Characteristics and Incidence of Inpatient Ophthalmology Consultations to Screen for Papilledema
Objective A frequent reason for ophthalmology consultation is to rule out papilledema. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence of consultations to screen for papilledema in an acute inpatient setting and determine the frequency and factors
Peter J. Belin +3 more
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Patients' Perceptions and Treatment Effectiveness [PDF]
An extensive literature relating patients’ expectations to treatment outcomes has not addressed the determinants of these expectations. We argue that treatment history is part of a reference point that influences patients’ expectations of how effective ...
Dan Firesner +3 more
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Clinical and neurophysiological changes in patients with pineal region expansions [Kliničke i neurofiziološke značajke u bolesnika s ekspanzivnim tvorbama pinealne regije] [PDF]
In the last 20 years neurological and neurosurgical follow up of our patients with pineal region expansions (118 patients) pointed to certain clinical and neurophysiological regularities.
Hajnšek, Sanja +5 more
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Background: To compare macular and optic nerve head optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurements in mild to moderate papilledema and pseudopapilledema.
Masoud Aghsaei Fard +3 more
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Late-Onset Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes Caused by Somatic NLRP3 Mosaicism—UK Single Center Experience [PDF]
Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) is caused by gain-of-function NLRP3 mutations. Recently, somatic NLRP3 mosaicism has been reported in some CAPS patients who were previously classified as “mutation-negative.” We describe here the clinical ...
Agostini +33 more
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Optical coherence tomography findings of macula and neural changes in cryptococcal meningitis
Purpose: To investigate the structures and neural changes in cryptococcal meningitis (CM) patients compared with healthy controls. Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional, cohort study.
Simin Gu +5 more
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Minocycline-Associated Pseudotumor Cerebri with Severe Papilledema
Background. Pseudotumor cerebri is an acknowledged but unusual complication of oral minocycline use. Vision loss and papilledema have been described as mild and transient, and some authors suggest that treatment is not needed. Methods.
Simon R. Bababeygy +2 more
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Papilledema revisiting after sinus angioplasty of chronic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
This case series aimed to review the significance of revisiting papilledema after successful cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) management with sinus angioplasty.
Vaibhav Kumar Jain +5 more
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Pituitary hyperplasia mimicking macroadenoma associated with primary hypothyroidism in a patient with selective L-thyroxine malabsorption [PDF]
We present the case of a 29-year-old woman who developed a severe hypothyroidism induced by a thyroxine malabsorption and a secondary pituitary hyperplasia.
Romanelli, Francesco +4 more
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Consensus guidelines for lumbar puncture in patients with neurological diseases [PDF]
Introduction Cerebrospinal fluid collection by lumbar puncture (LP) is performed in the diagnostic workup of several neurological brain diseases. Reluctance to perform the procedure is among others due to a lack of standards and guidelines to minimize ...
Blennow, K. (Kaj) +37 more
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