Publications by authors named "Aurelien Benoilid"
Taenia martis is a tapeworm affecting mustelids, with rodents serving as intermediate hosts. The larval stage (cysticercus) has been found before only rarely in humans or primates. We hereby describe a case of cerebral T.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Optic neuritis (ON) may be the first symptom of a central nervous system demyelinating, systemic or infectious disease but few patients experience recurrent episodes and have a negative workup.
Objective: This disorder, named relapsing optic neuritis (RON), is poorly described in the literature and still presents a particular challenge in diagnosis and management.
Methods: We describe the clinical, laboratory, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and disability course of RON in a French cohort of 62 patients, based on a multicentre, retrospective, observational study.
Epilepsy is a common disorder but diagnosis remains largely clinical. Although MRI and EEG significantly aid the diagnosis of epilepsy, these techniques may also be misleading and indicate abnormalities not related to phenomenology. Consequences of erroneous diagnosis of epilepsy may lead to aggressive and escalating pharmacotherapy with potentially serious side effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 33-year-old man presented to our clinic with amnesia 48 hours after his first heroin inhalation. Examination showed lateral tongue biting and anterograde amnesia demonstrated by impaired performance on verbal and visual Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised tests carried out 10 days after onset, suggesting hippocampal involvement. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain was performed 48 hours after heroin snorting and evoked cortical laminar necrosis (CLN) of the left hippocampus without vascular abnormality.
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- Arsenic trioxide (ATO) has been an effective treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) for over ten years.
- A patient developed mitochondrial myopathy after ATO treatment, showing severe symptoms and muscle damage with high levels of arsenic in muscle tissue.
- After stopping ATO, the patient experienced partial recovery of strength and muscle health, but some issues like mitochondrial DNA deletions and arsenic buildup continued, suggesting the need for ongoing monitoring in ATO-treated patients.
Background: The role of the 43-kDa transactivation-responsive DNA-binding protein (TDP43) in neurodegenerative diseases is not yet clearly established.
Objective: To assess for the first time the presence of TDP43 in a patient with motor neuron disease (MND) and Parkinson's disease (PD).
Methods: A 78-year-old woman developed poorly dopa-responsive parkinsonism without cognitive alteration.