Is Guillain-Barre syndrome following chickenpox a parainfectious disease? A case report and literature review.

Background: Polyradiculoneuropathy following infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) is rare and most of the time, happens in the context of reactivation of latent VZV. We report a case of acute polyradiculoneuropathy following primary infection with VZV marked by atypical clinical features raising the hypothesis of a para-infectious disease.

Case Presentation: We describe a 43-years-old male who developed ataxia, dysphagia, dysphonia, and oculomotor disorders (vertical binocular diplopia and bilateral ptosis) followed by quadriplegia with areflexia which occurred 4 days later.

[Risk factors and aetiologies of stroke in young adults in Bogodogo university hospital, Ouagadougou].

Introduction: Stroke is a common and serious disease occurring most often in the elderly. The aim if our study was to describe risk factors and causes of stroke in young adults.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective study including patients whose age was between 15 and 45 years, hospitalized in the neurology department of the Bogodogo University Hospital for stroke between April 1, 2017 and March 31, 2019.

Sensitivity of Awaji Criteria and Revised El Escorial Criteria in the Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) at First Visit in a Tunisian Cohort.

Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease whose diagnosis and early management can improve survival. The most used diagnostic criteria are the revised El Escorial criteria (rEEC) and Awaji criteria (AC). The comparison of their sensitivities showed contradictory results.

[Vascular age and cardiovascular risk in patients suffering from stroke].

Aims: To determine the vascular age of patients suffering from stroke and their cardiovascular risk at 10 years and to compare their vascular age to their real age.

Material And Methods: It was about a descriptive and retrospective study carried up from 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2013 at the neurologic clinic of the University teaching hospital Sylvanus Olympio of Lome from patients' files with a confirmed diagnostic of stroke according to the clinical examination and the scanner data.

Results: One hundred and ninety-four patients were related to our study.