Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la neurocisticercosis en una mujer joven / Diagnosis and treatment of the neurocysticerchosis in a young woman

Se describe el caso clínico de una paciente de 41 años de edad con antecedentes de cefalea migrañosa, que se había agudizado durante el primer semestre del 2012, quien fuera ingresada en el Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente "Dr. Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo" de Santiago de Cuba, luego de haber sido estudiada por diferentes especialistas y no mostrar signos de mejoría. Al realizársele la resonancia magnética nuclear de cráneo, se observaron imágenes compatibles con neurocisticercosis, de modo que se comenzaron a aplicar los medicamentos adecuados para curar esta infestación. Actualmente la paciente continúa bajo tratamiento médico.

The case report of a 41 year-old patient with a history of migrainous headache which had worsened during the first semester of 2012, who was admitted in "Dr. Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo" Teaching Clinical-Surgical Hospital in Santiago de Cuba is described, after being studied by different specialists without showing signs of improvement. In her nuclear magnetic resonance of skull, compatible images with neurocisticercosis were observed, so, appropriate medications began to be applied to cure this infection. At present the patient continues under medical treatment.

Repercusión de la migraña menstrual en la mujer de hoy / Repercussion of menstrual migraine in the present-day woman

Se realiza una revisión de varios trabajos relacionados con la repercusión y frecuencia de la migraña en la vida de la mujer, así como su relación con el evento menstruación y otros cambios hormonales. Se valoran las posibles causas, se detallan sus diferentes formas de presentación y se ofrecen diferentes opciones terapÚuticas

Authors make a review of some papers related to repercussion and frequency of migraine in the women life; as well as its relation to the menstruation and other hormonal changes. Potential causes are assessed signaling its different ways of presentation and offer therapeutical options

Therapeutic effects of flunarizine combined with aspirin on patients with migrainous cerebral infaction / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

AIM: To explore the therapeutic effects of flunarizine combined with aspirin in the treatment of migrainous cerebral infaction. METHODS: 38 cases of patients diagnosed as migrainous cerebral infaction were respectively given flunarizine 10 mg combined with aspirin 100 mg every night for a month. The observed indices included the dysfunction scores of nervous system, the total classes of living ability, and the accumulating rate of platelet and viscosity of plasma before and after the treatment. RESULTS: Before the treatment the dysfunction scores of nervous system and the living ability of the patients were 13.51 ? 4.78 and 3.45 ? 1.13 , and after the treatment the values were 4.34 ? 1.85 and 1.79 ? 0.72 respectively (P