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Concomitant seizures and exophthalmos in the context of a temporal dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) has not been described before. Here, we report a 55-year-old-male who presented with an 8-month history of progressive painless exophthalmos of his left eye, conjunctival chemosis, reduced vision
OBJECTIVE
An infant with proptosis and dilated episcleral vessels was diagnosed with vein of Galen malformation, which is a rare condition presenting initially to an ophthalmologist.
METHODS
An 8-month-old child presented with slowly progressive proptosis of the left eye of 5 months' duration. The
A 79-year-old woman was admitted to our emergency department with complaints of fainting and loss of consciousness three times during the past month. She was diagnosed with epilepsy and started to be treated with antiepileptic drug. Physical examination showed, in the left eye, chemosis, limited eye
Thyroxine lowers the seizure threshold in experimental animals and humans. We report juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) in two female patients with Graves' disease who had exophthalmos at age 11 (patient 1) and age 12 years (patient 2) but remained untreated until onset of seizures at ages 15 and 13
Introduction Orbital meningoencephalocele formation is primarily a result of congenital defects in the pediatric population and trauma of the anterior cranial fossa in adults. We present a unique case of nontraumatic nasal and orbital meningoencephaloceles presenting as bilateral proptosis with
The neuroactive peptide endothelin-1 has receptors distributed abundantly among subdivisions and nuclei of the visuovestibular and oculomotor systems. In previous work, we and others described the convulsive manifestations resulting from central injection of this neuropeptide, including nystagmus,
BACKGROUND
A posttraumatic carotid cavernous fistula can remain unrecognized and ultimately present with symptoms characteristic for a middle cerebral artery stroke. Progressive neurologic deterioration can occur until the condition is diagnosed and treated. If unrecognized and untreated, permanent
An approximately 10-year-old, female Congo African grey parrot ( Psittacus erithacus erithacus) developed progressive, unilateral exophthalmos and buphthalmos. Survey radiographs revealed a large, coelomic, soft tissue mass, which was confirmed on computed tomography scan. Aspirates of both the
Twelve cases of fracture of the orbital plate of the frontal bone are reviewed to clarify this important clinical problem and to suggest satisfactory methods of management. Common signs and symptoms include forehead laceration and deformity, and fracture of the frontal sinus. Loss of vision can
We describe 2 patients with a combination of findings strikingly similar to those described by Pitt et al. [1984], consisting of severe mental retardation, pre- and postnatal growth retardation, history of seizures, microcephaly, ocular proptosis, mid-face hypoplasia, short and flat philtrum, and
BACKGROUND
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) multiple congenital anomalies/mental retardation is caused by partial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4 and can be considered a contiguous gene syndrome, characterized by typical facial appearance, mental retardation, growth delay, and
We describe a 2-year-old boy born to healthy, consanguineous parents. He had craniofacial asymmetry with left frontal bossing, midface hypoplasia, proptosis, and low-set ears. In addition, he had curly, light hair, and oval hypomelanotic patches in the abdomen, lower limbs and back and one
Background: Growing skull fracture (GSF) is a rare condition that may complicate pediatric head trauma. Patients may present with delayed-onset neurological manifestations.
Aim:
We present a patient with pansynostosis, hydrocephalus, seizures, extreme proptosis with luxation of the eyes out of the lids, apnea and airway obstruction, intestinal non-rotation, and severe developmental delay. His skeletal abnormalities include bilateral elbow ankylosis, radial head dislocation,