[Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome. Report of a case in a pregnant woman]. / Síndrome de Vogt-Koyanagi. Relato de um caso em gestante.

A 28 year old pregnant woman with Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome is reported. Despite the use of steroid therapy, she became blind. She delivered a boy Apgar 8. The newborn developed a meningoencephalitis in the nursery and died two years later with evidence of cerebral palsy. Correlation between both mother and son disease has not been found.

Sindrome de Vogt-Koyanagi: relato de um caso em gestante. / Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome: report of a case in a pregnant woman

Os autores relatam o caso de uma paciente com 28 anos, gestante, portadora de sindrome de Vogt-Koyanagi que, mesmo com o uso de corticosteroides, nao obteve recuperacao da visao. O recem-nato apresentou no bercario quadro sugestivo de meningoencefalite e faleceu com dois anos de idade apresentando manifestacoes compativeis a grave paralisia cerebral. Questiona-se a possibilidade de relacionar este fato a enfermidade da mae

[Lumbar disc protrusion in childhood. Description of a case]. / Bandscheibenvorfall im Jugendalter. Beschreibung eines Falles

This is a case of lumbar disc protrusion in a 14 year old girl, with typical symptomatology. Special attention should be called to the rarity of this case. The clinical and myelographic diagnosis showed a lumbar herniation L 4/L5. Treatment was performed by lumbar hemilaminectomie. The post operative controll showed remission of the clinical findings.