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The global burden of neurologic diseases
WHO categorizes causes of death and disability into (1) communicable diseases, maternal and perinatal conditions, and nutritional deficiencies; (2) non-communicable diseases (NCD); and (3) injuries. NCD are the leading cause of death and disability globally and are rising as a result of demographic and epidemiologic changes occurring in both developed and developing countries.1,2 Increasing life expectancies, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and harmful use of alcohol contribute to the growing incidence and prevalence of NCD, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory disease...
Source: Neurology - July 21, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Chin, J. H., Vora, N. Tags: All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, All epidemiology, All Epilepsy/Seizures GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Source Type: research
Spontaneous sternocleidomastoid muscle hematoma following thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke
We report the case of an 83y.o. woman with right facio-brachio-crural hemiparesis, left deviation of the head and aphasia who developed, after thrombolytic therapy, a spontaneous sternocleidomastoid muscle hematoma that regressed few days later. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported in the literature of asymptomatic and spontaneous skeletal muscle hematoma following thrombolysis for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The occurrence of lateral cervical tuberculosis lymphadenitis ipsilateral to sternocleidomastoid muscle hematoma may suggest a causal relationship between local chronic inflammation of active ...
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - April 28, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Nadia Mariagrazia Giannantoni, Giacomo Della Marca, Aldobrando Broccolini, Fabio Pilato, Paolo Profice, Roberta Morosetti, Pietro Caliandro, Giovanni Frisullo Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research
