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Implications of HAM/TSP functional incapacity in the quality of life

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To identify the functional status and quality of life of HAM/TSP patients. METHOD: We evaluated prospectively 30 HAM/TSP patients (20 females) seen in the Neuroinfection Clinic of the HUGG.
Marcia Shublaq, Marco Orsini, Marzia Puccioni-Sohler   +2 more
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Synovial cyst of the thoracic spine: case report Cisto sinovial da coluna torácica: relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2007
Spinal cord compressing syndrome due to synovial cyst (SC) of the thoracic spine is a rare clinic condition. We report a case of SC located in the thoracic spine causing spastic paraparesis in a 14 year-old female patient.
Helio A. Oliveira, Alan Chester F. de Jesus, Roberto César P. Prado, Augusto César E. Santos, Paulo Marcelo S. Sobral, Arthur Maynart P. Oliveira, Sonia Maria L. Marcena, Douglas Rafaele A. Silveira   +7 more
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Symptomatic thoracic spinal cord compression caused by postsurgical pseudomeningocele Compressão medular torácica sintomática causada por pseudomeningocele pós-operatória

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2007
We report the first case of symptomatic thoracic spinal cord compression caused by postsurgical pseudomeningocele. A 49-year-old man sought treatment for progressive loss of strength in the lower extremities ten months after full neurological recovery ...
Arthur de Azambuja Pereira Filho, Gustavo de David, Gustavo de Azambuja Pereira Filho, Albert Vincent Berthier Brasil   +3 more
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HTLV-I Associated myelopathy in porto alegre (southern Brazil) Mielopatia associada ao HTLV-I em Porto Alegre (Sul do Brasil)

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1995
HTLV-I associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP/HAM) have been increasingly described in practically all regions of Brazil. Five confirmed and documented cases of patients with TSP/HAM in Rio Grande do Sul are reported; in all of them ...
Márcio Menna-Barreto, Alexandre Doval, Giorgio Rabolin, Otomar Bianchini   +3 more
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Histiocitose de células de Langerhans como causa de mielopatia: Relato de caso e revisão da literatura

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2010
Histiocitose de células de Langerhans é uma doença uni ou multifocal que acomete osso, tecido mole ou ambos. Relativamente incomum, abrange entidades clínicas anteriormente conhecidas como doença de Hand-Schüller-Christian, Abt-Letterer-Siwe, Hashimoto ...
Fábio Teixeira Giovanetti Pontes, Adelmo Ferreira, Adriano Torres Antonucci, Johnathan de Sousa Parreira, Márcio Francisco Lehmann, Natally Marques Santiago, Luiz Henrique Garcia Lopes, Pedro Garcia Lopes, Wander Miguel Tamburus   +8 more
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Poprzeczne zapalenie rdzenia kręgowego jako pierwsza manifestacja kliniczna tocznia rumieniowatego układowego – opis przypadku

Aktualności Neurologiczne, 2016
Ostre poprzeczne zapalenie rdzenia kręgowego to patologiczny stan, który prowadzi do uszkodzenia struktur rdzenia kręgowego. Jest to rzadka manifestacja tocznia rumieniowatego układowego, pojawiająca się u 1–2% chorych.
Emilia Pilchowska-Ujma, Szymon Jurga, Paweł Leśniak, Wojciech Wierzchołowski, Wojciech Kozubski   +4 more
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Laminoplastia expansiva: uma alternativa no tratamento da mielopatia espondilótica cervical Expansive laminoplasty: an alternative for the treatment of cervical espondiloarthrosis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2005
Descreve-se a técnica de laminoplastia expansiva cervical e analisam-se os resultados cirúrgicos obtidos em 28 pacientes portadores de mielopatia espondilótica cervical tratados através desse método e com seguimento mínimo de seis meses.
Gustavo Cardoso de Andrade, Roberto Leal da Silveira, Aluízio Augusto Arantes Jr, Nilson Pinheiro Jr, Eckstânio Marcos Melo Rocha   +4 more
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Clinical and epidemiological profiles of non-traumatic myelopathies

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2016
Non-traumatic myelopathies represent a heterogeneous group of neurological conditions. Few studies report clinical and epidemiological profiles regarding the experience of referral services.
Wladimir Bocca Vieira de Rezende Pinto, Paulo Victor Sgobbi de Souza, Marcus Vinícius Cristino de Albuquerque, Lívia Almeida Dutra, José Luiz Pedroso, Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini   +5 more
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Pulmonary involvement in patients with HTLV-I associated myelopathy Comprometimento pulmonar em pacientes com mielopatia associada ao HTLV-I

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1995
Pulmonary involvement in HTLV-I patients has been identified by several authors in Africa, Japan and Brazil. The objective of this controlled study is to establish an association between HAM and lymphocytosis in the bronchoalveolar fluid (BAL).
Kilma Mattos, Ailton Melo, Conceição Queiroz Leandro Publio, Antonio Carlos Peçanha-Martins, Virgínia Freitas, Irenio Gomes   +5 more
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HTLV-I Associated uveitis, myelopathy, rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome Uveite, mielopatia, artrite reumatóide e sindrome de Sjogren associadas ao HTLV-I

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1995
A 62 year-old white female presented with a 10-year-history of slowly progressive spastic paraparesis, pain and dysesthesia in the lower limbs and sphincter disturbance.
Sônia Regina A. A. Pinheiro, Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto, Anna B. Carneiro Proietti, Fernando Oréfice, Maria V. Lima-Martins, Fernando A. Proietti   +5 more
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