Publications by authors named "L Leishangthem"

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  • * An MRI indicated increased intracranial pressure, confirmed by a lumbar puncture showing high opening pressure, prompting medical intervention with acetazolamide and later the placement of a lumboperitoneal shunt.
  • * Unfortunately, complications arose from the shunt, resulting in even worse vision, and by the time she was seen by a specialist, she was legally blind with signs of optic nerve damage.
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Pregnancy-associated meningiomas have unique considerations and features regarding their pathophysiology, location, genetic profile, and neurosurgical management. These tumours have been reported to undergo rapid growth during gestation and regression post-partum, implicating a role for female sex hormones in tumour physiology. In addition, these tumours occur at a higher incidence in the skull base compared to sporadic meningiomas in the general population, often impinging neurovascular structures and requiring emergent resection.

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Visual snow syndrome (VSS) is a clinical disorder characterized by pan-field visual disturbance. It is a diagnosis of exclusion since its pathophysiology remains unknown. Excluding other mimics is of great significance since some serious pathologies can have secondary visual snow (VS) as an initial presentation.

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Purpose Of Review: Negative findings on neuroimaging are part of the diagnostic criteria for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), a syndrome characterized by increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Some positive neuroimaging findings are associated with increased ICP, but their role in diagnosis of IIH has not been established. We provide an overview of these findings and their relevance for diagnosis of raised intracranial pressure.

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