This content is machine translated Treatment of brain metastases Surgery, radiosurgery, or conventional radiotherapy? Brain metastases are a local problem that can often be addressed well with local therapy. Because of the risk of intraoperative tumor seeding, surgical resection must be supplemented with conventional…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Challenges in the care of patients with ADHD ADHD in adults and preschool children At the congress of the German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy in Munich, ADHD was also a topic. To what extent are the guidelines accepted by…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Normal and pathological findings CSF diagnostics in infectious diseases of the central nervous system Central nervous system (CNS) infections often lead to changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). CSF examination allows not only the detection of inflammation in the CNS and thus the localization of…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, RLS and Parkinson's disease News and controversies in clinical neurology. On March 5, 2015, the 8th “Neurology Update” already took place in St. Gallen. Physicians from the Neurology Department of the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen provided information on news and…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Congress of the American Academy of Neurology Current developments in dementia research After years of unsuccessful trials with monoclonal antibodies directed against specific forms of beta-amyloid, a promising candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer’s dementia now appears to be available for the…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Hydrocephalus occlusus in proximal aqueductal stenosis Neuroradiological signs and neurosurgical treatment. Case description: We report a 43-year-old patient who had suffered a first-ever seizure last summer. Comprehensive epilepsy workup revealed no epileptic potentials. However, in the course of further workup, MRI…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Before, during or after the seizure Mental disorders in epilepsy Epilepsies are common and they may present with comorbid seizure- or epilepsy-associated psychopathological phenomena. Mental symptoms may manifest before the seizure (preictal), as a seizure symptom itself (ictal), after the…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Molecular markers are becoming increasingly important Treatment options for higher grade gliomas Histology (tumor resection or biopsy) is essential for diagnosis and evaluation of prognosis and therapy in higher grade gliomas. Molecular markers serve as an adjunct to WHO classification regarding expected…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated 18th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Cerebrovascular Society Transfer of evidence into practice At the SHG Congress in Geneva, a satellite symposium discussed the current study situation in the field of non-valvular atrial fibrillation. How can stroke be effectively prevented and what is…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Dizziness “No other cause is as controversial as vestibular migraine” HAUSARZT PRAXIS asked Dr. med. Annika Schade, FMH specialist for ORL and neurology, RehaClinic Bad Zurzach, senior physician in the acute neurorehabilitation department of RehaClinic at the Kantonsspital Baden site,…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Multiple Sclerosis Symposium Start therapy early to improve long-term outcome The Multiple Sclerosis Symposium at Inselspital in Bern provided a broad overview of the epidemiology, etiology, course, assessment, and current pharmacotherapy of the condition. There are exciting findings from basic…
