Forty years of peritoneal dialysis Listeria peritonitis: Case and review.

Infections with (LM) are very uncommon and severe especially in immunocompromised people. We report a continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis (CCPD) patient who presented initially disseminated listeriosis with peritonitis. He was successfully treated with intraperitoneal and intravenous ampicillin but died unfortunately from a cardiorespiratory arrest due to food inhalation.

Validity and reliability of a French version of M.D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory.

Objective: To assess the internal consistency, reliability, and clinical validity of a French version of the M.D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (Fr-MDADI).

Olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions as a clinical presentation of mild-to-moderate forms of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a multicenter European study.

Objective: To investigate the occurrence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection.

Methods: Patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection were recruited from 12 European hospitals. The following epidemiological and clinical outcomes have been studied: age, sex, ethnicity, comorbidities, and general and otolaryngological symptoms.

Orofacial Strength and Voice Quality as Outcome of Levodopa Challenge Test in Parkinson Disease.

Objective: To assess the usefulness of orofacial strength and voice quality as assessment of response to levodopa challenge test (LCT) used in the diagnosis of early idiopathic Parkinson disease (IPD).

Study Design: Controlled Prospective Study.

Methods: From January 2014 to April 2019, patients with early IPD and healthy individuals were recruited and evaluated for clinical findings (Hoehn and Yahr scale; Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale); Voice Handicap Index (VHI); grade of dysphonia, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, and strain and instability (GRBASI); maximal phonation time; phonation quotient; acoustic parameters; and orofacial muscle strength Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI; IOPI Medical, Woodinville, WA, USA) t) at baseline and 45 minutes after the levodopa intake (LCT).

Are the Acoustic Measurements Reliable in the Assessment of Voice Quality? A Methodological Prospective Study.

Objective: Acoustic parameters are widely used as voice quality therapeutic outcomes in many laryngological diseases. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of changes in the nature and duration of the analyzed time interval and the vowel choice on the significance of the acoustic measurements used as therapeutic outcomes in two different diseases.

Study Design: A prospective case series.

Validity and reliability of the French version of Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10).

Objective: To develop a French version of the Eating Assessment Tool (Fr EAT-10) and to assess its internal consistency, reliability and clinical validity.

Methods: Fifty-six patients referred in the Swallowing Clinics of CHU Saint-Pierre Hospital (Brussels) and EpiCURA hospital (Ath, Belgium) for dysphagia were enrolled and completed fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing and videofluoroscopy. Seventy-three asymptomatic subjects were included in the study.

Voice Quality and Orofacial Strength as Outcome of Levodopa Effectiveness in Patients with Early Idiopathic Parkinson Disease: A Preliminary Report.

Introduction: Sixty to 90% of patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease (IPD) developed early dysphonia and subtle speech impairment, which is usually related to orofacial muscular dysfunctions. The aim of this preliminary study is to assess the usefulness of voice quality and orofacial strength (involved in speech) as outcome of levodopa challenge test used for the IPD diagnosis.

Material And Methods: A total of 20 patients with early IPD were recruited and evaluated for clinical findings (Hoehn and Yahr scale), voice handicap index, maximal phonation time, phonation quotient, percent jitter, percent shimmer, noise-to-harmonic ratio, and orofacial muscular strength (Iowa Oral Performance Instrument) at baseline, throughout the levodopa challenge test and after therapeutic stabilization.

Voice quality outcomes of idiopathic Parkinson's disease medical treatment: A systematic review.

Introduction: To investigate voice quality (VQ) impairments in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) and to explore the impact of medical treatments and L-Dopa challenge testing on voice.

Methods: Relevant studies published between January 1980 and June 2017 describing VQ evaluations in IPD were retrieved using PubMed, Scopus, Biological Abstracts, BioMed Central and Cochrane databases. Issues of clinical relevance, including IPD treatment efficiency and voice quality outcomes, were evaluated for each study.

[Glutamate and malignant gliomas, from epilepsia to biological aggressiveness: therapeutic implications].

In this review article, we describe the unrecognized roles of glutamate and glutamate receptors in malignant glioma biology. The neurotransmitter glutamate released from malignant glioma cells in the extracellular matrix is responsible for seizure induction and at higher concentration neuronal cell death. This neuronal cell death will create vacated place for tumor growth.

First-ever stroke as initial presentation of systemic cancer.

Background: Stroke is a frequent complication in patients with cancer, occurring in nearly 15% of patients with cancer. However, cerebrovascular disease as the first manifestation of cancer has rarely been reported.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all 5106 patients admitted for ischemic stroke to our stroke department between 1991 to 2004, and identified a group of 24 patients (0.

Paraneoplastic vasculitis of central nervous system presenting as recurrent cryptogenic stroke.

We report the case of paraneoplastic vasculitis of the central nervous system associated with breast cancer. A 54-year old woman had a complete workup because of recidive seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed cerebral and medullary cryptogenic lesions, and a diagnosis of encephalomyelitis of unknown origin was made.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome revealing acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis.

A case of acute encephalopathy with posterior corticosubcortical vasogenic edema on magnetic resonance imaging is reported. Angiography showed cerebral arterial vasospasm. A diagnosis of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis was made 2 days after admission.

Could visual neglect induce amblyopia?

Oculomotor nerve disease is a common cause of diplopia. When strabismus is present, absence of diplopia has to induce the research of either uncovering of visual fields or monocular suppression, amblyopia or blindness. We describe the case of a 41-year-old woman presenting with right oculomotor paresis and left object-centred visual neglect due to a right fronto-parietal haemorrhage expanding to the right peri-mesencephalic cisterna caused by the rupture of a right middle cerebral artery aneurysm.

Recurrent transient ischemic attacks in a patient with intrapulmonary arteriovenous shunting detected after closure of a patent foramen ovale.

Paradoxical embolism through right-to-left shunts is widely accepted as a potential cause of cerebral ischemia. Contrast echocardiography is an excellent tool for detection of these shunts. The timing of the appearance of bubbles in the left atrium (ie, early vs late) allows differentiation of foramen ovale patency from intrapulmonary shunting as a result of arteriovenous malformations.

[Acute stroke: early diagnosis, management, and treatment].

Stroke is a major cause of death and disability. The resulting burden on society continues to grow, despite recent advances in acute stroke therapy. Acute stroke units, which allow for the greatest overall improvement in outcome, provide the best facilities for acute intervention.

[The neurology department].

The department of neurology is devoted to the diagnosis and medical treatment of organic diseases of central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral nervous system (peripheral nerves and muscles). Basic and clinical research in neuroscience constitute an essential activity of the department that defines its academic character. Over the years, the department of neurology has evolved from providing general neurology services to a multifaceted unit that has developed the several subspecialties of clinical neuroscience.

Painful arm and moving fingers: clinical features of four new cases.

The syndrome of painful arm and moving fingers associates pain in one arm or hand with involuntary movement of one or several fingers. In the four cases described, an association between a central and a peripheral nervous system lesion is demonstrated or suspected. Treatment of the condition is disappointing.

[Placoid pigment epitheliopathy and cerebral vasculitis: a clinical case].

We report the case of a 21 year old man who has severe headache and blurred vision since 2 weeks. Ophthalmologic examination discloses typical lesions of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy and an homonymous right inferior quadrantanopsia. An inflammatory syndrome and a cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis are found.

Audiogenic startle reflex in acute hemiplegia.

The generators of the audiogenic startle reflex (ASR) are located in the bulbopontine reticular formation. We studied the influence of acute vascular supratentorial lesions on ASR. Ten patients with hemiplegia due to hemispheric cerebral infarct were studied within 5 days of stroke onset.

Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy presenting as an aseptic meningitis.

We report a 33-year-old patient with acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy presenting as steroid-responsive aseptic meningitis. Four unusual biological abnormalities were present: an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, circulating immunocomplexes, an oligoclonal banding in cerebrospinal fluid and a transient abnormal urine sediment All these and the prompt response to corticosteroids give support to the hypothesis of a systemic autoimmune disease.

General management of patients with ischaemic stroke: clinical features and epidemiology.

The management of patients with acute ischaemic stroke includes treatment of stroke itself, the management of medical problems, and the early initiation of rehabilitation. Current research focuses more on specific stroke treatment, such as reperfusion or prevention of extension of ischaemic brain damage, than on the management of general conditions and the treatment of medical complications associated with acute stroke. At present, a better prognosis of stroke is more often the consequence of good general management than of a specific therapy.