‘Our innocent kids are struggling.’ Victims of massive listeriosis outbreak say those responsible must ‘do the right thing’
Almost seven years since health officials tied the world’s largest listeriosis outbreak to products made by South Africa’s ...
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Abstract 463: When Small Vessels Become a Big Problem: Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation from Lenticulostriate Artery
We present the case of a healthy 10‐year‐old girl who developed obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to a ruptured AVM, with an interesting anatomical contribution from arterial feeders originating in ...
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Nursing Priorities in Caring for Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage
According to Qureshi et al. (2001), acute neurological deterioration can usually be attributed to an increase in the size of the hematoma or obstructive hydrocephalus, whereas delayed worsening is ...
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Genetic and molecular mechanisms of hydrocephalus
This review summarizes and discusses key mechanisms that may be involved in the pathogenesis of hydrocephalus at both the genetic and molecular levels. While obstructive hydrocephalus can often be ...
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Abstract 060: A Case of CLOCC With Primarily Genu Involvement In A Fully Mature Corpus Callosum
His course had been complicated by acute agitation and confusion in which a computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealed a large cerebellar hemorrhage with mass effect and obstructive ...
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LeDoux, J. (2023) The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains. Philosophical Psychology, 36, 704-715.
Two main types of hydrocephalus exist: obstructive (noncommunicating) and communicating. A blockage in the CSF flow causes obstructive hydrocephalus, while communicating hydrocephalus occurs when the ...
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Subclinical meningoventriculitis as a cause of obstructive hydrocephalus
Communicating hydrocephalus may complicate infantile bacterial meningitis, typically presenting with systemic features of infection. We report a rare case of ‘subclinical meningoventriculitis’ causing ...
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Complete response and long-term survival of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis from breast cancer with maintenance endocrine therapy
She eventually passed away of ischaemic bowel unrelated to her cancer. Treatment modalities for LC include surgery for obstructive hydrocephalus, radiation therapy, intravenous chemotherapy or ...
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William James, H., Boyd, J.D. and Mossman, H.W. (1945) Human Embryology (Prenatal Development of Form and Function).
Two main types of hydrocephalus exist: obstructive (noncommunicating) and communicating. A blockage in the CSF flow causes obstructive hydrocephalus, while communicating hydrocephalus occurs when the ...
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Hydrocephalus caused by metastatic brain lesions: treatment by third ventriculostomy
This typically causes an obstructive or non-communication hydrocephalus. A shunt has been customarily placed to drain CSF from a lateral ventricle through a pressure regulating valve and into the ...
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12 Memory Problems that Look Like Alzheimer’s—But Aren’t
Normal pressure hydrocephalus or NPH is when spinal fluid ... of sleep and poor sleep can affect memory," says Kitaigorodsky.
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Pituitary disease: presentation, diagnosis, and management
Follow up and optimisation of pituitary hormone replacement is also relatively straightforward, but management of visual impairment, reduced fertility, coarsened facial features, arthritis, obesity, ...