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I Piazza

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Femoral nerve palsy secondary to anticoagulant induced iliacus hematoma. A case report.

A case of femoral neuropathy from iliac muscle hematoma occurring in a patient treated with urokinase, subcutaneous heparin and aspirin for myocardial infarction is reported. Diagnosis of this complication was suspected on the basis of clinical signs and on the fact that the patient had received anticoagulants. Computed tomography allowed direct and clear visualization of the hematoma. Anticoagulant suspension followed by an early surgical decompression seems to be the ideal treatment for this neuropathy; however, our patient died for a reinfarction after stopping heparinic administration. This may indicate that, in some patients "at risk", it is better to reduce rather than stop anticoagulant therapy.

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[A rare case of recurrent meningitis: intranasal encephalocele].

Intranasal meningoencephalocele is a rare malformation characterized by a protrusion of brain tissue and meninges out of the cranial cavity into the nose, through a discontinuity of the ethmoidal cribriform plate. It is a congenital anomaly but it may be also due to trauma or to chronic intracranial hypertension. It is clinically apparent as a small mass that may be confused with nasal polyp. A cerebrospinal fluid leakage may be present. In a few cases it gives no symptoms until adulthood, but usually recurrent meningitis may occur. A case of young woman with intranasal encephalomeningocele who suffered from 18 episodes of meningitis is reported. Nevertheless she is at present without neurological consequences.

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