[Clinical and radiological diagnosis of neurocysticercosis: a case report].

Background: Neurocysticercosis is the most frequent parasitic disease of the central nervous system and the first cause of acquired epilepsy in endemic areas. Our aim in is to use clinical and radiological criteria to orientate diagnosis where there is suspicion of neurocysticercosis, presenting a clinical case as an example.

Materials And Methods: We present the case of a 43 year old woman of Bolivian origin, who came to accidents and emergencies after suffering a generalized convulsive crisis, witnessed by relatives of the patient.

[Sexual assault].

Offences involving sexual assault are an issue of the greatest current interest in different social fields (legal, medical, police, criminological...

Adult celiac disease and hypertransaminasemia.

Objective: to determine the incidence of hypertransaminasemia in adult patients with celiac disease with or without relevant chronic liver disease, and to evaluate the response after a gluten-free diet.

Patients And Methods: retrospective study of 20 cases of adult celiac disease (> 14 years old at diagnosis). Patients were included in the study if they fulfilled the revised EPSGAN criteria.

[Arteriovenous malformation of the superior mesenteric artery with secondary portal hypertension].

The case of a 60-year-old patient who was repeatedly admitted for ascitic decompensation secondary to hyperflow portal hypertension provoked by congenital arteriovenous malformation of the superior mesenteric artery is presented. Diagnosis was performed by arteriography. Surgical treatment was conducted with total resection of the malformation thereby achieving complete resolution and normalization of portal pressure.