Publications by authors named "Darius K Amjadi"
Objective: Fat emboli syndrome (FES) is a disorder associated with both acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Both FES and diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) are bronchoscopically definable entities that may share a common etiology. We conducted a chart review analysis to examine the relationship between FES and DAH.
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- Tumors of the pineal gland are generally rare and historically categorized by either germ cell, glial, or neuronal origins, with no known cases combining glial and neuronal elements.
- A 78-year-old man presented with hydrocephalus and was diagnosed with a primary anaplastic glio-neuronal tumor after undergoing an endoscopic procedure for both treatment and biopsy.
- The tumor exhibited a mix of cellular characteristics suggesting both glial and neuronal sources, confirmed through immunostaining, marking this as the first documented case of its kind, and highlighting the need for further investigation into its implications for patient outcomes.
A patient with histologically proven gliomatosis cerebri presented with a normal choline level but a markedly abnormal elevated myo-inositol level on magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy. We describe the case presentation, imaging findings (in particular, the unique MR spectroscopic pattern), and their significance regarding the diagnosis of this relatively rare neoplasm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective And Importance: Reported is a case of a thoracic intramedullary astrocytoma with a lipomatous component, a so-called astrolipoma. This is the only known case of a single intraspinal astrolipoma in an otherwise healthy patient.
Clinical Presentation: The patient was a 36-year-old woman with dorsal thoracic pain of more than 1 month's duration, mild lower extremity weakness, and incomplete sensory loss to the T10 level.