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Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patients
FRANCO,CLÉLIA MARIA RIBEIRO; FUKUJIMA,MARCIA MAIUMI; OLIVEIRA,ROBERTO DE MAGALHÃES CARNEIRO DE; GABBAI,ALBERTO ALAINMoyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disease of unknown etiology reported mainly in the Japanese. Most cases occur in children. The disease is rare in non-Oriental adults manifesting itself mostly as intracerebral hemorrhages. We describe MMD in 2 non-Oriental young adults and one adolescent that developed cerebral infarctions. The adults were medicated with aspirin and no medication wa...
Malaria and stroke: case report
LEOPOLDINO,JOSÉ FÁBIO SANTOS; FUKUJIMA,MARCIA MAIUMI; GABBAI,ALBERTO ALAINMalaria is a parasitic disease with high prevalence in several regions of the world. Infestation by Plasmodium faciparum can, in some cases, affect the central nervous system producing encephalitis resulting in death or neurological sequelae. The mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of the cerebral lesion are not totally clear and there are currently two theories (mechanical and humoral) concerning this. ...