Revista de neurologia
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Revista de neurologia · Aug 2002
Review[Neurosyphilis: forms of presentation and clinical management].
Neurosyphilis results from the infection of the central nervous system by Treponema pallidum. It causes diverse clinical pictures which are occasionally similar to other, better known neurological diseases. In this paper our aim is to offer a global clinical vision of this entity by reviewing the different forms it can take and its diagnostic and therapeutic management. ⋯ Neurosyphilis is a disease that still occurs nowadays and, due to its clinical polymorphism, must be borne in mind as a differential diagnosis in a number of neurological and psychiatric illnesses. This, together with the fact the serological tests are difficult to interpret and its irregular response to the usual treatment, makes it difficult to manage and means that the neurologist must have a thorough knowledge of the disorder.
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Revista de neurologia · Aug 2002
Case Reports[Weston Hurst acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. Neuropathological study of one case].
Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHL), or Hurst disease is a rare, usually fatal, disease, probably due to an autoimmune cross reaction against myelin antigens present in the central nervous system, and which forms a spectrum of post infeccious demyelinating diseases with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. ⋯ AHL should be a part of the differential diagnosis of acute encephalopathic diseases, particularly if preceded by systemic infections. The atypical laboratory findings, and the impossibilty of performing a brain MRI were obstacles to the diagnosis in this case. The relative paucity of the perivascular infiltrate is an atypical finding, and could be due to apoptotic clearance of the inflammatory cells, as has been described in other autoimmune demyelinating diseases.
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To propose a new formulation of death based on the mechanisms involved in consciousness generation in human beings. ⋯ I propose a new formulation of death that identifies consciousness as the most important function of the organism, because it provides the essential human attributes and the highest level of control within the hierarchy of integrating functions of the organism