La tuberculosis (TB) sigue siendo un problema de salud pública con alta morbimortalidad. Cuando afecta la columna vertebral se denomina enfermedad de Pott o tuberculosis vertebral (TBV). El diagnóstico y tratamiento tempranos son esenciales para prevenir complicaciones graves, mejorar el pronóstico y la calidad de vida. En este reporte se presentan dos casos de TBV en los que hubo errores en el enfoque diagnóstico inicial. En el primer caso, los síntomas inusuales llevaron a un retraso en el diagnóstico, mientras que, en el segundo, una condición intercurrente complicó el diagnóstico temprano, lo cual tuvo consecuencias graves en el primer caso. También se discuten las dificultades locales para lograr un diagnóstico y tratamiento oportunos. La TBV debe sospecharse en todos los casos de dolor axial crónico, especialmente cuando hay antecedentes de contacto con persona...

Introduction: Diseases caused by free-living amoebas (FLA) are rare but with a lethality greater than 90% when they affect the central nervous system (CNS). The clinical picture can be confused with more prevalent diseases. Case report: A 32-year-old farmer from Poroto-Trujillo-La Libertad-Peru, started the disease with a central facial erythematous plaque that was diagnosed as cutaneous tuberculosis (CTB), without improvement despite receiving a complete regimen of anti-tuberculous chemotherapy. Seven months later, he presented severe encephalitis and died three days after his admission to the hospital. FLA trophozoites were found in the skin biopsy. A diagnosis of cutaneous dermatitis due to FLA complicated with granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) is proposed. Similar cases have not been documented in his place of origin. Conclusion: In northern Peru, skin plaques in people exposed...

ABSTRACT Introduction Although the absence of memory impairment was considered among the diagnostic criteria to differentiate Alzheimer's disease (AD) from Behavioural Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), current and growing evidence indicates that a significant percentage of cases of bvFTD present with episodic memory deficits. In order to compare the performance profile of the naming capacity and episodic memory in patients with AD and bvFTD the present study was designed. Methods Cross-sectional and analytical study with control group (32 people). The study included 42 people with probable AD and 22 with probable bvFTD, all over 60 years old. Uniform Data Set instruments validated in Spanish were used: Multilingual Naming Test (MINT), Craft-21 history and Benson's complex figure, among others. Results: A higher average age was observed among the patients with AD. The naming cap...