Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
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Telestroke services have been shown to increase stroke therapy access in rural areas. The implementation of advanced CT imaging for patient assessment may improve patient selection and detection of stroke mimics in conjunction with telestroke. We implemented a telestroke service supported by multimodal CT imaging in a rural hospital in Australia. ⋯ A 90-day mRS ⩽2 was achieved in 40% of treated patients. We conclude that a telestroke service using advanced CT imaging for therapy decision assistance can be successfully implemented in regional Australia and can be used to guide acute stroke treatment decision-making and improve access to thrombolytic therapy. Efficiency and safety is comparable to established telestroke services.
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Review Case Reports
Hippocampal sclerosis and associated focal cortical dysplasia-related epilepsy in neurofibromatosis type I.
Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is a relatively common disorder associated with a range of neurologic sequelae. Refractory epilepsy occurs in 4-13% of NF1 patients. Hippocampal sclerosis and focal cortical dysplasia, both well-defined epilepsy-related entities, have been described in a subset of cases. ⋯ Post-operatively, both patients had recurrence of habitual seizures, with one case continuing to have intractable seizures following two subsequent temporal lobectomies. Although hippocampal sclerosis association with focal cortical dysplasia is well document in epilepsy, it has been rarely described in the setting of neurofibromatosis type I. Although prior surgical series have shown good epilepsy surgery outcomes within neurofibromatosis type I, these two cases did not.