[Meningiomas in pediatric patients: report of 2 cases].

abstract：:The study is based on 371 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples and 324 serum samples from 40 patients with neurocysticercosis (NC) submitted to treatment with praziquantel. The aim of the study is a critical evaluation on humoral immunity in CSF NC syndrome. The analysis of NC patients at diagnosis and in the follow-up p...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Livramento JA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a rare congenital brain malformation of unknown etiology. Patients with HME can present with an early onset epileptic syndrome which is often refractory to medical treatment and associated to impaired neurological development. Functional hemispherectomy (FH) has proven to be a valuable trea...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Fonseca LF,Melo RP,Cukiert A,Burattini JA,Mariani PP,Brandão R,Ceda L,Baldauf CM,Argentoni M,Forster C,Baise C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the predictive value of cerebral ultrasound in infants diagnoses on meningitis neonatal to the neurological outcome. METHOD:A retrospective study of 16 children admitted at Institute Fernandes Figueira RJ-Brazil, who had neonatal meningitis and were examined by cerebral ultrasound. The neurologic...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Monteiro AM,Bomfim O

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study has been carried out through anthropometric measures of Bahian newborns, to define measures according with the reality of this region. METHOD:Study type transversal cut in term babies with the measures of cephalic perimeter, biauricular and anteroposterior distances, fontanel and cephalic index. R...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mota M,Melo A,Burak C,Daltro C,Rodrigues B,Lucena R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basal encephaloceles refer to rare entities and they correspond to herniation of brain tissue through defects of skull along the cribiform plate or the sphenoid bone. A rare morning glory syndrome, with characteristic retinal defect has been reported in association with basal encephaloceles. Hypophysis hormonal de...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Minotto I,Abdala N,Miachon AA,Spinola e Castro AM,Imamura P,Nogueira RG

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal extradural meningeal cysts are typically formed by a thin fibrotic membranous capsule, macroscopically similar that of an arachnoid membrane, filled by cerebro spinal fluid and related to a nerve root or to the posterior midline. Ventral location is extremely rare and when it occurs they usually cause spinal co...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Prevedello DM,Tatsui CE,Koerbel A,Grande CV,Cordeiro JG,Araújo JC

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxemia secondary to sleep apnea is commonly seen in patients with acromegaly, and this alteration apparently leads to considerable morbidity and mortality among such patients. With the objective of identifying hypoxemia based on clinical data, we conducted a cross-sectional study of 34 patients with acromegaly, all...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Rodrigues MP,Naves LA,Casulari LA,Silva CA,Araújo RR,Viegas CA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of eponyms in neurology remains controversial, and important questions have been raised about their appropriateness. Different approaches have been taken, with some eponyms being excluded, others replaced, and new ones being created. An example is Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome, which has been replaced by neurode...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Teive HA,Lima PM,Germiniani FM,Munhoz RP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of a benign multiple sclerosis (BMS) form is a controversial subject. Recent studies of these patients reveal different levels of cognitive impairment, despite the apparent preservation of motor function. The objective of this study was to review and analyze a number of publications that discuss the gene...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ton AMM,Vasconcelos CCF,Alvarenga RMP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first report addressing quantification of cerebral blood flow (CBF), concomitant assessment of cerebral oxygen consumption was also carried out. Over the years, however, some investigators have emphatically and mistakenly addressed cerebral ischemia in comatose patients, on the basis of CBF measurements alon...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Cruz J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol for testing cerebrospinal fluid specimens using a range of PCR assays for the diagnosis of central nervous system infection was developed and used to test prospectively 383 specimens. PCR assays were used for the detection of adenovirus, Borrelia burgdorferi, enteroviruses, Epstein Barr virus, cytomegalovir...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Chesky M,Scalco R,Failace L,Read S,Jobim LF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated and painless infraspinatus atrophy and weakness are described in two top-level volleyball players. EMG revealed isolated denervation of the infraspinatus muscle. One athlete continued playing and his clinical features have not changed. The other recovered her muscle bulk and strength after stopping playing. T...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Tengan CH,Oliveira AS,Kiymoto BH,Morita MP,De Medeiros JL,Gabbai AA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 60 year-old man who had an indifferenciated carcinoma in the lung is reported. He had received cobaltotherapy and had improved. After 3 months a lumbar pain had began and the patient was hospitalized. A myelography with lipiodol demonstrated and intra-dural mass. At operation a big intra-dural tumor incl...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Coutinho LM,Teixeira JL

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Sjögren-Larsson syndrome are reported. In analysing the clinical symptoms and laboratory data the authors established the diagnosis of this rare entity which has an autosomal recessive kind of inheritance. ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Marques-Dias MJ,Lefèvre AB,Gonzalez CH,Saldanha PH

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a combination of multiple motor tics and at least one phonic tic. TS patients often have associated behavioral abnormalities such as obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit and hyperactive disorder. Coprolalia, defined as emission of obsce...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Maia DP,Cardoso F

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a complication of the spinal cord injury (SCI). It can result in anchylosis, harming the rehabilitation and quality of life. Previous publications had not elucidated the relation between possible independent variables, the aim of this study. METHOD:From 230 patients with SCI,...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Coelho CV,Beraldo PS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence, in some cities in Brazil, was estimated and was found to range from 0.75 to 30.7/100,000. The reasons for such a large variation in rates of prevalence are not clear, but environment and genetics help to explain this phenomenon. METHODS:A cross-sectional study using three ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ribeiro TAGJ,Duarte AL,Silva DJD,Borges FE,Costa VMD,Papais-Alvarenga RM,Diniz DS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of CSF fistulae, and especially those involving otolaryngological anomalies, must be based on the search for the causative problem of recurrent meningitis. Congenital malformations, post-traumatic and post-operative situations or even diseases involving the cranial bones are basic causes that should be studi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Moura-Ribeiro MV,Anselmo-Lima WT,De Oliveira JA

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degree of depression in 88 abandoned children was analysed through a depression rating scale adapted to prepubertal children. The items were grouped into three dimensions: sociological-relational, psychological and biological. In 46 children from this sample it was dosed plasmatic cortisol and the urinary excretio...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Queiroz EA,Lombardi AB,Furtado CR,Peixoto CC,Soares TA,Fabre ZL,Basques JC,Fernandes ML,Lippi JR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 10-year-old patient with a benign congenital myopathy, suddenly aggravated because of an accentuated deficit in respiratory muscles is reported. The institution of assisted respiration at night allowed the patient to return to her daily activities. Examination of muscular biopsy with ultra-microscope permi...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Levy JA,Tsanaclis AM,Saraiva PA,Mion CC,Salum PN

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurological manifestations of eight patients with osseous fibrous dysplasia of skull were retrospectively studied. In this series, the frontal bone was involved in 75% of the patients, the sphenoid or temporal bones in 37.5%, and the parietal in 25%. It was observed that cranial deformities occurred in all but on...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Freitas PE,Ribeiro TR,Coutinho MF,Anicet A

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary involvement in HTLV-I patients has been identified by several authors in Africa, Japan and Brazil. The objective of this controlled study is to establish an association between HAM and lymphocytosis in the bronchoalveolar fluid (BAL). Thirty-five adult patients with non-traumatic and non-tumoral myelopathy f...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Mattos K,Melo A,Queiroz C,Publio L,Peçanha-Martins AC,Freitas V,Gomes I

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child, who had undergone ventriculoperitoneal shunting, presented with repeated episodes of pneumonia and expectoration of CSF. Chest x-ray demonstrated the presence of the shunt catheter in the base of the left lung. In the present case the distal end of the catheter perforated the diaphragm, entering the thoracic ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Ferreira NP,Costa DM Jr,Flores JA

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of peritoneal pseudocysts are reported with guidelines for the diagnosis of this type of complication. The authors point out the value of the following signs: 1--increase of ventricular pressure with worsening of the clinical picture; 2--localized pain in the abdomen; 3--difficulty to depress the capsule; ...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： de Figueiredo DG,de Carvalho FF

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the long-term effect of botulinum toxin type A (BTX) in the treatment of hemifacial spasm (HFS), a retrospective analysis of patients treated at the Movement Disorders Unit of the Division of Neurology, Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine from 1993 to 2004 was made. A to...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Barbosa ER,Takada LT,Gonçalves LR,Costa RM,Silveira-Moriyama L,Chien HF

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoaneurysms of the extracranial vertebral artery are extremely rare due to their deep location and the anatomical protection of this artery. They can be caused by cervical traumas (firearm injuries, sports, hyperextension of the neck and iatrogeny). The authors report the case of a patient who developed a giant ps...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Gallo P,Dalacorte A,Raupp E,Santos AJ,Frank MR,Saraiva GA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is a neurodegenerative disease with progressive corticospinal involvement and characterized by lower limbs spasticity followed by upper limbs involvement,rare cranial nerve involvement, typical sparing of all sensory modalities, sphincteric function and eventually mild cognitive changes...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Arruda WO,Coelho Neto M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To show data on the performance of healthy subjects in the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), correlating with gender, age, education, and scores in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). METHODS:Two hundred and seventy-five healthy individuals with mean age of 66.4 ± 10.6 years-old were evaluated. Mean to...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Beato R,Amaral-Carvalho V,Guimarães HC,Tumas V,Souza CP,Oliveira GN,Caramelli P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the possible association between celiac disease (CD) and/or gluten sensitivity (GS) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHODS:Occurrences of CD were determined in a group of children and adolescents affected by ASD and, conversely, occurrences of ASD were assessed in a group of biopsy-proven ce...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Batista IC,Gandolfi L,Nobrega YK,Almeida RC,Almeida LM,Campos Junior D,Pratesi R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:to describe clinical and laboratorial characteristics of acute bacterial meningitis in infants. METHOD:data from the prospective follow-up of infants with acute bacterial meningitis, admitted at the Hospital Couto Maia between March and December 1997, were analyzed with specific statistical software. RESULT...

journal_title：Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

authors： Lucena R,Gomes I,Cardoso E,Goes J,Nunes L,Cardoso A,Rodrigues B,Souza M,Novaes MA,Melo A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00