Publications by authors named "Montserrat Medina Diaz"
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- * A case study highlights a patient with severe metabolic acidosis, psychomotor delay, and a specific genetic mutation in the MCT1 gene (SLC16A1), suggesting mitochondrial dysfunction.
- * The condition not only causes ketoacidosis episodes but also includes lactic acidosis and neurologic delays, as seen through distinctive brain imaging findings like the absence of the corpus callosum.
Rheumatoid meningitis is a rare complication of long-standing rheumatoid arthritis. We present the case of a 39-year-old Bolivian woman with a history of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis of 12 years of evolution without extra-articular manifestations that develops a severe headache with vomiting. The diagnosis of rheumatoid meningitis was performed based on clinical history, blood count and biochemistry results, cerebrospinal fluid analysis and cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings.
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