Introduction And Importance: Intracranial dermoid cysts (IDC) are defined as rare, slow-growing cystic congenital neoplasms. Rupture of an intracranial dermoid cyst occurs rarely and most often spontaneously and results in potentially serious symptoms.
Case Presentation: A39-year-old female, with mechanical prosthetic heart valve presented with history of headache for 10 months and generalized tonicoclonic seizures.
Purpose: To characterize the availability of social determinants of health data in the electronic health record of pediatric ophthalmology patients and to examine the association of social determinants of health with attendance at scheduled operating room and clinic visits.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of pediatric ophthalmology patients seen at The Hospital for Sick Children between June 1, 2018, and May 23, 2022. Data were collected on demographics, diagnosis, and management-plan.
Unlabelled: Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults. It is enhanced by the abnormal proliferation of central nervous system cells called astrocytes. Microvascular endothelial proliferation is one of the criteria for a histological diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPost-COVID lung impairment and diseases are major public health concern in the pandemic of COVID-19. Multiple etiological factors can lead to post-COVID respiratory symptoms, with post COVID fibrosis or diffuse parenchymal lung disease being the major concern. We searched PubMed database for English literature related to post-COVID lung disease and we summarized the existing evidence on radiological, physiological, and histopathological aspects of post-COVID lung diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCavernous hemangiomas are vascular malformations that can affect any part of the central nervous system. In general, epidural hemangiomas are secondary extensions of spinal lesions. These tumors grow slowly and are expressed as slow spinal cord compression syndromes, radiculopathy, or both.
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