Hippokratia
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Previous transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies in patients with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) have focused on central motor conduction time measurements while other TMS parameters remained unexplored. From a neuroradiological point of view, pyramidal tract involvement with magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been rarely reported in TSP. Accordingly, the present study investigated the mean threshold (MT) and silent period (SP) as well as DTI measurements in TSP. ⋯ The described results provide novel neurophysiological and imaging evidence for central motor pathways malfunctioning in TSP. HIPPOKRATIA 2017, 21(4): 191-193.
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The assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is a valid tool, which can measure the degree that a chronic condition and its treatment, can affect patients' quality of life (QOL). ⋯ Comorbidities, educational level and vascular access were the most important findings regarding to their impact on patients' HRQL. HIPPOKRATIA 2017, 21(4): 163-168.
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Neuroendocrine adenoma of the middle ear (NAME) is a rare benign glandular tumor with neuroendocrine differentiation arising from the middle ear mucosa. The common symptoms and clinical findings of this tumor are usually non-specific. When the tumor appears as a reddish retrotympanic mass, it can be misdiagnosed to be a paraganglioma. ⋯ NAME is a rare tumor, mimicking tympanic paraganglioma, while its final diagnosis is only provided by histological and immunohistochemical analysis. HIPPOKRATIA 2017, 21(4): 201-203.