Periodic alternating nystagmus as a diagnostic clue in MRI-negative Wernicke encephalopathy mimicking multiple system atrophy: a case with complex heterogeneous dizziness [PDF]
Dizziness in elderly patients is heterogeneous and nonspecific, leading to frequent misdiagnosis. Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is a severe but reversible nutritional disorder responsive to timely thiamine supplementation; it often lacks typical MRI ...
Hong Zhou, Ruiyun Zhang, Wei Wang
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Low ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) may increase the risk of optic neuropathy. This study investigated the effects of OPP on the ganglion cell complex (GCC) and optic nerve head-retinal nerve fibre layer (ONH-RNFL) thickness in presumed systemic ...
Alvin Munsamy
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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in a Child with Marfan Syndrome: Clinical, Neuroimaging, and Biomarker Findings from a Case Report [PDF]
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a connective tissue disorder classically associated with cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and ocular manifestations. Neurological involvement is increasingly recognized and is most commonly related to spontaneous intracranial ...
Giorgia Sforza +6 more
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Detection of early ocular circulatory changes in Takayasu arteritis using laser speckle flowgraphy [PDF]
Purpose: To describe a case of early-stage Takayasu arteritis (TA) in which ocular hypoperfusion was detected using laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) and subsequently monitored during systemic corticosteroid therapy.
Kensuke Mimura +2 more
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Heterozygous X-linked Alport syndrome in a pregnant woman: A case report [PDF]
Alport syndrome is a genetic disorder of chronic kidney disease, hearing loss, and ocular abnormalities, caused by mutations in type IV collagen. While X-linked Alport Syndrome demonstrates characteristic severe renal failure in males, it has a variable ...
Caroline Gee +3 more
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Background: Ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) is defined as blood pressure (BP) minus intraocular pressure (IOP). Low OPP may result in decreased ocular blood flow (OBF) and oxygen to the optic nerve head (ONH) and retina.
Naazia Vawda, Alvin J. Munsamy
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Autonomic and neurosensory disorders in dementia with lewy bodies: prevalence and neural basis in the AlphaLewyMA cohort [PDF]
Background In dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), autonomic and neurosensory disorders can precede neurocognitive symptoms by several years. Improving knowledge of these symptoms is essential to avoid associated complications and could reveal potential ...
Morgane Linard +9 more
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Spontaneous scleral rupture associated with retinochoroidal coloboma [PDF]
We reported a case of ocular hypotony due to spontaneous scleral rupture in retinochoroidal coloboma and the treatment which was performed. This is a prospective case report in which a 21-year-old woman complained of abrupt vision loss in her left eye ...
Jefferson A. S. Ribeiro +3 more
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The purpose of this study was to design an animal model mimicking glaucoma with hemodynamic instability and to identify involvement of angiotensin II (AngII) and associated changes of the retina. Systemic hypotension was induced in Sprague–Dawley rats by
Soo Ji Jeon +4 more
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Surgical treatment of postcontusional iridocyclodialysis with lens damage
Purpose: to examine results of a new method of iridocyclodialysis and posttraumatic lens damage treatment directed at intraocu- lar pressure normalization and visual recovery.Methods: 7 patients with ocular postcontusional hypotension, iridocyclodialysis,
R. A. Gyndorova +2 more
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