Publications by authors named "E Auffray-Calvier"

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  • Eagle syndrome involves the impingement of an elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament on neck structures, impacting vascular elements, known as stylocarotid syndrome, is less understood by doctors.
  • A review of cases at the hospital showed five instances of vascular issues linked to Eagle syndrome, including serious conditions like carotid perforation and internal carotid dissections.
  • There's a call for a unified definition of Eagle syndrome to improve diagnosis and treatment, with styloidectomy often used for compression, but further research is needed for other circumstances.
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Background: Recently intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) proved to be non-inferior to conventional repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (10 Hz rTMS) in unipolar depression after failure of one antidepressant trial, but to date no randomized control trial assessed the ability of iTBS to improve depression level and quality of life in more resistant features of depression with a long-term (6 month) follow-up in comparison to 10 Hz rTMS.

Objectives/hypothesis: The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy of 10 Hz rTMS and iTBS in treatment-resistant unipolar depression on response rates (50% decrease of MADRS scores at one month from baseline) and change in quality of life during a 6-month follow-up. In addition, we investigated whether some clinical features at baseline were associated with the response in the different groups.

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: The Transient Perivascular Inflammation of the Carotid artery (TIPIC) syndrome is presumably a very rare disease characterized by a local transient inflammation of the tissue around the carotid artery. Its pathophysiology remains unknown. We performed an updated study of TIPIC syndrome cases in the setting of a multinational collaborative study.

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Calcifications of the basal ganglia are frequently seen on the cerebral CT scans and particularly in the globus pallidus. Their frequency increases physiologically with age after 50 years old. However, pathological processes can also be associated with calcium deposits in the gray nuclei, posterior fossa or white matter.

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Background: Tumefactive demyelinating lesions of the central nervous system can be the initial presentation in various pathological entities [multiple sclerosis (the most common), Balo's concentric sclerosis, Schilder's disease and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis] with overlapping clinical presentation. The aim of our study was to better characterize these patients.

Methods: Eighty-seven patients (62 women and 25 men) from different MS centers in France were studied retrospectively.

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