Irene Davidescu

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CHIARI MALFORMATION TYPE I – CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE - 31/10/2016
TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME – A PRACTICAL GUIDE IN GENERAL PRACTICE - 21/10/2016
RECURRENT MENINGIOMA AFTER INITIAL RESECTION SURGERY – CASE REPORT - 21/01/2016

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CHIARI MALFORMATION TYPE I – CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Romanian Journal of Neurology, Volume XV, No. 3, 2016

ISSN 1843-8148 | e-ISSN 2069-6094
ISSN-L 1843-8148
DOI: 10.37897/RJN

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Ioana Cociasu, Mihnea Pastia, Irene Davidescu, Ioan Buraga and Bogdan O. Popescu

ABSTRACT

Chiari malformations are congenital defects involving the cerebral structures in the posterior fossa. They range from asymptomatic cerebellar tonsil herniation beside the brainstem, to cerebellar aplasia. These conditions were first described in 1890 and are still considered a rare occurrence even though they are more likely under-diagnosed rather than rare. We report the case of a 44 year old woman with Chiari type I malformation and associated cervical syringomyelia.

Keywords: type I, syringomyelia, syrinx, Arnold-Chiari, headache, tonsil herniation, congenital

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TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME – A PRACTICAL GUIDE IN GENERAL PRACTICE

Romanian Journal of Neurology, Volume XV, No. 2, 2016

ISSN 1843-8148 | e-ISSN 2069-6094
ISSN-L 1843-8148
DOI: 10.37897/RJN

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RECURRENT MENINGIOMA AFTER INITIAL RESECTION SURGERY – CASE REPORT

Romanian Journal of Neurology, Volume XIV, No. 4, 2015

ISSN 1843-8148 | e-ISSN 2069-6094
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DOI: 10.37897/RJN

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Ioana Cociasu, Irene Davidescu, Ioan Buraga and Bogdan O. Popescu

ABSTRACT

The most common tumours of the central nervous system, meningiomas are frequently diagnosed by accident when patients undergo imaging studies of the brain for other reasons. Most patients lack symptoms and thus can live their whole lives without knowing they have a brain tumour. Less fortunate patients seek medical advice for troubling symptoms – like seizures or disturbances of the cranial nerves – get surgery for the excision of the tumour and years later find out their tumour has come back. We are presenting the case of such a patient with a recurrent parietal meningioma.

Keywords: meningioma, multiple meningiomas, recurrent meningioma, seizures, radiotherapy

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NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER AND DYSGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM

Romanian Journal of Neurology, Volume XII, No. 4, 2013

ISSN 1843-8148 | e-ISSN 2069-6094
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DOI: 10.37897/RJN

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Irene Davidescu, Ruxandra Maria Anton, Gabriela Mihailescu, Delia Parvu, Sanda Maria Nica, Ioan Buraga and Bogdan O. Popescu

ABSTRACT

We report the case of a 68 year-old female (O.F.), referred to our clinic for a neurological evaluation after an episode of loss of consciousness that occurred three days before admittance. She was also diagnosed with cognitive impairment (July 2011). Case particularity: the MRI examination, which was the investigation of choice in this case, revealed structural brain abnormalities – dysgenesis of the corpus callosum

Keywords: corpus callosum, MRI, neurocognitive disorder

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MULTIPLE CEREBRAL CAVERNOUS MALFORMATIONS – A CASE REPORT

ISSN 1843-8148 | e-ISSN 2069-6094
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DOI: 10.37897/RJN

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Ana-Maria Vladila, Georgiana Pavel, Dan Mitrea, Sanda Nica, Gabriela Mihailescu, Irene Davidescu and Ioan Buraga

ABSTRACT

Cavernomas are frequent low-flow vascular malformations with a characteristic MRI aspect due to their specific morphology. We present the case of a 64-year old male diagnosed in 2008 with multiple cerebral cavernomas and symptomatic epilepsy, who developed left face, arm and leg paresthesias during the last 6 days. The MRI examination performed in our clinic showed increased number of infracentimetic lesions with no signs of hemorrhage or growth of the previous documented ones. Considering MRI findings and the patient being seizure free for the last three years there is no current indication for invasive treatment. The presence of multiple lesions along with their aspect on T2* MRI sequences suggest a hereditary form in absence of familial history of cerebral cavernous malformations.

Keywords: multiple cerebral cavernomas, symptomatic epilepsy, MRI T2*

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VITAMIN D INTOXICATION IN A PATIENT WITH RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS – CASE REPORT

Romanian Journal of Neurology, Volume XIV, No. 3, 2015

ISSN 1843-8148 | e-ISSN 2069-6094
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DOI: 10.37897/RJN

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Ioana Cociasu, Irene Davidescu, Ioan Buraga and Bogdan Ovidiu Popescu

ABSTRACT

Lately, vitamin D has been a hot topic among multiple sclerosis specialists. Vitamin D supplementation is being thoroughly researched in order to establish whether or not it is useful in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. We present the case of a patient with multiple sclerosis, who, after searching online, decided to administer vitamin D supplements in high doses; subsequently he was admitted to our for clinic symptoms consistent with vitamin D intoxication.

Keywords: vitamin D, toxicity, multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting

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HEMIBALLISMUS AFTER HEMORRHAGIC STROKE

Romanian Journal of Neurology, Volume XIV, No. 1, 2015

ISSN 1843-8148 | e-ISSN 2069-6094
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DOI: 10.37897/RJN

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Vlad Claudiu Stefanescu, Irene Davidescu, Ioan Buraga and Bogdan Ovidiu Popescu

INTRODUCTION

Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke may be accompanied by movement disorders (1), either hyperkinetic or hypokinetic. Hyperkinetic movement disorders after stroke comprise dystonia (2-4), chorea with or without hemiballismus (5), tremor (6), parkinsonism (7), segmental or focal myoclonus, athetosis, pseudathetosis, and asterixis (8). Hemiballismus is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary, arrythmic, and large amplitude excursion of a limb, usually from a proximal joint, witn an element of rotation (9). Ballismus is explainable with lesions in the subthalamic nuclei, cerebral cortex, corpus striatum, thalamus and brainstem. (10) The frequency of post-stroke abnormal movements is unclear, the prevalence in a swiss registry being 1% with an incidence of 0.08% per year (8). Of them, hemichorea-hemiballismus is the most common, while dystonia is the next most common disorder (11).

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ANTICOAGULATION COMPLICATIONS IN A PATIENT WITH PRIOR CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS

Romanian Journal of Neurology, Volume XIV, No. 2, 2015

ISSN 1843-8148 | e-ISSN 2069-6094
ISSN-L 1843-8148
DOI: 10.37897/RJN

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Ioana Cociasu, Irene Davidescu, Ioan Buraga and Bogdan Ovidiu Popescu

ABSTRACT

Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare form of stroke treated with anticoagulant compounds both in the acute phase as well as in long term. We present the case of a 56 year old female that suffered two different forms of stroke in 2 years.

Keywords: cerebral venous thrombosis, intracerebral hemorrhage, vitamin K antagonists, hereditary thrombophilia, malignancy

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