Publications by authors named "Ibrahim Hussein Ali"
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- Status epilepticus (SE) is a serious neurological emergency that can lead to significant health issues and mortality, with varying causes depending on whether patients have a history of epilepsy.
- A study conducted in Mogadishu over one year assessed the risk factors, causes, and outcomes in both pediatric and adult patients presenting with convulsive SE in the emergency department, noting differences in age and prior seizure history.
- Key findings indicated that poor medication compliance and CNS infections were prominent risk factors, with distinct underlying causes for pediatric patients (like prolonged febrile seizures) compared to adults (such as cerebrovascular disorders).
Acute neuromuscular weakness with associated subsequent developing respiratory failure is common neurological emergency in all emergency departments worldwide. Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) remains the most common cause of acute ascending quadriplegia presents with ascending muscle weakness associated with paresthesia and loss of deep tendon reflexes and usually preceeded by diarrheal illness or upper airway infection. Here we report 49-year-old female presented with rapidly progressing, ascending quadraparesis for 48 hours duration with subsequently complicated by respiratory paralysis due to severe hypokalemia.
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- Thymolipoma is a rare, benign tumor located in the anterior mediastinum, representing 2-9% of thymic tumors, with many cases asymptomatic and discovered incidentally.
- The reported case involved an adult female experiencing progressive respiratory symptoms, but all blood tests were normal, and imaging showed the tumor was non-invasive.
- Surgical excision is the only definitive treatment, but the patient declined surgery and later died from respiratory distress caused by the tumor's mass effect.