Publications by authors named "Vanise C G Amaral"
Objective The main goal of this study was to correlate migraine improvement, after prophylactic therapy, with cortical thickness changes. Methods Cortical thickness maps were obtained with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from 19 patients with migraine before (first scan) and after (second scan) prophylactic treatment, and these were compared with controls using the FreeSurfer MRI tool. Cortical changes were correlated with the headache index (HI).
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- Castleman's disease is a rare condition characterized by abnormal lymph node growth, often linked to other diseases, including autoimmune disorders and cancers.
- A 72-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis underwent surgery for a tumor in her chest, which led to the diagnosis of hyaline vascular-type Castleman's disease, along with a rare cancer called follicular dendritic cell sarcoma.
- Currently, the patient is receiving treatment with medications to manage her myasthenia gravis.
Headache induced by acute exposure to a specific drug constitutes an idiosyncratic side effect. Metabolic imbalance appears as the leading aetiology, among several other hypotheses. Either primary headaches show a higher susceptibility to this idiosyncratic reaction or a drug-induced primary headache evolves in intensity and duration, becoming uncontrolled until the complete discontinuation of the drug in consideration.
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