[Basilar artery aneurysm: report of a case]. / Aneurisma de arteria basilar: a propósito de un caso.

We present a case of a patient with vertigo, disequilibrium and facial palsy. Nistagmus features pointed to a diagnosis of central vertigo. MRI showed a basilar aneurysm that compressed the brain stem and caused a stroke. We review the diagnosis.

Aneurisma de arteria basilar: a propósito de un caso / Basilar artery aneurysm: one case report

Presentamos el caso de una paciente que acudió a nuestro servicio de urgencias por episodio de vértigo y gran inestabilidad. La exploración del nistagmo fue fundamental en la orientación diagnóstica hacia un vértigo de etiología central. La resonancia magnética confirmó el diagnóstico demostrando la existencia de un aneurisma fusiforme en el tronco del encéfalo que produjo un infarto isquémico en la zona protuberancial que implicaba los núcleos vestibulares y el facial. Se discute el proceso diagnóstico (AU)

We present a case of a patient with vertigo, disequilibrium and facial palsy. Nistagmus features pointed to a diagnosis of central vertigo. MRI showed a basilar aneurysm that compressed the brain stem and caused a stroke. We review the diagnosis (AU)

[The Connecticut Chemosensorial Clinical Research Center olfaction test: values in healthy volunteers]. / Test de olfato de Connecticut (CCCRC): valores en voluntarios sanos.

OBJECTIVE: To know the values of the olfactory test (CCCRC) performed in healthy people. To analyse how the age and sex affect the test. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Descriptive study in 100 volunteers with no olfactory disorders. We used CCCRC olfactory test, which it has an odor threshold component, an odor identification component and a composite score. We analysed how age and sex variables affect olfactory test data, listing a t-Student test. The size sample is calculated to 0.05 alfa error. RESULTS: Threshold test data mean was 5.8. Identification test data mean was 7.5. Composite score mean was 6.7. CONCLUSION: Age is a significant factor in our study but not sex. Sample size is sufficient to analyze normal values. Our results are similar to other authors.