Publications by authors named "L Bazan-Rodriguez"
Inclusion body myositis is a idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by muscle weakness and dysphagia, with muscle biopsy showing inflammation and rimmed vacuoles. We present the case of a patient who was diagnosed with polymyositis but due to lack of response to treatment, a new biopsy revealed inclusion body myositis.
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- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a deadly neurological disorder caused by prions, and this study focuses on identifying its clinical characteristics among patients in a Latin American referral center.
- Between 2014 and 2019, researchers reviewed the cases of 24 patients diagnosed with CJD, noting that most were women with an average age of around 59 years and a symptom duration of about 7.5 months before hospitalization.
- Common symptoms included behavioral changes, and diagnostic tests like EEG and MRI revealed significant abnormalities, while cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed positive markers linked to CJD in several cases.
Background: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) presents an annual incidence of 1.2-2.3 per 100,000.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: No-reflow (NR) phenomenon is one of the most feared complications after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to its high morbidity and mortality.
Objective: To describe the predictive factors for NR phenomenon in a group of subjects with STEMI treated with PCI.
Method: One hundred and three cases of STEMI who underwent PCI.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease. In 10% the disease is familial and rarely occurs in childbearing age women. A 28-year-old female pregnancy patient presented a two-month history of dropped head syndrome, dysphagia, muscle weakness, atrophy, and lingual wasting.
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