Publications by authors named "Fabiola Lys Medeiros"
Article Synopsis
- A 61-year-old male patient experienced anacusis (hearing loss), cerebellar syndrome, myoclonus (muscle jerks), and signs related to frontal lobe dysfunction.
- Brain imaging showed abnormal hyperintensity and restricted diffusion in certain brain areas, indicating possible damage or disease.
- Autopsy findings confirmed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare cause of hearing loss, through positive tests for the PrPSc protein.
Objective: The objectives of this study are to study osmophobia and odor-triggered headaches among headache pediatric patients.
Background: Achieving the correct diagnosis for headaches in younger children can be challenging. The presence of osmophobia could constitute a helpful piece of information for making the correct diagnosis of headaches among adults.
Neuroendocrine dysfunction in fibromyalgia and migraine.
Curr Pain Headache Rep
October 2009
Fibromyalgia (FM) and migraine are common chronic disorders that predominantly affect women. The prevalence of headache in patients with FM is high (35%-88%), with migraine being the most frequent type. A particular subgroup of patients with FM (approximately half) presents with a combined clinical form of these two painful disorders, which may exhibit a different manner of progression regarding symptomatology and impact on daily activities.
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