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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Management of diplopia in patients with blowout fractures
Purpose: To report the management outcomes of diplopia in patients with blowout fracture. Materials and Methods: Data for 39 patients with diplopia due to orbital blowout fracture were analyzed retrospectively. The inferior wall alone was involved in 22 (
Osman Melih Ceylan +4 more
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A Case Report of a Patient with Miller Fisher Syndrome Treated with Traditional Korean Medicine [PDF]
The aim of this report is to describe improved symptom changes in eye movement disorders and dizziness of a patient with Miller Fisher syndrome after receiving combined Korean medicine treatment (CKMT).
Hyo Bin Kim +8 more
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Orthoptic status before and immediately after heroin detoxification [PDF]
Aim: To determine whether changes in orthoptic status take place during withdrawal from heroin and/or methadone. Method: A prospective study of patients, using a repeated measures design, attending a 5 day naltrexone compressed opiate detoxification ...
Beaini, A.Y. +3 more
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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]
Rationale: Tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Patient concern: We describe a case of an Italian child. Diagnoses: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and ...
Ajassa, Camilla +8 more
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Diplopia After Coronary Revascularization
Percutaneous coronary intervention is a coronary revascularization procedure that may rarely result in thromboembolic events. Although infrequent, ophthalmological complications of percutaneous interventions include a wide range of clinical presentations,
Joana Braga +3 more
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Class A drug abuse: an ophthalmologist's problem? [PDF]
[First Paragraph] The 2002/3 British Crime Survey reported that 3% of all 16 to 59 year olds (equating to around one million people) had used a class A drug in the last year.
Firth, A.Y.
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Diplopia is a very bothersome symptom, which very often leads to early medical attention. However, some patients modify their lifestyle, wear dark glasses, prisms, or eye patches, and seek medical advice only if these measures fail. A careful knowledge and examination of the extraocular muscles and their nerves from the orbit to the brain stem is ...
Khathutshelo Percy Mashige +1 more
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Facial colliculus syndrome due to a Herpes simplex virus infection following Herpes labialis
Background. The facial colliculus is an elevated area that is formed by fibers from the motor nucleus of the 7`th cranial nerve as they loop over the abducens nucleus. Clinical signs and symptoms of facial colliculus lesions occur primarily due to
Muhittin Bodur +3 more
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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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