Publications by authors named "Sergio Ramirez-Aragon"
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- - A case study of a 48-year-old male with spinal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma showed symptoms like lower limb weakness, back pain, and urinary issues, which led to a safe maximum surgical resection and subsequent radiotherapy due to residual disease.
- - A review of literature on thoracic spinal epithelioid hemangioendothelioma highlighted a mean presentation age of 41 years, with pain being the primary symptom in all cases, and most patients undergoing wide surgical procedures or radiation therapy.
- - The authors emphasize the importance of follow-up studies like PET/CT scans after surgery to monitor for residual or metastatic disease, suggesting that this can help in deciding appropriate adjuvant treatments for improved
We report the case of a 33-year-old male patient with no past medical history presenting to our tertiary referral center with progressive (two years) deficit of lower limb motor impairment (2/5 Medical Research Council [MRC] scale) and sensory impairment. T2- and T1-weighted MRI images clarified the nature of the cyst from T3 to T8. In our case, surgical management was warranted to relieve tension over the spinal cord, thus improving symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present the case of a 32-year-old woman with a diagnosis of lumbar root syndrome and spondylolisthesis, which is why she underwent surgery. Anterior discectomy and intersomatic box placement plus posterior fixation were performed with percutaneous transpedicular screws in L5-S1. At 24 hours of the procedure, the patient presents sustained hypotension, adding sudden and intense chest pain with neck irradiation, dyspnea, and diaphoresis, as well as electrocardiographic abnormalities and elevation of cardiac enzymes suggestive of an acute coronary syndrome, subsequently evidence of basal hypokinesis in the echocardiogram.
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- Foix-Alajouanine syndrome is a rare spinal condition caused by an arteriovenous malformation, leading to myelopathy in the thoracic and lumbar regions.
- A case study focused on a 46-year-old woman who experienced symptoms like lower limb weakness, sensory loss, back pain, urinary incontinence, and constipation, with imaging revealing abnormal signals from enlarged arteries.
- Diagnosis can be tricky, often leading to misdiagnosis, but dilated vessels in the posterior epidural space visible on MRIs help in identification; treatments include surgery or endovascular embolization.