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BACKGROUND
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a lesion radiologically characterized by magnetic resonance imaging findings, such as ring enhancement with extensive perifocal edema and a butterfly appearance extending into the bilateral lobes. However, these characteristic findings could be changed by
Thirty-eight years old male patient. Accepted the radical thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer in our department. When surgery was ended, laryngeal spasm occurred during pulling out the tracheal intubation, the quick check of calcium was 1.87 mmol/L, after intravenous injection the calcium gluconate the
Intracerebral schwannomas are quite rare. Due to their rarity and lack of pathognomonic imaging features, intracerebral schwannoma may be overlooked in the initial differential diagnosis of an intra-axial mass with heterogeneous ring enhancement, such as a high-grade glioma, metastasis or lymphoma.
A bioassay of dieldrin-free photodieldrin (synthesized by Gulf South Research Institute) for possible carcinogenicity was conducted by administering the test material in feed to Osborne-Mendel rats and B6C3F1 mice. Groups of 50 rats of each sex were initially administered photodieldrin at one of two
Familial cerebral cavernous malformation syndromes are most commonly caused by mutations in one of three genes. The overlap of these genetic malformations with other acquired neoplastic lesions and congenital malformations is still under investigation. To the best of our knowledge, the concurrent
Cowden syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition of multiple hamartomas. Patients with this phakomatosis have an increased risk of breast cancer and thyroid tumours. Lhermitte-Duclos disease is usually a sporadic condition of cerebellar ganglion cell hypertrophy, ataxia, mental retardation, and
Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) encephalitis is an autoimmune-mediated process characterized by psychosis, seizures, dyskinetic movements, and autonomic instability. At least half of the reported cases are paraneoplastic, particularly associated with an ovarian teratoma. None have been reported to
Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma (RCC) comprises over 80% of renal malignancies in adults. Thyroid gland metastasis is rare in RCC. Few studies have described cases of RCC mistaken for benign arteriovenous malformation (AVM). To the best of our knowledge, an AVM arising from underlying RCC metastasis to
Summary: We report the case of a 76-year-old male with a remote history of papillary thyroid cancer who developed severe paroxysmal headaches in the setting of episodic hypertension. Brain imaging revealed multiple lesions, initially of
A 29 yrs-old patient was referred to our hospital due to generalized convulsions. She had hyperthyroidism treated with methimazole. Her MRI showed 4 metastatic lesions in the brain. She had a goiter with a "cold" nodule and a palpable ipsilateral lymph node. The FNAB disclosed a papillary thyroid
OBJECTIVE
To describe a patient immunocompromised by Cushing's syndrome in whom central diabetes insipidus developed as a complication of herpes simplex involvement of the hypothalamus.
METHODS
We present a case, including results of laboratory and histopathologic studies, in which herpes simplex
Kojic acid is a fungal metabolite commonly produced by many species of Aspergillus, Acetobacter, and Penicillium. The Aspergillus flavus group has traditionally been used in the production of a number of foods, including miso (soybean paste), shoyu (soy sauce), and sake. Kojic acid is widely used as
We report seven patients, six from a single institution, who developed subacute limbic encephalitis initially considered of uncertain aetiology. Four patients presented with symptoms of hippocampal dysfunction (i.e. severe short-term memory loss) and three with extensive limbic dysfunction (i.e.
OBJECTIVE
To describe clinical characteristics and immunotherapy responses in patients with autoimmune epilepsy.
METHODS
Observational, retrospective case series.
METHODS
Mayo Clinic Health System.
METHODS
Thirty-two patients with an exclusive (n=11) or predominant (n=21) seizure presentation in