Image findings of cranial nerve pathology on [18F]-2- deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography with computerized tomography (PET/CT): a pictorial essay. [PDF]
This article aims to increase awareness about the utility of (18)F -FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of cranial nerve (CN) pathology. We discuss the clinical implication of detecting perineural tumor spread, emphasize the primary and secondary (18)F -FDG-PET/
Muzaffar, Razi+3 more
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Recurrent Hodgkin’s Disease Presenting as a Clinically Isolated Cavernous Sinus Syndrome
Background. Hodgkin’s disease involving the central nervous system is uncommon and is usually seen in patients with uncontrolled systemic disease or those who have had multiple episodes of recurrent disease.
Aayesha Jalaluddin Soni+1 more
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Paraganglioma of the cavernous sinus
Background: A 15-year-old girl presented in a Dutch hospital with right-sided trigeminal neuralgia. MR-imaging showed a mass lesion in the right cavernous sinus. Differential diagnosis in this hospital was a meningioma or a schwannoma. The patient was referred to the neurosurgery department of our hospital, and resection of the lesion was planned.
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Clinical insights on Tolosa Hunt syndrome: a multidisciplinary approach on neurological-related symptomatology in maxillofacial region [PDF]
Background Tolosa–Hunt syndrome (THS) related neurological symptoms are described in literature as “unilateral”, “recurrent”, “episodic”, “intense”, “severe”, “lancinating” or “stabbing” pain on the upper face and forehead and may be misdiagnosed ...
Ahmed Siddiqui, Ammar+8 more
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Purpose: We report the case of a patient with cavernous sinus syndrome associated with biopsy-confirmed metastasis from colorectal cancer. Observations: A patient known for laryngeal carcinoma and metastatic colorectal carcinoma presented with symptoms ...
Georges Nassrallah+4 more
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Imaging of adult ocular and orbital pathology - a pictorial review [PDF]
Orbital pathology often presents a diagnostic challenge to the reporting radiologist. The aetiology is protean, and clinical input is therefore often necessary to narrow the differential diagnosis.
Brennan, Paul+8 more
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Cavernoma of cavernous sinus [PDF]
A 40-year-old woman presented with right-sided ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, and retro-orbital pain. MRI showed a large, lobulated, hyperintense lesion in the right cavernous sinus on T2-weighted image (figure, A). The lesion was hypointense on T1-weighted image (figure, …
Narayanam R. S. Surendrababu+1 more
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The role of stereotactic radiosurgery in the multimodal management of growth hormone–secreting pituitary adenomas [PDF]
Growth hormone (GH)–secreting pituitary adenomas represent a common source of GH excess in patients with acromegaly. Whereas surgical extirpation of the culprit lesion is considered first-line treatment, as many as 19% of patients develop recurrent ...
Liu, Charles Y.+2 more
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A 17-Year-Old Girl With Unilateral Headache and Double Vision
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is characterized by a painful ophthalmoplegia secondary to a granulomatous inflammation in or adjacent to the cavernous sinus. Magnetic resonance imaging will show enhancement of the cavernous sinus and/or the orbital apex.
Larissa G. Rodriguez-Homs MBS+2 more
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Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features of idiopathic oculomotor neuropathy in 14 dogs: Canine Idiopathic Oculomotor Neuropathy [PDF]
Ophthalmoplegia/ophthalmoparesis (internal, external, or both) has been reported in dogs secondary to neoplasia affecting the oculomotor nerve and is usually given a poor prognosis.
Beltran, E+4 more
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