Publications by authors named "Mahmoud Swelam"
Identifying idiopathic intracranial hypertension in a hospital-based chronic headache population: Utility of magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance venography and trans-orbital sonography.
Cephalalgia
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Chronic headaches can often stem from cerebro-spinal fluid issues, with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) being a key example that presents with headaches and vision problems along with signs like papilledema.
- In a study of 168 headache patients, 141 were evaluated, revealing that 27% had IIH, typically characterized by specific headache types, age, and body mass index.
- Diagnostic methods such as fundus examination and MRI/MR venography prove effective in detecting IIH, even identifying cases lacking typical signs like papilledema.
Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common, fatal adult neuromuscular disease. It is a multi-system disorder characterized primarily by motor manifestations, but there is established evidence for cognitive and behavioral impairment, which is associated with poor prognosis, hence, the importance of tools for its assessment. The Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral Assessment Screen (ECAS) is an invaluable assessment tool for cognition in ALS-front temporal spectrum dementia (FTSD), as it accommodates physical challenges that usually confound traditional neuropsychological testing in those patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Assessment of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients during the era of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was confronted with the overwhelmed healthcare facilities in Egypt and fear of the patients to get infected while attending the follow-up visits. This study aimed to assess the value of telephone-based assessments in the follow-up of MS patients. It includes one hundred and five patients who participated in the study and completed 3 telephone-based assessments which are the Hauser Ambulation index, Multiple Sclerosis Neuropsychology Questionnaire (MSNQ), and Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis Scale (SMSS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this work was to identify the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) markers of disability in Egyptian multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
Subjects And Methods: This retrospective observational study included 673 patients recruited from the registry of the MS unit at Ain Shams University hospitals. At the time when the MRI scans of the brain and spinal cord were done (with and without gadolinium enhancement), clinical disability was rated using the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) during the patient's first visit.
Vitamin D and body mass index in Egyptian multiple sclerosis patients.
Mult Scler Relat Disord
February 2019
Background: Vitamin D deficiency and obesity may be related to the pathogenesis and disease activity of multiple sclerosis (MS). This study aimed to assess the correlation between the serum level of 25(OH) vitamin D, body mass index (BMI) and the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) in a sample of Egyptian MS patients.
Subjects And Methods: This was an observational study that included 130 MS patients who were recruited consecutively among the patients attending the MS unit of Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, in the period between December 2017 and March 2018.
Background: Epidemiological studies of multiple sclerosis (MS) are lacking in Egypt.
Objective: To study the characteristics of Egyptian patients with multiple sclerosis in a new registry in a major tertiary referral centre in Cairo, Egypt.
Subject And Methods: Patients were from the project MS database of the Multiple Sclerosis Unit at Ain Shams University Hospitals (N=950).