Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery - part 9 docx

... 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 ... with slow, writhing movements of fingers and arms, which tend to increase during walking Equinovarus dystonic gait Dystonia may initially manifest in a child as an inter- mitten...

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... 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 Fluctua...

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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 ... tumor. Pediatric Intraspinal Cysts Spinal Intradural Cysts Neurenteric cysts Intraspinal neurenteric cysts form a spectrum that merges with intraspinal teratomas and intraspinal der- mo...

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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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... 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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... monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Demyelinating Disease and Brain Atrophy Tsementzis, Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery © 2000 Thieme All rights reserved. Usage subject to terms and ... cirrhosis Drugs Dopamine antagonists (e.g., phenothiazine-like drugs) Reserpine – α-methyl – Dopa Opiate derivatives (e.g., morphine) Prostaglandin F 2α Thyrotropin-releasing horm...

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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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... 299 , 301 headache 315 intraventricular shunt 295 –6 low back pain 193 –4 parasitic 290 – 4, 298 , 299 , 301 pediatric disease 62 rickettsial 294 viral 285– 9, 299 , 301 inflammation, low back pain 195 , 196 Index Tsementzis, ... 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...

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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 ... radiology, vol 3. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 199 2: 193 5. PNET: primitive neuroectodermal tumor. Incidence of Brain Tumors Tsementzis, Differential Diagnosis in Neurology...

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