Rasmussen's Epileptogenic Encephalitis in a Tropical Country.

Background: Encephalitis of Rasmussen is an inflammatory hemiencephalopathy of unknown etiology. It is a cause of drug-resistant epilepsy.

Aim: To report two cases of Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) in a low-income setting.

Management of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in non-academic hospitals in France: The Observational French SyndromEs of TakoTsubo (OFSETT) study.

Background: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a rare condition characterized by a sudden temporary weakening of the heart. TTC can mimic acute myocardial infarction and is associated with a minimal release of myocardial biomarkers in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease.

Aims: To provide an extensive description of patients admitted to hospital for TTC throughout France and to study the management and outcomes of these patients.

Neuromeningeal cryptococcosis in sub-Saharan Africa: Killer disease with sparse data.

Introduction: The extent of neuromeningeal cryptococcosis (NMC) has increased since the advent of HIV/AIDS. It has non-specific clinical signs but marked by high mortality.

Objective: To analyze the characteristics of the NMC in sub-Saharan Africa.

Febrile seizures in one-five aged infants in tropical practice: Frequency, etiology and outcome of hospitalization.

Background: Convulsive seizures are the common neurological emergencies in developing regions.

Objectives: The aim was to determine the prevalence, causes and outcome of seizures in childhood.

Patients And Methods: Participants were children aged 1-5 years old, admitted consecutively with a history of febrile convulsions or were presented seizures with fever during hospitalization, in two pediatric university hospitals.

Detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by prolonged electrocardiographic recording after ischaemic stroke in patients aged<60years: a study with 21-day recording using the SpiderFlash(®) monitor.

Background: Many studies have suggested that longer duration of cardiac monitoring is suitable for the detection of occult paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) after stroke; however, most studies involved patients aged≥65years - a population with a high stroke rate.

Aims: To assess the incidence of paroxysmal AF in unselected young patients presenting with stroke.

Methods: We included consecutive patients aged<60years with a stroke diagnosis on magnetic resonance imaging.

Mortality associated with cardiovascular diseases in three hospitals of Lomé-city.

The aims of present study were; to determine the mortality rate related to cardiovascular diseases and the causes of those deaths in local hospitals. We conducted a cross sectional study carried out from January 2005 to June 2006, in three hospitals of Lomé. All deaths registered in the departments of cardiology and neurology from cardiovascular diseases were taken into account.