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- Disección de la arteria vertebral asociada a síndrome MURCSPublication . Santos, M; Cruz, S; Casimiro, C; Biscoito, M; Costa, MLa asociación MURCS (OMIM 60176), también conocida como síndrome de Mayer-RokitanskyKüster-Hauser de tipo II, constituye una rara malformación que afecta aproximadamente a una de cada 50.000 mujeres [1,2]. Consiste en la combinación de aplasia de los conductos de Müller, aplasia o ectopia renal unilateral y displasia de los somitas cervicodorsales, relacionado con deformidades vertebrales del espectro Klippel-Feil, y asociado o no a malformaciones occipitoatloideas [2]. La disección de la arteria vertebral es una causa poco frecuente de ictus, que puede asociarse a anomalías del desarrollo craneocervical [3]. Se describe un caso de ictus causado por disección de la arteria vertebral en una paciente con asociación MURCS.
- Doença exantemática da infância: benigna?Publication . Martins, R; Casimiro, C
- A Rare Presentation of Invasive Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System in an Immunocompetent Patient in a Nonendemic Country.Publication . Martins, R; Casimiro, C; Herrero Valverde, A; Campillo, JWe herein report a rare case of a 25-year-old immunocompetent male patient with disseminated tuberculosis of central nervous system (CNS), first presenting as multiple cerebral lesions with no meningeal involvement. Subsequent diagnostic workup disclosed extensive peritoneal involvement. A broad differential diagnosis was considered, including neoplastic and infectious diseases. The diagnosis was confirmed with positive PCR result for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the biopsied mesenteric tissue. The patient was started on tuberculostatic regimen with favorable outcome. No acquired or hereditary immunodeficiency was documented. Disseminated tuberculosis in immunocompetent individuals is extremely rare. Genetic susceptibility factors have been reported in individuals with extensive forms of the disease and a high index of suspicion is required, as observed in our case.
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis presenting as rapidly progressive dementia in a young adultPublication . Martins, R; Peres, J; Casimiro, C; Herrero Valverde, A