BARBARA ALBUQUERQUE MORAIS
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article 0 Citação(ões) na Scopus Cerebellopontine angle empyema after lumbar disc herniation surgery(2015) NASCIMENTO, Clarissa Gambara; BROCK, Roger Schmidt; MORAIS, Barbara Albuquerque; TAVARES, Wagner Malago; TEIXEIRA, Manoel Jacobsen; PAIVA, Wellingson SilvaBackground: Lumbar discectomy is still one of the most common spinal surgeries performed today. Nevertheless, there are few publications considering severe complications. Case Description: We report a case with severe complication, without any previous report, a brain empyema after cerebrospinal fluid leak with good outcome afterword. A 45 years old man, returned six days after surgery, presenting cerebrospinal fluid leak, which after clinical and laboratory deterioration was reoperated. In the 14th postoperative facing worsening level of consciousness was diagnosed empyema in cerebellopontine angle and hydrocephalus underwent emergency surgery. Evolved with hemiplegia in the first postoperative attributed to vasculitis, completely recovered after 5 days. Conclusions: Although infrequent, lumbar discectomy is subject to severe complications, which as the case presented, can be dramatic. In surgeries must be careful to avoid cerebrospinal fluid leak e infectious complications.- Anorexia as the first clinical manifestation of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome(2020) MARQUES, Julia Hatagami; BATISTA, Rafael Loch; MORAES, Mariana Teichner De; MORAIS, Barbara Albuquerque; PINTO, Fernando Campos Gomes; ALMEIDA, Madson Q.; ARAGAO, Denise De Cassia; TEIXEIRA, Manoel Jacobsen; MENDONCA, Berenice B.; CORDAS, Taki AthanassiosHemangioblastomas (HBs) of the brain may present without neurological symptoms over a long period of time due to their benignity and slow growth. We herein present the case of a female patient who developed a HB of the fourth ventricle presenting only with severe weight loss and anorexia. The patient was screened for mutations in all 3 exons of the VHL gene using Sanger sequencing, and was found to have a nonsense mutation in the VHL gene (single-nucleotide change causing a premature stop codon: c.481C>T; p.Arg161*), causing formation of a truncated protein, consistent with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHLs). The patient was first misdiagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN) due to the lack of other symptoms. Molecular diagnosis allows further investigation of other VHLs-related tumors and timely, appropriate treatment. However, misdiagnosing anorexia nervosa may lead to poor prognosis and even death; thus, differential diagnosis is crucial in all such cases. The present case report provides evidence that fourth ventricular lesions may affect food intake control and satiety, and highlights the importance of accurate molecular diagnosis.
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Associated with Internal Carotid Artery Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm(2018) PAIVA, Wellingson Silva; MORAIS, Barbara Albuquerque; ANDRADE, Almir Ferreira de; TEIXEIRA, Manoel Jacobsen
- Chordoid glioma: Case report and review of the literature(2015) MORAIS, Barbara A.; MENENDEZ, Djalma F. S.; MEDEIROS, Raphael S. S.; TEIXEIRA, Manoel J.; LEPSKI, Guilherme A.INTRODUCTION: Chordoid glioma is a rare low-grade brain tumor originating from the anterior wall of the third ventricle. CASE PRESENTATION: A 13-year-old female with progressive intermittent holocranial headaches and a diagnosis of chordoid glioma underwent tumor resection in our neuro-oncology unit. DISCUSSION: We review all 79 cases of chordoid glioma reported in the literature so far, focusing on the diagnostic criteria, treatment options and prognosis. CONCLUSION: Efficient treatment of chordoid glioma depends upon radical surgical resection. Based on the reviewed data, which showed high morbi-mortality rates for this kind of tumor, we recommend a more conservative treatment approach. (C) 2015 The Authors.