Katherine C Dodd, Fayyaz Ahmed, Michael Desborough, Ruth Dobson, Hedley C A Emsley, Khaizer Rizvi, Suresh Kumar Chhetri
{"title":"Periprocedural antithrombotic management for lumbar puncture: Association of British Neurologists 2026 guideline summary update.","authors":"Katherine C Dodd, Fayyaz Ahmed, Michael Desborough, Ruth Dobson, Hedley C A Emsley, Khaizer Rizvi, Suresh Kumar Chhetri","doi":"10.1136/pn-2026-005351","DOIUrl":"10.1136/pn-2026-005351","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39343,"journal":{"name":"PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148819635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jordan Rex Wagner, Roberta Potamianos, Anthony Khoo
{"title":"Zosteriform herpes simplex virus type 2 presenting as Brown-Séquard syndrome in an immunocompromised man.","authors":"Jordan Rex Wagner, Roberta Potamianos, Anthony Khoo","doi":"10.1136/pn-2026-005379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/pn-2026-005379","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39343,"journal":{"name":"PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149228989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dilini Chandrisiri, Benjamin Mcloughlin, Jose Mosquera, Peter Arthur-Farraj, Belén González-Herrero
{"title":"Acute intermittent porphyria: abdominal pain, weight loss and acute neuropathy.","authors":"Dilini Chandrisiri, Benjamin Mcloughlin, Jose Mosquera, Peter Arthur-Farraj, Belén González-Herrero","doi":"10.1136/pn-2026-005418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/pn-2026-005418","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39343,"journal":{"name":"PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149207976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harry Knights, Mena Farag, Michael J Murphy, Sangeerthana Rajagopal, Edward J Wild
{"title":"Recognising motor impersistence at the bedside.","authors":"Harry Knights, Mena Farag, Michael J Murphy, Sangeerthana Rajagopal, Edward J Wild","doi":"10.1136/pn-2026-005163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/pn-2026-005163","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39343,"journal":{"name":"PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149137796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Migraine: diagnosis and treatment in primary and secondary care.","authors":"Fayyaz Ahmed, Sophie Ramana Dorsey, Callum Duncan","doi":"10.1136/pn-2026-005167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/pn-2026-005167","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Migraine is the most prevalent neurological disorder presenting to primary and secondary care. It can be severely disabling. Its effective management improves quality of life of our patients. Over the last few decades, new acute and preventive treatment options have arrived that have changed the landscape of how migraine is managed. This article provides clinical practice guidelines intended to support clinicians with acute and chronic management of migraine.</p>","PeriodicalId":39343,"journal":{"name":"PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149128440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Trubshaw, Maeve Barlow, Camila Nagoda Niklewicz, Alvaro Sanchez Martinez, Joseph Parker, Martin Montes, Mara Waters, Rob Arts, Patricia McNamara, Neil Stone
{"title":"Neuromycoses: recognition and management in clinical practice.","authors":"Michael Trubshaw, Maeve Barlow, Camila Nagoda Niklewicz, Alvaro Sanchez Martinez, Joseph Parker, Martin Montes, Mara Waters, Rob Arts, Patricia McNamara, Neil Stone","doi":"10.1136/pn-2026-005263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/pn-2026-005263","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuromycoses encompass fungal infections of the central nervous system (CNS). Their prevalence is increasing worldwide, with significant morbidity and mortality. Many carry a high mortality and so a knowledge of these conditions is important to facilitate rapid identification and treatment. There are no effective laboratory diagnostics for many neuromycoses. Negative cultures, absence of systemic inflammation and normal cerebrospinal fluid results do not exclude neuromycoses. Diagnosis can however often be deduced based on the specific constellation of exposure, travel and host factors. Management is difficult due to paucity of evidence, limited CNS penetration of antifungal agents and their significant toxicity. It is important to identify the causative organism due to highly variable susceptibility profiles. Treatment success is primarily evaluated based on symptom improvement. This review aims to arm clinicians with the broad knowledge required to diagnose and treat these rare, yet important, conditions with significant clinical consequences.</p>","PeriodicalId":39343,"journal":{"name":"PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patxi Zavala Gottau, Francisco Caiza-Zambrano, Luis Ariel Miquelini, Maria Sol Pacha, Diego Tripodi, Yemina Neme, Mauricio Agustin Benetti, Andrea Dolores Ezquiaga, Mauricio Jiménez, Andrea Gomez, Félix Vigovich, Oscar Adolfo Martínez
{"title":"Linear scleroderma 'en coup de sabre'.","authors":"Patxi Zavala Gottau, Francisco Caiza-Zambrano, Luis Ariel Miquelini, Maria Sol Pacha, Diego Tripodi, Yemina Neme, Mauricio Agustin Benetti, Andrea Dolores Ezquiaga, Mauricio Jiménez, Andrea Gomez, Félix Vigovich, Oscar Adolfo Martínez","doi":"10.1136/pn-2025-004882","DOIUrl":"10.1136/pn-2025-004882","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Linear scleroderma 'en coup de sabre' is a rare condition characterised by inflammation and fibrosis of the skin and underlying tissues; it rarely presents in adults. The adult-onset form seldom has extracutaneous manifestations, but those that occur are usually neurological. A 43-year-old woman with epilepsy had a scar-like lesion on her forehead. The MR brain scan showed focal cortical atrophy and white matter changes on the same side as the skin lesion. Skin biopsy identified hyaline sclerosis of the reticular dermis consistent with scleroderma. Her clinical condition stabilised on mycophenolate mofetil. Although uncommon in adults, it is important to consider this rare disease in adults with scalp lesions who have epileptic seizures.</p>","PeriodicalId":39343,"journal":{"name":"PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146041739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maeve Bradley, Aicha Kalfat, Richard A Walsh, Tim Lynch, Conor Fearon, Henry Houlden
{"title":"Hereditary spastic paraplegia: a practical approach.","authors":"Maeve Bradley, Aicha Kalfat, Richard A Walsh, Tim Lynch, Conor Fearon, Henry Houlden","doi":"10.1136/pn-2026-005344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/pn-2026-005344","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) comprises a clinically and genetically diverse group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders unified by slowly progressive, usually symmetrical lower-limb spasticity secondary to corticospinal tract degeneration. For practising neurologists, the first step is recognising when a presentation is consistent with HSP and when it is not, and then carefully excluding treatable causes. We outline a pragmatic approach to assessing HSP, highlighting the broad clinical spectrum, 'red flags' that should trigger re-evaluation and the common acquired and genetic mimics. We summarise the relevant clinical and supportive investigations that can narrow the differential diagnosis. We also discuss the strengths and limitations of contemporary genetic testing. Finally, we focus on practical management: multidisciplinary care, spasticity treatments, and proactive recognition and management of additional symptoms outside of spasticity.</p>","PeriodicalId":39343,"journal":{"name":"PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149115995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}