DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Head ultrasound
Periventricular leukomalacia
Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is a form of white-matter brain injury, characterized by the necrosis (more often coagulation) of white matter near the lateral cerebral ventricles. It can affect newborns and (less commonly) fetuses; premature infants are at the greatest risk of the disorder. Affected individuals generally exhibit motor control problems or other developmental delays, and they often develop cerebral palsy or epilepsy later in life. This pathology of the brain was described under various names ("encephalodystrophy", "ischemic necrosis," "periventricular infarction", "coagulation necrosis", "leukomalacia," "softening of the brain," "infarct periventricular white matter", "necrosis of white matter", "diffuse symmetrical periventricular leukoencephalopathy”), and more often by German scientists, but the worldwide dissemination was the term «periventricular leukomalacia», introduced in 1962 B...
Head ultrasound - List of case studies
- Post-trauma tendinopathy of left shoulder
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his home. Following the fall he suffered severe pain. An ultrasound to the shoulder was interpreted as showing some changes in the ACJ ... rotator cuff and subscapular. Peritendinitis of the long head of the biceps brachii with liquid distention of the sheath. ...
- Multinodular goiter with thyroid lobe cysts
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”. 6 months prior, the patient had a thyroid ultrasound , the results of which were as follows: “ Slightly dysmorphic ... the onset of dyspnea and the inability to rest her head on a pillow. The physician who had performed the needle aspiration was ...
- Suspected Fibromyalgia
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As a thyroid dysfunction has been excluded by means of ultrasound scan and endocrinology specialist visit, an echocardiography and a ... been approved by the US FDA for this indication. While no head - to - head studies have been performed, in the current case, in which ...
- List of Examinations
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AST (AntiStreptolysin Titre Abdomen CT Abdomen ultrasound scan Abdominal CAT SCAN with contrast medium Abdominal CAT ... and lower abdomen) Ecographies Ecography of head and neck (thyroid) Ejection fraction evaluation Electro ...
- spreading pancreatic cancer
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of diagnostic tests were carried out (CAT scan of brain, ultrasound of neck and upper abdomen with contrast medium, an ultrasound of ... 1.5cm located outside the pancreas between the head of the pancreas and the left renal vein, in proximity to the outlet to the ...
- Possible Anorexia, Vomiting, Failure to Gain Weight and Linear Growth Retardation
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26% oxygen. Her physical examination appeared normal. Head ultrasound was essentially normal. She suffered episodes of apnea and ...
- Feeding problems, vomiting and short stature in prematurely born child
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oxygen . Her physical examination appeared normal. Head ultrasound was essentially normal. She suffered episodes of apnea and ...
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
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complained of right flank discomfort . An abdominal ultrasound had revealed a left renal lesion . Subsequent abdominal CT ... In the absence of neurological symptoms I do not recommend head CT to rule out CNS lesions. Seventy percent of VHL affected patients ...
- Right Microtia
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– Spontaneous. Amniocentesis: normal chromosomes. Ultrasound scans: Organ Scan at 15 weeks – normal , besides 2 echogenic ... rate – 25/m. Phyisical examination : Head : symmetric, head circumference - 32.5 cm, length - 46 cm. ...
- Optic Neuropathy
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disc leakage on the right. Additionally, a B-scan ultrasound should be performed to exclude drusen of the optic nerve head. Optic nerve drusen causes “pseudopapilledema” and can ...