ABSTRACT
There is a controversy wheter central pontine myelinolysis can complicate either hyponatremia or its rapid correction. We report a 69 years old woman with a history of one month of vertigo, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. She was admitted dehydrated ad stuporous, and initial laboratory values showed a serum sodium of 96 mEq/L She was treated with dextrose 5 percent and 3 percent NaCI. Serum sodium raised to 120 mEq/L at the next day and the level of consciousness improved. At the 4th day of admission, the patient was again stuporous and with spastic quadriplegia. A magnetic resonance imaging showed a central and symmetrical pontine lesion on T1 and T2 weighed images. Thereafter, the patient experienced a progressive improvement of her neurological condition and was discharged three months later, moving her lower limbs. Nine month later she was able to walk
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Humans , Female , Aged , Hyponatremia/complications , Myelinolysis, Central Pontine/etiology , Sodium/administration & dosageABSTRACT
We report a 69 years old male with a parkinsonian syndrome and a 50 years old female without neurological problems who showed violent behavior during REM sleep. Polysomnography showed that both had tonic or phasic muscular activity during REM sleep and a REM sleep behavior disorder was diagnosed. Clonazepam was used in both, with good clinical response. This condition is frequently unrecognized and confused with nightmares, nocturnal delirium or other parasomnias
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Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Behavioral Symptoms/etiology , Sleep, REM , Sleep Wake Disorders/diagnosis , Parkinson Disease/complications , Clonazepam/pharmacology , Polysomnography , Sleep Wake Disorders/physiopathology , Sleep Wake Disorders/drug therapyABSTRACT
El status convulsivo secundariamente generalizado (SCSG) es la más común de las formas de status epiléptico (SE), a la vez que el más peligroso ya que con mayor frecuencia es causa de secuelas neurológicas y muerte, si no se trata adecuadamente. SCSG es un estado dinámico, las manifestaciones clínicas y electroencefalográficas varían en el tiempo si las convulsiones persisten al fracasar el tratamiento. Existe una progresión de status manifiesto a status sutil en el SCSG, y de acuerdo a reportes previos tambien existe una progresión o secuencia en la actividad eléctrica en los casos de evolución prolongada. Para verificar lo anterior analizamos las variaciones clínicas y electromagnéticas de cinco pacientes que cumplían criterios de SCSG. En ellos efectivamente pudimos confirmar la mayoría de los cambios o patrones descritos en otras publicaciones. Sin embargo no identificamos ninguna progresión o secuencia definida en estos patrones