Objective Epilepsy is reported in 15-90% of the children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) but its clinical course is not well defined. We conducted a retrospective study on children with hemiparetic CP who were referred to Pediatric Neurology Department of Mofid Hospital. The aim of our study was to evaluate the risk factors and prognosis of epilepsy in children with hemiparetic CP. Materials & Methods...

Las infecciones por virus pertenecientes a la familia Coronaviridae son agentes causales de patologías respiratorias, hepáticas, intestinales y ocasionalmente neurológicas. Pueden provocar un ictus isquémico hemorragia cerebral diversos mecanismos. Este artículo es observacional, retrospectivo, transversal, descriptivo. Serie casos hemorrágico atendidos en el Hospital Regional "1 Octubre" perío...

La leucoencefalopatía posterior reversible (LEPR) es un síndrome clínico-radiográfico descrito en 1996. Su patogénesis todavía no está clara y existen 2 teorías: 1) por hiperperfusión cerebral y 2) por intenso vasoespasmo1–3. Se asocia con HTA maligna, eclampsia y condiciones que coexisten en pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) comoHTA, enfermedades vasculares o autoinmunes, inmunosupr...

A hemiparesia é o quadro clínico típico do Acidente Vascular Cerebral (AVC), resultando em importantes perdas funcionais que comprometem a qualidade de vida (QV) dos pacientes. Embora fisioterapia convencional seja benéfica na reabilitação, existem algumas limitações. Jogos Sérios (JS) correspondem à uma alternativa viável reabilitação pois tornam processo mais motivador. O objetivo foi verific...

Kinking and coiling of the arteries are rare morphological alterations of the internal carotid artery (ICA) described as the most frequent sole cause of cerebrovascular insufficiency (CI), or as a combined cause together with carotid atherosclerosis. Although incidence of kinking and coiling of the ICA has been estimated to range from 10% to 16% in the general population, only 4% to 16% of thes...

Objective Overweight or obesity may cause many chronic illnesses. Furthermore, several studies have shown that high body mass index is associated with mortality and morbidity among the elderly. Therefore, obesity or being overweight could adversely affect the performance of activities of daily living. In this study our aim was to investigate the association between Body Mass Index and Activity ...

absract intracranial invasion of cellular blue nevus (cbn) from the skin is extremely rare and such a condition with malignant transformation is even rarer. a case of meningeal melanoma with malignant transformation which was derived from an ota nevus is presented in this report. a21-year-old man with a neurocutaneous syndrome since childhood was referred with headache and mild left hemiparesia...