- Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
- Trace Elements in Health
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
- Brain Metastases and Treatment
- Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
Hospital de São João
2019-2024
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
2023
Man-in-a-barrel syndrome (MBS) is a rare clinical condition in which patients present with bilateral brachial diplegia, relatively spared strength the lower limbs. This typically attributed to hypoperfusion brain injury rather than spinal pathology. We describe case of 75-year-old man who presented upper limb paresis. He had two cardiorespiratory arrests no documented neurological sequelae few years before. Imaging tests however showed severe cervical spondylotic myelopathy as most likely...
A woman in her 60s was brought to the emergency department due a new-onset seizure. She drowsy on arrival and unable provide clinical history. had medical history of advanced endometrial cancer, for which she under therapeutic protocol pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib. Laboratorial investigations were unremarkable. The brain CT angiography provided further insight into case by detecting bilateral convexal subarachnoid haemorrhage with discrete opercular vasogenic oedema, without other...