Search results for "Europa."

Acute Effect of Topical Menthol on Chronic Pain in Slaughterhouse Workers with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Triple-Blind, Randomized Placebo-Controlled Tr…

2014

Topical menthol gels are classified “topical analgesics” and are claimed to relieve minor aches and pains of the musculoskeletal system. In this study we investigate the acute effect of topical menthol on carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). We screened 645 slaughterhouse workers and recruited 10 participants with CTS and chronic pain of the arm/hand who were randomly distributed into two groups to receive topical menthol (Biofreeze) or placebo (gel with a menthol scent) during the working day and 48 hours later the other treatment (crossover design). Participants rated arm/hand pain intensity during the last hour of work (scale 0–10) immediately before 1, 2, and 3 hours after application. Further…

Neuropathology of Cerebellar Infarction: Its Morphology in Comparison to Selective Postmortem Angiography of Cerebellar Arteries

1994

A typology of infarctions [11, 20] is established for the cerebral hemispheres and has recently also been used, chiefly in neuroradiological diagnosis, for cerebellar infarctions [2–5, 8, 10, 16]. Detailed clinical [12] and microangiographic [7, 9, 13, 15, 17] investigations of the vascularization of the posterior cranial fossa can be referred to in this context. With the aid of selective postmortem angiograms we examined the territories of the superior cerebellar artery (SCA), anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA), and posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) on serial sections in the three planes of projection. The sagittal plane offers decisive advantages for assigning cerebellar…

Psychological profile and unexpected pain in oral lichen planus: a case-control multicenter SIPMO study

2021

Objectives: To analyze psychological profiles, pain and oral symptoms in patients with oral lichen planus (OLP). Materials and methods: 300 patients with keratotic OLP (K-OLP; reticular, papular, plaque-like subtypes), 300 patients with predominant non-keratotic OLP (nK-OLP; erythematosus atrophic, erosive, ulcerative, bullous subtypes) and 300 controls were recruited in 15 universities. The number of oral sites involved and oral symptoms were recorded. The Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), Total Pain Rating Index (T-PRI), Hamilton Rating Scales for Depression and for Anxiety (HAM-D and HAM-A), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) were administered. Results: Th…

Pancoast's syndrome caused by lymph node metastasis from breast cancer.

2018

Pancoast’s syndrome may be the result of neoplastic, inflammatory or infectious disease. We report an unusual case of Pancoast’s syndrome in a patient with metastatic breast cancer. A 54-year-old woman, affected by metastatic breast cancer, presented for severe shoulder pain, paraesthesia and numbness in the right arm. Despite further multiple lines of systemic chemotherapy, she developed a progressive enlargement of retropectoral, supraclavicular and infraclavicular lymph node metastases, which involved brachial plexus, apex of lung and anterior mediastinum. Physical examination revealed severe weakness of proximal muscles of the right arm. Neuropathic pain was managed with pharmacological…

Relevance of diagnostic investigations in chronic inflammatory demyelinating poliradiculoneuropathy: Data from the Italian CIDP database

2020

The objective of our work was to report the clinical features and the relevance of diagnostic investigations in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). We retrospectively reviewed data from patients with a clinical diagnosis of CIDP included in a national database. Among the 500 included patients with a clinical diagnosis of CIDP, 437 patients (87%) fulfilled the European Federation of Neurological Societies and Peripheral Nerve Society criteria for CIDP (definite in 407, probable in 26, possible in four). In 352 patients (86%) motor nerve conduction abnormalities consistent with demyelination were sufficient for the diagnosis of definite CIDP. In 55 …

Guillain-Barré syndrome after orthotopic liver transplantation: A clinical manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome?

2018

Guillain-Barrè Syndrome, as part of the spectrum of dysimmune neuropathies, is unexpected to occur in immunocompromised hosts. We describe a clinical case of Guillain-Barrè syndrome, occurred a few weeks after a liver transplant, and we postulate that our case would satisfy all requirements to explain this peripheral nervous system complication as a clinical manifestation of an Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. In this setting of liver transplantation, complicated by potentially multiple infective triggers, reduction of immunosuppression and reversal of pathogen-induced immunosuppression, through antimicrobial therapy, may have led to pro-inflammatory response. The pro-inflammato…

Malta, movimenti migratori e contesto internazionale. Tra 'campi' e dispositivi di controllo della mobilità

2007

Campi di forza. Percorsi confinati di migranti in Europa

2009

È impossibile comprendere la specificità delle attuali politiche europee di controllo delle migrazioni, senza confrontarsi con il grande tema dei luoghi di confinamento, in cui centinaia di migliaia di persone vengono oggi costrette semplicemente perché sprovviste di un regolare documento di soggiorno. Che si tratti di centri di detenzione istituzionali e militarizzati o di zone di concentramento informali, oppure nate spontaneamente, i luoghi qui analizzati sono tutti espressione del medesimo tentativo di governo della mobilità dei migranti, che ormai da diversi anni l’Unione europea sta praticando. Le radici dell’attuale sistema europeo di separazione di alcuni “corpi” dal resto della pop…

Papel de la mitocondria en la neurodegeneración de las neuropatías periféricas

2014

La disfunción mitocondrial tiene severas consecuencias a nivel celular, y está íntimamente relacionada con el proceso de envejecimiento. Pero además, la mitocondria juega un importante papel en la muerte celular progresiva característica de algunos trastornos neurodegenerativos, de forma que la disfunción mitocondrial ha surgido como un denominador común en varias enfermedades neurodegenerativas. En la presente Tesis Doctoral nos hemos centrado en el estudio de los mecanismos patogénicos que conducen a la degeneración neuronal de dos neuropatías periféricas diferentes, pero relacionadas: ataxia de Friedreich (FRDA) y la enfermedad de Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) tipos 4A/2K. Ambas enfermedades…

Textos escurridizos. A propósito de la escritura personal femenina en la época moderna

2019

Este texto aborda las dificultades de interpretación de las escrituras femeninas del yo, menos abundantes en la época moderna y con frecuencia aparentemente menos expresivas que los textos equiparables escritos por varones. A partir de algunos ejemplos tomados del género de los avisos a descendientes, se invita a una lectura que desentrañe las huellas, aun sutiles, de una voluntad personal de expresarse y perdurar. Como sucede en alguno de los casos examinados, una lectura tal puede revelar perfiles más ricos y complejos de sus autoras (incluidas inesperadas conexiones internacionales) que desafían la dicotomía un tanto tópica entre varones ilustrados y cosmopolitas y mujeres piadosas y dom…