Ischemic stroke is an important cause of morbidity and mortality when untreated. Identifying atrial fibrillation is important because atrial fibrillation ischemic related strokes are associated with an increased risk of disability and death compared with strokes of other etiologies and tend to recur without anticoagulation. However, atrial fibrillation detection can be difficult when it is asym...

One-third of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) are cryptogenic, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) has been suggested as a possible cause for these cryptogenic strokes. Multiple studies have recently evaluated long-term cardiac rhythm monitoring with good yield for PAF. The duration of monitoring varies between studies as well as the qualifying event definition. Moreover, the cli...

First, histology is described as follows: ‘‘...diffuse intraalveolar exudate of granular, fibrinous material...’’. Organising pneumonia pattern, the histological hallmark of cryptogenic organising pneumonia, is characterised by intraalveolar buds of granulation tissue. Recently, a new anatomoclinical entity has been reported by BEASLEY et al. [2] as ‘‘acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (A...

RATIONALE: Adult studies suggest that dominant frontal topectomy (DFT) results in diminished language functions, including verbal fluency and verbal reasoning. This study was aimed at assessing cognitive outcome following DFT in a pediatric epilepsy population. METHODS: Patients included eight children and adolescents ranging in age from 7 to 16 years (mean = 12) at the time of surgery. Six evi...

About a quarter of the adult population is known to have a patent foramen ovale, rarely accompanied by the presence of an interatrial septal aneurysm. A patent foramen ovale is found in more than 40% of patients younger than 60 years who had a cryptogenic ischemic stroke. Clinical and echocardiographic parameters allow the identification of patients at high risk of recurrence after a first cryp...

Most patients with alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency do not receive this diagnosis until developing severe complications, in particular when respiratory symptoms are absent. This is a reason for making alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency a possible diagnosis among patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis or other conditions of liver disease without a clear etiology. In this report, a case of cryptogenic cirrh...

PURPOSE To understand the emotional predicament in children with recently diagnosed idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy. METHODS We used the well-tried method of structured projection for the first time in children with epilepsy. Thirty-six children with epilepsy, aged 7-15 years (mean age, 9.5 years) and in 35 control children aged 7-15 years (mean age, 9.4 years), attributed shame and guilt ...