Subdural hematoma is often secondary to brain trauma and other diseases.The onset is hidden and the condition is critical.Timely detection and early treatment are particularly important.The patient denied a history of...Subdural hematoma is often secondary to brain trauma and other diseases.The onset is hidden and the condition is critical.Timely detection and early treatment are particularly important.The patient denied a history of trauma,but had a history of consciousness loss after charcoal burning.The clinical symptoms were progressive cognitive impairment.The initial diagnosis was delayed encephalopathy caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.However,computed tomography(CT)scan of the brain showed a large area of subdural hematoma on the left side and the formation of a cerebral hernia,which was life-threatening.The patienfs symptoms gradually improved after an emergency operation.展开更多
Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic values in patients with delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Methods: The tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), vision e...Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic values in patients with delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Methods: The tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), vision evoked potentials (VEPs), and brain stem audition evoked potentials(BAEPs) were performed in 32 healthy adults and 43 patients with delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Results: This paper indicated abnormalities of tibial nerve SEPs in 31 patients (31/43, 72.1%), VEPs in 17 patients (17/28, 60.7%), and BAEPs in 14, patients (14/43, 32.6%). These results showed that the greatest diagnostic value was SEPs, followed by VEPs and, BAEPs with the lowest sensitivity. Conclusion: Multimodality evoked potentials (EPs) can be used for evaluating the diagnostic and prognostic values in cases of delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning.展开更多
Objective To research the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha(HIF-1α)and heme oxygenase-1(HO-1)in hippocampus of rats with delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning(DEACMP)and its functi...Objective To research the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha(HIF-1α)and heme oxygenase-1(HO-1)in hippocampus of rats with delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning(DEACMP)and its functions.Methods One hundred and fiftysix rats were selected and randomly divided into展开更多
This study examined a 24-year-old patient with delayed encephalopathy, who was admitted to hospital with complaints of headache and visual impairment 1 week after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. The results of a visu...This study examined a 24-year-old patient with delayed encephalopathy, who was admitted to hospital with complaints of headache and visual impairment 1 week after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. The results of a visual field assessment, electroencephalography and head magnetic resonance imaging indicated damage to the cerebral cortex. After a 2-week treatment period, the patient had recovered from the visual impairment, but exhibited digit- and letter-reading difficulty. The Chinese aphasia battery and the number and letter battery supplement were conducted. The results revealed that the patient exhibited digit and letter alexia, while the ability to read Chinese characters was preserved. In contrast, the patient exhibited a deficit in Chinese character writing, while number and letter writing remained intact. Following treatment, reading and writing ability was improved and electroencephalographic abnormalities were ameliorated. Overall, our experimental findings demonstrated that delayed encephalopathy following acute carbon monoxide poisoning was characterized by digit and letter alexia.展开更多
The aim of this study was to evaluate the resolution of brain lesions in patients with Wilson’s disease during the long-term chelating therapy using magnetic resonance imaging and a possible signiifcance of the time ...The aim of this study was to evaluate the resolution of brain lesions in patients with Wilson’s disease during the long-term chelating therapy using magnetic resonance imaging and a possible signiifcance of the time latency between the initial symptoms of the disease and the introduction of this therapy. Initial magnetic resonance examination was performed in 37 patients with proven neurological form of Wilson’s disease with cerebellar, parkinsonian and dystonic presentation. Magnetic resonance reexamination was done 5.7 ± 1.3 years later in 14 patients. Patients were divided into: group A, where chelating therapy was initiated 〈 24 months from the ifrst symp-toms and group B, where the therapy started≥ 24 months after the initial symptoms. Symmetry of the lesions was seen in 100% of patients. There was a signiifcant difference between groups A and B regarding complete resolution of brain stem and putaminal lesions (P= 0.005 andP=0.024, respectively). If the correct diagnosis and adequate treatment are not established less than 24 months after onset of the symptoms, irreversible lesions in the brain parenchyma could be ex-pected. Signal abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging might therefore, at least in the early stages, represent reversible myelinolisis or cytotoxic edema associated with copper toxicity.展开更多
文摘Subdural hematoma is often secondary to brain trauma and other diseases.The onset is hidden and the condition is critical.Timely detection and early treatment are particularly important.The patient denied a history of trauma,but had a history of consciousness loss after charcoal burning.The clinical symptoms were progressive cognitive impairment.The initial diagnosis was delayed encephalopathy caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.However,computed tomography(CT)scan of the brain showed a large area of subdural hematoma on the left side and the formation of a cerebral hernia,which was life-threatening.The patienfs symptoms gradually improved after an emergency operation.
基金The Department of Education in Henan (2000320042)
文摘Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic values in patients with delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Methods: The tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), vision evoked potentials (VEPs), and brain stem audition evoked potentials(BAEPs) were performed in 32 healthy adults and 43 patients with delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Results: This paper indicated abnormalities of tibial nerve SEPs in 31 patients (31/43, 72.1%), VEPs in 17 patients (17/28, 60.7%), and BAEPs in 14, patients (14/43, 32.6%). These results showed that the greatest diagnostic value was SEPs, followed by VEPs and, BAEPs with the lowest sensitivity. Conclusion: Multimodality evoked potentials (EPs) can be used for evaluating the diagnostic and prognostic values in cases of delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning.
文摘Objective To research the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha(HIF-1α)and heme oxygenase-1(HO-1)in hippocampus of rats with delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning(DEACMP)and its functions.Methods One hundred and fiftysix rats were selected and randomly divided into
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81072242)Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. S2011010004708)+2 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Funds for Pearl River Science & Technology Star of Guangzhou CityNatural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No.10151130001000001)Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou (No. 2010Y1-C191)
文摘This study examined a 24-year-old patient with delayed encephalopathy, who was admitted to hospital with complaints of headache and visual impairment 1 week after acute carbon monoxide poisoning. The results of a visual field assessment, electroencephalography and head magnetic resonance imaging indicated damage to the cerebral cortex. After a 2-week treatment period, the patient had recovered from the visual impairment, but exhibited digit- and letter-reading difficulty. The Chinese aphasia battery and the number and letter battery supplement were conducted. The results revealed that the patient exhibited digit and letter alexia, while the ability to read Chinese characters was preserved. In contrast, the patient exhibited a deficit in Chinese character writing, while number and letter writing remained intact. Following treatment, reading and writing ability was improved and electroencephalographic abnormalities were ameliorated. Overall, our experimental findings demonstrated that delayed encephalopathy following acute carbon monoxide poisoning was characterized by digit and letter alexia.
基金supported by a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Serbia,Scientific Project Number 175090
文摘The aim of this study was to evaluate the resolution of brain lesions in patients with Wilson’s disease during the long-term chelating therapy using magnetic resonance imaging and a possible signiifcance of the time latency between the initial symptoms of the disease and the introduction of this therapy. Initial magnetic resonance examination was performed in 37 patients with proven neurological form of Wilson’s disease with cerebellar, parkinsonian and dystonic presentation. Magnetic resonance reexamination was done 5.7 ± 1.3 years later in 14 patients. Patients were divided into: group A, where chelating therapy was initiated 〈 24 months from the ifrst symp-toms and group B, where the therapy started≥ 24 months after the initial symptoms. Symmetry of the lesions was seen in 100% of patients. There was a signiifcant difference between groups A and B regarding complete resolution of brain stem and putaminal lesions (P= 0.005 andP=0.024, respectively). If the correct diagnosis and adequate treatment are not established less than 24 months after onset of the symptoms, irreversible lesions in the brain parenchyma could be ex-pected. Signal abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging might therefore, at least in the early stages, represent reversible myelinolisis or cytotoxic edema associated with copper toxicity.