvement in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome without brain hemisphere vasogenic alterations: a case report

Umberto Magliola, Luisa Lobetti Bodoni, Giuseppina Glioti, Alessandro Balducci, Gabriella Paglia

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Letter to the Editor

Compound heterozygous variants of MTHFR presenting as treatable leukodystrophy with reversible visuospatial deficits

Arkaprava Chakraborty, Adreesh Mukherjee, Sumanta Sarkar, Souvik Dubey, Goutam Gangopadhyay

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Letter to the Editor

Anti-GAD antibodies associated autoimmunity presenting as isolated dementia: an expansion of GAD antibody-spectrum disorders

Rohan R. Mahale, Srinath Rajeevan, S. Sivaprakash, Hansashree Padmanabha, Pooja Mailankody, P. Mathuranath

Stroke Letter to the Editor

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma presenting as an acute ischaemic stroke

Miguel Serôdio, Tiago Lorga, João Nuno Ramos, João Pedro Marto, Paulo Bugalho

Open Access Lymphoma Letter to the Editor

A peculiar case of primary central nervous system T-cell lymphoma with indolent behavior

David Wasilewski, Martin Janz, Arend Koch, Andreas Rosenwald, Ulrich Keller, Peter Vajkoczy, Katharina Faust, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Josefine Radke

Neurogenic Bladder Letter to the Editor

Hirayama disease associated with neurogenic bladder dysfunction

Osman Younus, Timothy Hampton, Silvia Messina, Graziella Quattrocchi

Open Access Computed Tomography Letter to the Editor

Rapidly evolving cerebral edema and hyperperfusion in a patient with dural arteriovenous fistula

Eva Bürkle, Tobias Lindig, Ulrike Ernemann, Tim W. Rattay

Herpes Virus Letter to the Editor

Human herpes 6 encephalitis in co-infection with Covid-19

A. Di Nora, F. Pizzo, G. Costanza, M. Ruggieri, R. Falsaperla

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Letter to the Editor

Unraveling Ondine’s curse caused by Listeria rhombencephalitis

Dilpreet K. Singh, Clara Weinstock, Benjamin Johnson, Michael Sansait, William McGee

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Letter to the Editor

Anti-neurofascin 186 antibody in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a case report

Shen Liu, Yi-Ming Zhang, Hong-Dong Zhao, Ting-Ting Liu, Jian-Quan Shi

Anakinra Letter to the Editor

Anakinra in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Giuseppe Bomboi, Maria Laura Bernardo, Daniele Mei, Nicola P. Falcone, Mauro Vannicola

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Letter to the Editor

Comorbid amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and sarcoidosis

Mansur A. Kutlubaev, Todd A. Hardy, Daria K. Areprintseva, Ekaterina V. Pervushina

Edema Letter to the Editor

Skin rush in brainstem cavernous malformation: an infrequent manifestation of autonomic dysfunction

Miguel Ángel Molina Gutiérrez, Marina Andrés Martínez, Cristina Utrilla Contreras, Javier Manuel Saceda Gutiérrez

SARS-CoV-2 Letter to the Editor

Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome following COVID-19 infection

Ismail Ibrahim Ismail, Walaa A. Kamel, Ayman Kilany

Pituitary Adenoma Letter to the Editor

Aneurysm formation after gamma-knife surgery for pituitary adenoma

Shunya Honda, Yosuke Tajima, Yoichi Yoshida, Kentaro Horiguchi, Yasuo Iwadate

Frontotemporal Dementia Letter to the Editor

Rare GRN mutation in a patient diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and  parkinsonism

Romana Perković, Kristina Gotovac Jerčić, Manuela Frančić, David Ozretić, Fran Borovečki

Hydrocephalus Letter to the Editor

Transient obstruction of aqueduct of sylvius: rare case of spontaneously resolving acute hydrocephalus

Sampurna Chowdhury, Rajesh K. Singh, Deepti Vibha, Ajay Garg, Manjari Tripathi

Letter to the Editor

Improved detection of MOG antibody-associated transverse myelitis with 18F-FDG-PET: a case report

F. Daems, J. Derdelinckx, S. Ceyssens, S. Vanden Bossche, T. Reynders, B. Willekens

Meningioma Letter to the Editor

The C2-tongue connection: anatomically tasteful but often forgotten

Vincent Raymaekers, Gert Roosen, Maarten Wissels, Mark Plazier, Sven Bamps

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Letter to the Editor

Intracranial rheumatoid nodules: a rare localization of rheumatoid arthritis

Griet Verboven, Yasmine Sluyts, Gert De Mulder, Filip Stessels, Harald De Cauwer

[18F]DPA-714 PET imaging: a new tool to reveal the hidden part of focal drug-resistant epilepsy?

Margaux Cheval, Sebastian Rodrigo, Ana Maria Petrescu, Claire Leroy, Viviane Bouilleret