Publications by authors named "Debora Bartzen Moraes Angst"
Article Synopsis
- Pure Neural Leprosy (PNL) is a rare form of leprosy that specifically impacts the peripheral nervous system, and its underlying mechanisms are not well understood.
- A study of 30 PNL patients revealed high rates of neural thickening, sensory symptoms, and neuropathic pain, as well as distinct cytokine profiles that differ from other leprosy forms.
- The findings suggest that cytokines like CCL-2 and IL-10 play significant roles in PNL, potentially influencing silent neuritis and overall disease understanding, highlighting the need for further research on its immunological aspects.
Pain is a frequent symptom in leprosy patients. It may be predominantly nociceptive, as in neuritis, or neuropathic, due to injury or nerve dysfunction. The differential diagnosis of these two forms of pain is a challenge in clinical practice, especially because it is quite common for a patient to suffer from both types of pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough catatonia is a well-known psychiatric syndrome, there are many possible systemic and neurological etiologies. The aim of this case report was to present a case of a patient with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and infarction in which catatonia was the clinical manifestation of a possible nonconvulsive status epilepticus. To our knowledge, only one such case has been reported in the literature, which had a simplified diagnostic investigation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAutoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a rare entity with few reports in the literature to date. In general, ALE associated with SLE has a satisfactory response to immunosuppressive treatment (RIT), but the pathogenesis of this association is poorly understood and may include an autoimmunity component. We report a case study describing the diagnosis and management of limbic encephalitis in a patient with active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus disease (SLE) and past medical history of cancer (endometrial adenocarcinoma in 2004 and papillary urothelial carcinoma in 2011 with curative treatment), followed over a one-year period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of The Study: The aims of this study were to determine the percentage of women with epilepsy (WWE) taking folic acid (FA) in an outpatient epilepsy tertiary hospital at São Paulo, Brazil, and to identify the possible predictors of adherence.
Method: Five hundred seventy-six medical records of patients followed in our service were reviewed. Sixty-six WWE using antiepileptic drugs with age between 16 and 52, sexually active but not in menopausal period, not pregnant, and not sterilized or with vasectomized partners underwent direct interviews with a prestructured questionnaire.