Hypophysitis: A Rare Cause of Impaired Consciousness in a Middle-Aged Woman.

Background: Hypophysitis occurs predominantly in women, usually during pregnancy or postpartum period. Hypophysitis involving the anterior pituitary often presents with adrenal insufficiency.

Design/methods: We describe a 43-year-old woman who presented with recurrent episodes of alteration of sensorium due to hyponatremia.

Paradoxical Embolism in a Case of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Case Report with Literature Review.

Ischemic stroke involving multiple artery territory with normal vessels gives a clue for an embolic stroke. Paradoxical embolization is a recognized cause of ischemic stroke. We describe a 48-year-old male who presented with acute onset giddiness, mild dysarthria, right hemiparesis, and ataxia.

Olfactory fossa depth: CT analysis of 1200 patients.

Background: Olfactory fossa (OF) is a depression in anterior cranial cavity whose floor is formed by cribriform plate of ethmoid. Lateral lamella, which forms its lateral boundary, is a thin plate of bone and is at risk of injury during functional endoscopic sinus surgery, especially when fossa is deep/asymmetric.

Aims: To measure the variations in the depth of OF and categorize Kerala population as per Keros classification using computed tomography (CT).

Computed tomographic diagnosis of aortocaval fistula.

Aortocaval fistula is an abnormal vascular communication between an aortic aneurysm and the inferior vena cava. The condition is very rare and life threatening with high mortality. This article reports a case of aortocaval fistula in a 76-year-old male diagnosed using computed tomography.