Abstract:
:A case of an isolated tuberculoma of the spinal cord is reported. The 22 years old male patient came to the hospital with paraplegia and had a laminetomy performed for a compression of the spinal cord by a tumor mass. The histopathological study showed the presence of the acid-fast bacili in the tissue. After specific treatment the patient recovered partially.
journal_name
Arq Neuropsiquiatrjournal_title
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatriaauthors
de Queiroz AC,Rizzo A,de Carvalho MSdoi
10.1590/s0004-282x1978000100010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1978-03-01 00:00:00pages
80-4issue
1eissn
0004-282Xissn
1678-4227journal_volume
36pub_type
杂志文章abstract::There is a limited choice of psychometric tests for Portuguese speaking people which have been evaluated in well defined groups. A Portuguese version of CERAD neuropsychological battery was applied to a control group of healthy elderly (CG) (mean age 75.1 years/ education 7.9 years), 31 Alzheimer disease (AD) patients...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2001000400009
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) enzyme levels were investigated in patients with epilepsy, epileptic seizure, remission period, and healthy individuals. METHODS:Three main groups were evaluated, including epileptic seizure, patients with epilepsy in the non-seizure period, and healthy volunteers. ...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0004-282x20200040
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe the surgical technique of expansive cervical laminoplasty and analyse the results in 28 patients treated by this method for cervical spondylotic myelopathy with a minimum follow-up of six months. Twenty-four patients (86%) had clinical improvement according to the Nurick scale while three (10%) had no impr...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2005000600018
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The idiopathic facial paralysis or Bell's palsy installs abruptly or within a few hours, without any apparent cause. It corresponds to approximately 75% of all peripheral facial palsies. Three theories try to explain its pathogenecity: vascular-ischemic, viral and auto-immune. We reviewed the records of the EMG Sector...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1997000500007
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of compulsive hoarding with dengue. METHOD:Fifty two adults notified by health vigilance authorities because of inappropriate trash accumulation in vacant lots in Goiânia, Central Brazil, completed a questionnaire regarding the presence and severity of ho...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2011000700014
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Social-economic factors influence sleep habits. This research analyzes characteristics of nocturnal sleep in Brazilian Native Terena adults. Sixty-four adults (31 M; 33 F) from 18 to 75 years, with a mean age of 37.0, from the Indian Reservation village of Córrego do Meio, in the central region of Mato Grosso do Sul, ...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2000000200005
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by reduced nigrostriatal and cortical dopaminergic influence, with changes in movement and, subsequently, behavioral and cognitive disturbances. We studied cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease by assessing a group of 30 idiopathic Parkinson's disease patients...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2007000600003
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors report a case of chronic bulbar muscular dysfunction in a thyrotoxic man, with complete remission of the symptoms after the use of propranolol, with and without concomitant use of propylthiouracil. Some aspects of this unique complication of hyperthyroidism are discussed. ...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1988000400010
更新日期:1988-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Five cases of acute spinal epidural abscess, all in male, two of them in children (6 and 7 years old) and the others in patients older than fifty years are reported. In four cases the pathology was related to skin infection and the staphylococcus was the main agent. All the patients had a severe infectious clinical pi...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1981000200008
更新日期:1981-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A new anti-epileptic agent (barbexaclone) was tried in 48 patients suffering from epilepsy and presenting a total of 67 types of crises. All the patients were considered "bad cases" because either by the intensity of the epileptic manifestations or by their refractoriness to the usual medications. The results, similar...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1977000300012
更新日期:1977-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To identify in mild head injured children the major differences between those with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 15 and GCS 13/14. METHOD:Cross-sectional study accomplished through information derived from medical records of mild head injured children presented in the emergency room of a Pediatric Trauma Centre...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2010000300010
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The frequency of epilepsy in Down syndrome (DS) has been reported in literature varying from 6 to 17%. A typical electroencephalographic (EEG) pattern has not been established for this condition. There is a great variation on EEG abnormalities and most of them are not associated to behavior alterations or neurological...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1999000400007
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Craniospinal radiation therapy for treatment of brain tumors may result in growth hormone (GH) insufficiency with resultant linear growth retardation, one of the most common complications. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy presenting headache associated to vertigo, nausea and vomiting. A CT scan showed an homoge...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2003000300030
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We studied the clinical aspects of 100 consecutive premature newborns with and without intraventricular and periventricular hemorrhage (IPVH). The diagnosis of IPVH was obtained by ultrasonic scans of the skull during the first week of life and at the age of one month. Forty eight percent of newborns with IPVH had abn...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1999000300004
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the period March to May 1979, 6 patients with trigeminal neuralgia were operated on, neurovascular decompression being carried out in the posterior fossa. In 5 cases an arterial loop was found compressing the root of the V nerve at its apparent origin in the protuberance, and in one case a large calibrous twisted v...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1980000100001
更新日期:1980-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::According to the definition of disease, epilepsy shall not be considered neither a symptom nor a syndrome. Epilepsy is a generic term for a group of diseases characterized by seizures. It implies a state quite distinct from health. Therefore it seems worthy to keep epilepsy as such in the International Classification ...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1994000400025
更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compared the clinical features of 373 patients with primary and postparalytic hemifacial spasm (HFS). METHOD:Data analyzed were gender, ethnicity, age at symptom onset, disease duration, affected side, distribution of facial spasm at onset, hypertension, family history of HFS, previous history of facial p...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2007000500009
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To evaluate with 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) the metabolites rations of the foramen of Monro's region in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). METHOD:Twelve patients with TSC and an age and gender-matched control group underwent MR imaging at a 1.5T scanner, and 1H-MRS at the foramen of ...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2008000300003
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of a 29-year-old male with a huge sacrococcygeal teratoma completely removed by surgery, and associated with a sacral agenesis is reported. Roentgenograms revealed fusion of the T12, L1, L2, and L3 vertebral bodies, absence of the left 12th rib, partial agenesis of sacrococcygeal elements and a lumbar scoliosis...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1987000100011
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the last few years we have been able to diagnose a larger number of cases of Moebius syndrome, perhaps due to its increased incidence--since a number of environmental factors have been related to the genesis of the syndrome. Out of the cases evaluated in two specialized ambulatory, it is worthwhile to mention one o...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We studied the clinical records of 280 patients admitted to our Hospital between 1985 and 1988, with a positive Elisa test for HIV-related antibodies: 15.71% (44) of these patients exhibited clinical abnormalities related to disease of the CNS. In 6 (13.6%) patients the neurological complication was the first manifest...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1989000400002
更新日期:1989-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Argentinian author Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) left us a vast body of works which are considered outstanding in many ways. In 1960, she published a short story, entitled "El médico encantador" (The Charming Physician), in the renowned literary magazine Sur. The central character of this piece is a family doctor nam...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0004-282X20170129
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The clinical aspects of the meningiomas are well described. However, there is an important number of reports on a variety of other lesions simulating meningioma, including the prostate cancer. The authors describe one additional patient with prostate cancer who at presentation had clinical and radiographic signs sugge...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1993000200018
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The appearance of unilateral papilledema in the fundus photos of 6 women with pseudotumor cerebri is presented. Associated findings included obesity in 5 and a partially empty sella in 2. The possible explanations for the development of unilateral papilledema in pseudotumor cerebri are reviewed and favor a mechanism t...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1985000200005
更新日期:1985-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Few studies have explored the coexistence of migraine and disordered eating attitudes. Furthermore, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of migraine and disordered eating attitude comorbidity are not clearly understood. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the association between migraine and d...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0004-282x20200046
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This work aimed to compare performances on the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and its subtasks between faller and non-faller older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer's disease (AD). A prospective study was conducted, with 38 older adults with MCI and 37 with mild AD. Participants underwent an a...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0004-282X20180055
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of occurrence and to characterize the typology of dysfluencies in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD), including the variables age, gender, schooling, disease duration, score on the Hoehn and Yahr scale and cognitive status (score on Mini-Mental State Ex...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0004-282x20140018
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Febrile seizures (FS) affect almost 2-5% of children and factors related to an increase susceptibility of children to FS may involve an imbalance of inflammatory cytokines and genetic factors. FS had low morbidity, but may be associated with the occurrence of late chronic epilepsy. Here we describe factors related to ...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2011000300022
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report on four cases of primary orthostatic tremor. The purpose of this study is the rarity of this type of tremor and the differential diagnosis with other tremors. The electrophysiological study showed a 15-20 Hz tremor frequency in our cases. There are clinical, electrophysiological and therapeutic differences o...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2000000100022
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the survival rate according to the main findings of emergency electroencephalography (EEGs) of patients treated in a tertiary hospital. METHOD:In this prospective study, the findings of consecutive emergency EEGs performed on inpatients in Hospital de Base in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil were c...
journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2010000200004
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00