The best knowledge about DBS complications allows for better solutions. In case of infection, conservative treatment or partial removal of the DBS system appears to be safe and reasonable. Intracranial complications related to DBS material such as peri-lead edema and cyst formation have a good prognosis. They may appear long after DBS implantation.
We report the case of a multiple intracranial lipoma in a 47 year-old patient presenting with headache dizziness and quadrantanopsia. MR imaging revealed the presence of 2 lipomas, one located within the quadrigeminal cistern and the other in the calcarine fissure. To our knowledge, this combination of this rare lesion has not been yet described. We review the current literature.
We report the case of a multiple intracranial lipoma in a 47 year-old patient presenting with headache dizziness and quadrantanopsia. MR imaging revealed the presence of 2 lipomas, one located within the quadrigeminal cistern and the other in the calcarine fissure. To our knowledge, this combination of this rare lesion has not been yet described. We review the current literature.
Aim: To know the prevalence of pain and the therapeutic approach in an emergency department (ED). Material and methods: Cross-sectional study in the ED of a university hospital during 7 consecutive days was performed. The presence of pain was asked by a physician to patients older than 15 years admitted at ED. Patients admitted at Psychiatry, Obstetrics-Gynecology Emergency Department and those whose serious condition would not allow pain assessment in triage were excluded. The previous analgesic treatment, pain assessment, analgesic treatment in the ED and also scheduled treatment at discharge were later reviewed. Results: Six hundred and sixty-eight from 2,287 patients who were admitted at ED were analyzed. Five hundred and one patients reported pain (75 %), of which 45 were admitted and 456 were discharged at home (240 patients in level 1, 216 at level 2). The 24.5 % of the 501 patients who reported pain at admission were previously treated with analgesics. The 41.7 % of the 216 patients treated at level 2 received analgesic treatment during their stay [paracetamol (80.2 %), nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (50.0 %), co-analgesics (1.0 %), weak opioids (20.8 %), strong opioids (3.1 %)]. The 32.7 % of the 196 patients without documented pain assessment received analgesic treatment as required. In 69.4 % of the 456 patients who did not require hospitalization, analgesic treatment was prescribed or modified at discharge [paracetamol (55 %), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (67 %), co-analgesics (10 %), weak opioids (10 %), strong opioids (1.1 %)]. Conclusions: A high prevalence of pain (75 %) was found in patients admitted at ED. The 41.7 % received analgesic treatment during their stay and in 69.4 % of patients analgesia was prescribed at discharge. Low opioid prescription was detected.
Background: The relationship between axial symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is still unclear. Purpose: We searched for particular clinical characteristics before STN-DBS linked to on-state axial problems after surgery. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed baseline motor, emotional and cognitive features from PD patients with early axial symptoms (within 4 years after STN-DBS) and late axial symptoms (after 4 years). We also considered a group of PD patients without axial symptoms for at least 4 years after surgery. Results: At baseline, early-axial PD patients (n = 28) had a higher on-state Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale III (15.0 ± 5.6 to 11.6 ± 6.2, p = 0.020), higher axial score (2.4 ± 1.8 to 0.7 ± 1.0, p < 0.001) and worse dopaminergic response (0.62 ± 0.12 to 0.70 ± 0.11, p = 0.005), than non-axial PD patients (n = 51). Early-axial PD patients had short-term recall impairment, not seen in non-axial PD (36.3 ± 7.6 to 40.3 ± 9.3, p = 0.041). These variables were similar between late-axial PD (n = 18) and non-axial PD, but late-axial PD showed worse frontal dysfunction. Conclusions: PD patients with early axial symptoms after DBS may have a significantly worse presurgical motor phenotype, poorer dopaminergic response and memory impairment. This may correspond to a more severe form of PD.
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