There are limited data on first seizure (FS) among adults in low and middle-income countries. We describe findings from a prospective cohort study involving 180 adults presenting with seizures in emergency departments in five Latin American countries. Overall, 102 participants (56.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), no evidence of disease activity-3 (NEDA-3) is defined as the absence of: (1) relapses; (2) disability progression; (3) MRI activity (new/enlarged T2 lesions and/or gadolinium-enhanced T1 lesions). NEDA-4 status is defined as meeting all NEDA-3 criteria plus having an annualized percentage brain volume change (a-PBVC) >-0.4%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 68-years-old Hispanic man, complained of night sweats, low grade fewer, unexplained weight loss, and memory problems over 3 months. Abdominal tomography showed multiple intra-abdominal adenopathy and biopsy confirmed classic Hodgkin's lymphoma. He commenced treatment with chemotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground Nummular headache is a rare, recently described topographic headache defined by the circumscribed coin-shaped area of pain. It is classified as a primary headache. There is debate about whether it is due to a peripheral or central disturbance, and its relationship to migraine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the case of a woman with short-lasting unilateral, neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) whose severe headache attacks ceased after percutaneous balloon compression of the Gasserian ganglion. The patient remains pain free after 10-year follow-up. This may be the first literature report of SUNCT in Chile.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF