A síndrome de Villaret e o espaço retroparotídeo / Villaret syndrome and retroparotid space

A partir do relato de um caso sobre a síndrome de Villaret, o autor ressalta a importância da relação anátomo-clínica, aspectos clínicos e etiologias das síndromes que cursam com o comprometimento dos quatro últimos nervos cranianos quando da sua passagem extracranial.

From the case study of a patient with the Villaret syndrome the author emphasizes the importance of the anatomical-clinical relationship, clinical aspects, and etiologies of syndromes that are associated with the impairment of the last four cranial nerves during its out of skull passage.

Clinical presentations and complcations of Guilain barre syndrome in Children Welfare Teaching hospital

To study the clinical presentations and complications in patients with Guillain Barre syndrome [GBS]. A retrospective study was done on 70 patients with GBS from different parts of Iraq, who were admitted to children Welfare Teaching Hospital in Medical City, Baghdad in the period between January 2002 to December 2006. Of 70 patients with GBS, 40 [57.14%] were males and 30 [42.86%] were females, with a male to female ratio of 1.33:1. Antecedent events were found in 44 patients [62.86%], wherease 26 patients [37.14%] had no history of antecedent events. There is no specific pattern of motor weakness involvement and all cases show symmetrical muscle weakness. Bulbar nerves involvement is the commonest cranial nerve involvements. Autonomic nerves and respiratory muscles involvement are the main cause of death in GBS

unusual association between oral sarcoma and bulbar palsy

A 90 year old male presented with symptoms and signs of right lower cranial nerves palsy. A small mass was found on the right side at the back of his mouth. Light microscopy and histoimmunochemical studies of the biopsy of the mass showed an alveolar soft part sarcoma arising from the right myohyoid muscle. The unusual location and presentation of this rare tumor is discussed