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Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis presenting with total insomnia--a case report
Marques, IB; Teotónio, R; Cunha, C; Bento, C; Sales, FFatal insomnia (FI) is the first diagnosis to be considered by most neurologists when approaching a patient presenting with total insomnia followed by personality and cognitive changes, disturbance of alertness, autonomic hyperactivation and movement abnormalities. We report the case of a 30 year-old male patient who presented with total insomnia followed by episodes of psychomotor restlessness resembling anxie...
Síndrome de Sjögren ou esclerose múltipla? Um dilema na prática clínica
Duarte, C; Teotónio, R; Abreu, P; Matias, FThe authors present a clinical case of a male, 53-years old with a multiple sclerosis like syndrome, progressive, with 3 years of evolution. The patient also referred dry eye and inflammatory arthralgias, the complementary workup was according with Sjögren's Syndrome. The central nervous system involvement of Sjögren's Syndrome and the difficulty of differential diagnosis with neurological diseases such as Mult...
Primary lymphoma of the central nervous system in a patient with AIDS.
Bau, J; Teotónio, R; Pacheco, M H; Mafra, M; Coutinho, FThe increasing incidence of primary brain lymphoma appears to be real in immunologically normal people. However, lymphoma of the central nervous system has a much higher incidence in patients with immune deficient status as in renal and cardiac transplants, patients with IgA deficiency, or Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. Thus, the increased predisposition of AIDS patients to brain lymphoma is not surprising, this bei...
Linfoma Primitivo do Sistema Nervoso Central em Doente com Sida
Bau, J; Teotónio, R; Pacheco, MH; Mafra, M; Coutinho, FO aumento da incidência do linfoma cerebral primitivo parece ser real em pessoas imunologicamente normais. Contudo, os linfomas do sistema nervoso central têm uma muito maior incidência em doentes imunodeprimidos tais como os submetidos a transplantes cardíacos ou renais, doentes com deficiência de IgA ou síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich. Assim, não é surpreendente o aumento da predisposição dos doentes com a síndro...