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Lionfish (Pterois volitans), also known as zebra fish, peacock fish is a member of the Scorpaenidae family and their natural range comprises the Indian and Pacific oceans, covering a wide area from western Australia and East Malaysia until French Polynesia, including Japan, south Korea, New Zealand and Micronesia. Recently the first record for Cuban waters (2008), and the report of the first injured (2011) was performed. They attack their prey by sending poison thorns. The kneeling in humans produces local and systemic symptoms without producing death. We present a case to be found hypotension, rare find, and acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation and admission to the intensive care unit, the latter manifestation so far not reported in the Cuban case. The patient progressed favorably occurring him discharged without sequelae. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Neurocysticercosis is the most frequent parasitism in the central nervous system. It consists on the localization of the larval form of the Taenia solium in the neuraxis or in the meningeal- ventricular compartment of the central nervous system. At present it represents a serious health problem. Several anatomoclinical syndromes of neurocysticercosis have been described. A case of mild parenchymal neurocysticercosis in degenerating cyst form where cephalalgia was the predominant symptom resulted into several evaluations without any definite diagnosis. After a year, a simple and contrastive skull CT scan was performed on the patient. Suggested lesions of parenchymal neurocysticercosis appeared. A treatment with praziquantel and prednisone was given to the patient without any clinical and tomographic improvement on the patient. This brought about the admission of the patient into the hospital. A treatment with dexamethasone and albendazole began. As a result of this treatment, the patient began to improve her clinical and tomographic condition. During the patient's follow up, she continued asymptomatic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tuberculous pericarditis is the main cause of pericardial effusion in Africa. A case of pericarditis tuberculous as a pericardial effusion is presented in a 13 year-old boy from Angola. He was admitted to Intensive Care Unit due to cardiac tamponade. A blind percutaneous pericarddiocentesis was perfomed at the emergency roon. This studies perfomed are explained as well as the treatment prescribed. The evolution of the patient was positive in the period staying at the hospital and in the follow up one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pellagra is a disease which is less frequent nowadays. Due to a niacin defficiency in human's diet in areas where nutrition is very defficient and/or the alcohol comsuption is very important in the population. Pellagra or three D syndrome is characterized by dementia, dermatitis and diarrhea. A case is reported where localized lessions are predominant in the face skin, anterior region of the neck, forearm, back of the hands, back of the feet, distal leg which are of erythematous type with cracked zones and skin descamacin, and despigmentation of the skin in other well localized areas in reagrds with the normal skin. Treatment with Nicotinamide made a notable improvement in the skin lessions. In further evaluation before discharging the patient, the skin lessions dissapeared. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]