Publications by authors named "L A Miquelini"
High-flow carotid cavernous fistula and 'white eye': A rare and easily misdiagnosed presentation - A case report and literature review.
J R Coll Physicians Edinb
June 2024
Article Synopsis
- * A case of an 84-year-old woman is presented, who exhibited isolated abducens nerve palsy due to a high-flow CCF but did not show the usual symptoms associated with CCF.
- * This case highlights the importance for doctors to consider CCF as a possible diagnosis in older patients with isolated abducens nerve palsy, even if the classic symptoms are absent.
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging is essential to diagnose progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. The broad radiological spectrum may partially be explained by genetic viral mutations and their differential neurotropism. Recent pharmacovigilance-magnetic resonance imaging studies have provided new insight into pathophysiology and radiological markers of early stages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHereditary spastic paraplegias are an uncommon group of monogenic diseases that include 79 types of genetic disorders. The most frequent cause of recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia is a mutation in the spastic paraplegia gene type 11 followed by type 15. This group is usually associated with non-specific clinical features like cognitive decline and may precede the progressive weakness and spasticity of lower limbs.
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