Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery - part 6 docx

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

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... 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 Sciatic nerve ... primary spinal tumors; 90% 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, 7...

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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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... Ludwigsburg Printed in Germany by Offizin Andersen Nexö, Leipzig ISBN 3-1 3-1 161 5 1-5 (GTV) ISBN 0-8 65 7 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 1...

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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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... magnum and compression of the spinal cord and lower medulla. Focal myelinolysis is indicated by a high inten- sity signal. Intracranial Tumors Tsementzis, Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery ... 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,...

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... hemorrhagic infarction, in- tracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhages, venous sinus and cortical vein thrombosis. The overall inci- dence of stroke in sickle-cell disease is 6 – 15%. – Paroxysmal noc- turnal ... monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Demyelinating Disease and Brain Atrophy Tsementzis, Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery © 2000 Thieme All rights r...

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... terms and conditions of license. 266 Nocturnal flipping-hand gait In patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, there is an excruciating nocturnal pain in the hand, often waken- ing them and causing ... 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 muscl...

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... stand- ing, and may be relieved when she lies down Symphysiolysis pubis Pain in the groin, symphysis pubis and thigh, which may be increased while rising from sitting to standing, and during walking Transient ... bed and return (including sitting up in bed) 5– 10 15 Performing personal toilet (washing face, combing hair, shaving, cleaning teeth) 0 5 Transferring on and off toile...

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... anterior pituitary gland, causing hypopituitarism and an ex- panding suprasellar mass. Affects women during late pregnancy or in the postpartum period. Imaging find- ings are nonspecific and resemble ... calcifica- tion in the pineal gland and choroid plexuses happens in only 2% of children below 9 years of age, but in- creases fivefold by 15 years, and is common in adults P...

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