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Continuous Unilateral Cephalalgia Due to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report

BACKGROUND: Hemicrania continua is a rare form of cephalalgia featuring a chronic and persistent headache in only one side of the head. OBJECTIVES: In this report, we present a case of a patient with hemicrania continua and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: We collected patient data through th...

Profile of hospital admissions for migraine and headache disorders in children and adolescents in Brazil between 2013 and 2023

INTRODUCTION: Migraine is a chronic neurological disease, with a prevalence of 15.2% in Brazil. It is defined as an abnormal neurovascular reaction that occurs in a genetically vulnerable individual. Clinically manifests itself in recurrent episodes of headache associa...

Fibromigraine: a cohort study retrospective

OBJECTIVE: To diagnose fibromyalgia in patients with migraine and assess the quality of life of these patients. METHODS: A prospective, cross-sectional study was carried out, comparing groups, in a non-randomized sample, consisting of patients diagnosed with migraine. The sample was evaluated u...

Bilateral tonic pupil during a migraine attack: a case report

INTRODUCTION:Tonic pupil or Adie's pupil occurs due to parasympathetic denervation, and it is characterized by mydriasis with little or no response to light, with pupillary contraction to accommodation. It is caused by eye pathologies, such as infections, trauma, neoplasms, infla...

Could scalp pain be a type of unclassified headache?

The scalp is the structure that covers the skull. It is commonly affected by painful processes resulting from infestations, infectious or inflammatory diseases. This pain located in the scalp does not have well-defined clinical characteristics and is not yet included in the ICHD-3 diagnostic criteria. Th...

Encefalomielite aguda disseminada com provável etiologia de Bartonella henselae

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 83 (), 2024
RESUMO A encefalomielite aguda disseminada é uma doença rara, aguda, inflamatória e desmielinizante do sistema nervoso central, presumivelmente associada, em mais de três quartos dos casos, a infecções (virais, bacterianas ou inespecíficas) e imunizações ou sem qualquer antecedente indentificáv...

Absceso cerebral secundario a colesteatoma invasivo del conducto auditivo externo: reporte de caso y revisión de literatura

Introducción: el colesteatoma es una condición que con frecuencia afecta al oído medio y la mastoides. Su ubicación es poco frecuente en el conducto auditivo externo (CAE). Caso clínico: hombre de 44 años con sintomatología crónica de hipoacusia, plenitud aural, otorrea izquierda, que fue remitid...