Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery - part 4 ppt

... becomes involved rapidly, and the disease prog- resses within a few months to total blindness and fi- nally to death within a year Neuro-Ophthalmology Tsementzis, Differential Diagnosis in Neurology ... hemorrhagic infarction of the pituitary gland oc- curring usually in preexisting pituitary tumor Bilateral Sudden Visual Loss Tsementzis, Differential Diagnosis in Neurolo...

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... which may be increased while rising from sitting to standing, and during walking Transient osteoporosis of the hip Pain in the hip and groin areas, increasing when carry- ing weight, and with a ... weight-bearing parasacral or groin pain – Chronic mechanical spine pain: increased with pro- longed standing, relieved rapidly in supine position Osteomalacia – Diffuse skeletal pain: bac...

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... Ludwigsburg Printed in Germany by Offizin Andersen Nexö, Leipzig ISBN 3-1 3-1 1615 1-5 (GTV) ISBN 0-8 657 7-8 3 0-2 (TNY) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Important Note: Medicine is an ever- changing science undergoing continual development. ... A. Differential diagnosis in neurosurgery / Sotirios A. Tsementzis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 3-1 3-1 1615...

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... eye and vice versa, with each stimulus lasting approximately one second and two to three seconds being left in be- Neuro-Ophthalmology Tsementzis, Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery ... (Mydriasis) Local mydriatic and cy- cloplegic drug agents Phenylephrine, epinephrine Cocaine Hydroxyamphetamine Atropine, homatropine, eucatropine Scopolamine Cyclopentola...

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... the incidence of cerebral infarction in Japan. Seasonal temperature var- iation has been correlated with a higher risk of cere- bral infarction in 40 – 6 4- year-olds who are nonhyper- tensive, and ... monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Demyelinating Disease and Brain Atrophy Tsementzis, Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery © 2000 Thieme All rights reserved. Usa...

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... hypointensity (dark) in T1-weighted images and hyper- intensity (white) in T2-weighted images Small artery thrombosis Systemic hyperten- sion, diabetes, poly- cythemia Fluctuating, progres- sive and remitting, manifested ... gadolinium diethylene-triamine-penta-acetic acid (Gd-DTPA) en- hancement further increases the diagnostic accuracy from 89% to 96%. Overall sagittal and axial T...

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... of spinal meningiomas are purely intra- dural, and the remaining 7 – 10% may be extradural. Among the spinal meningiomas, 17% are in the cervi- cal spine, 75 – 81% in the thoracic spine and 2 ... onset ț Pain when sitting ț Improvement with standing and walk- ing ț Gradual-onset pain when walking and/ or standing ț Improvement with sitting Physical findings ț Free hip movements ț S...

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... superior iliac spine. Numbness is the ear- liest and most common symptom. Patients also complain of pain, pares- thesias (tingling and burning) and often touch – pain – temperature hyp- esthesia over ... abnormal two-point discrimination. Weakness affects the first dorsal interosseous muscle first and most severely. Weakness and wasting of the hypothenar and in- trinsic hand mus...

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... pathological findings in the brain are also non- specific for arboviral infection. The diagnosis of arboviral infec- tions is made serologically (hemagglutination inhibition, neutralizing antibodies, and ... measles infection in children be- tween 5 and 15 years and in young adults. The brain shows diffuse and widespread inflammation and necrosis in both the gray and whi...

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... pri- mary syringomyelia and Chiari malformation Basilar invagination – The term “basilar invagination” refers to the pri- mary form of invagination of the margins of the foramen magnum upward into ... adenohy- pophysitis or lympho- cytic hypophysitis A rare inflammatory process affecting the anterior pituitary gland, causing hypopituitarism and an ex- panding suprasellar mass. Affects wom...

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