Establishment of epilepsy surgery in Peru.

Epilepsy surgery is a well-established treatment for certain types of intractable epilepsy. While there is a relatively high number of epilepsy surgery centers in Canada and the United States, the same cannot be said about many other parts of the world, such as South America. Although there are notable exceptions, such as Brazil and Colombia, formal epilepsy surgery centers have been lacking in many South American countries, including Peru.

[Hereditary angioedema: a case series and bibliographic update].

Background: Hereditary angioedema is an autosomal dominant inherited condition that is characterized by the local development of edema of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and the walls of almost any organ, including the gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tracts.

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of six controlled patients with hereditary angioedema.

Patients And Methods: This paper presents clinical characteristics of six patients, four of them members of the same family, and two, isolated, non-family related cases.