Publications by authors named "M Chraa"
The burden of headache disorders in the adult population of Morocco: estimates, and a health-care needs assessment, from a cross-sectional population-based door-to-door survey.
J Headache Pain
December 2024
Background: We have previously shown headache disorders to be prevalent in in the adult general population of Morocco, especially migraine (30.8%) and headache on ≥ 15 days/month (H15+; 10.5%).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTumefactive demyelinating lesions remain a rare entity and a source of diagnostic difficulty. Here, we report the case of a teenage girl who presented with a one-month history of progressive quadriparesis and symptoms of intracranial hypertension. Brain MRI showed multiple large subcortical white matter lesions with both open- and closed-rim enhancement on gadolinium injection.
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- * Patients may experience various types of nerve damage, including mononeuropathy and polyneuropathy, highlighting the need to consider leprosy when diagnosing peripheral neuropathy.
- * The paper outlines three case studies, detailing the clinical features, diagnostic methods, and treatment strategies for leprosy-related nerve involvement.
Cord compression is not a known complication of sternal puncture. We report the case of a patient with a history of multiple myeloma who presented acute onset paraplegia brought on during sternal puncture. Neuroimaging revealed focal spondylodiscitis and cord compression by an abscess.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Metronidazole central nervous system toxicity is a rare finding in patients receiving the medication. We report a peculiar case of metronidazole central nervous system toxicity in which both the underlying condition (Crohn disease) and the drugs used to treat it are potential causes of encephalopathy.
Methods: A 26-year-old female with 6-year history of Crohn's disease for 6 years presented acute-onset encephalopathy.