[Cryptococcus meningitis in an immunocompetent child: a case report].

Cryptococcus meningitis is uncommon in childhood. We report a Senegalese case of cryptococcus meningitis diagnosed in an apparently immunocompetent child. A 9-year-old boy was admitted for acute meningoencephalitis.

[Acute transverse myelopathy after intramuscular injection of benzathine-benzylpenicillin. Case report in Dakar, Senegal].

Intramuscular injection of benzathine-benzylpenicillin can cause acute transverse myelopathy. The purpose of this report is to describe a case of acute transverse myelopathy observed after injection of benzathine-benzylpenicillin in a 38-year-old man. The patient who was married and had a history of eczema was admitted to the Department of Neurology of the Fann University Teaching Hospital in 2006.

[Prognosis of intracerebral hemorrhage with coma in a neurological critical care unit in the tropics].

Thirty-five percent of stroke events observed in Dakar, Senegal involve hemorrhaging. Coma is a frequent revealing sign of the disease and a severe prognostic factor. Since specific therapy is unavailable in sub-Saharan Africa, only symptomatic medical treatment is proposed to most patients presenting intracerebral hemorrhage.

[Vascular aphasias: clinical, epidemiologicaland evolutionary aspects].

Introduction: Aphasias constitute an acquired disorder of the language. Aetiologies are dominated by stroke. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical, epidemiological and evolutionary aspects of the vascular aphasias.

[The management of cerebrovascular events].

Strokes (AVC) represent the 1st cause of death in the department of neurology of Dakar. The main characteristic of stroke is the brutality of the method of formation of neurological deficit. The vascular territory in question amends the clinical expression.