Diogo Fraxino de Almeida

Publications (5)2.72 Total impact

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  Article: Transient oculomotor palsy after influenza vaccination: short report.

  Diogo Fraxino de Almeida, Adilson Teixeira Teodoro, Rafael de Figueiredo Radaeli
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  ABSTRACT: Several neurological complications have been described after influenza vaccination. Oculomotor palsy has not been yet related with influenza vaccine. We report a 79-year-old man who developed an acute transient right oculomotor palsy two days after a routine influenza vaccination, for which no other cause was identified. There was no evidence of diabetes, glucose intolerance, high blood pressure, hipercholesterolemia, smoking, obesity, systemic vasculitis, or other risk factor for ischemic neuropathy. The cerebrospinal fluid was normal as well as the MRI and MRA scans. The differential diagnosis and the possible relationship between the vaccine and the oculomotor palsy are discussed.
  ISRN neurology. 01/2011; 2011:849757.
• Article: Myotonic potentials in statin-induced rhabdomyolysis.

  Diogo Fraxino de Almeida, Terezinha Valente Lissa, Aluísio Cláudio Mentor Neves Couto Melo
  Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 01/2009; 66(4):891-3. · 0.55 Impact Factor
• Article: Duchenne gene carrier as cause of asymptomatic hyperckemia.

  Diogo Fraxino de Almeida, Aluisio Cláudio Mentor Couto Melo, Paulo Rogério M de Bittencourt
  Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 06/2008; 66(2B):425-7. · 0.72 Impact Factor
• Article: Ice pack test in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.

  Diogo Fraxino de Almeida, Rafael de Figueiredo Radaeli, Aluisio Cláudio Mentor Neves Couto Melo Jr
  Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 04/2008; 66(1):96-8. · 0.72 Impact Factor
• Article: True neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome in a competitive swimmer: a case report of this rare association.

  Diogo Fraxino de Almeida, Richard D Meyer, Shin J Oh
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  ABSTRACT: True neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is an uncommon disorder despite of be a frequent reason for referral to the EMG laboratories. We describe the second case in the literature of true TOS in a competitive swimmer with progressive weakness and severe atrophy of the left thenar eminence. EMG showed lower trunk plexopathy. X-ray and MRI of the cervical spine and brachial plexus were normal. Surgical exploration evidenced the lower trunk retracted and pulled by a fibrous band. It was excised and neurolysis of the plexus was done with gradual improvement of function. We discuss the possible pathophysiology of this association.
  Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 01/2008; 65(4B):1245-8. · 0.72 Impact Factor