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World J Clin Cases
January 2025
Department of Neurology, Chongqing Emergency Medical Center, Chongqing University Central Hospital, Chongqing 400000, China.
Background: Autologous fat injection in facial reconstruction is a common cosmetic surgery. Although cerebral fat embolism (CFE) as a complication is rare, it carries serious health risks.
Case Summary: We present a case of a 29-year-old female patient who developed acute CFE following facial fat filling surgery.
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep
December 2024
California Pacific Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology, 711 Van Ness, Suite 250, San Francisco, CA, 94102, USA.
Purpose: To report the case of a woman in her fifties whose presenting symptom of idiopathic intracranial hypertension was engorgement of the eyelid veins.
Observations: Bilateral engorged palpebral veins were visible through the skin. Dilated fundus examination revealed bilateral optic disc edema.
Eur J Pediatr
January 2025
Pediatric Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Via Gaetano Pieraccini 24, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Among acute mastoiditis (AM) complications, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is particularly severe, leading to increased intracranial pressure and potential neurological sequelae. Predicting the development of such complications is challenging. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the incidence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors for the development of CVST in AM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Craniofac Surg
November 2024
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Papilledema is swelling of the optic disk due to fluid accumulation around the optic nerve and is commonly used to detect increased intracranial (ICP) in craniosynostosis. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and utility of papilledema detection in patients with single-suture, multi-suture, and syndromic craniosynostosis and the differences before and after surgical intervention. A retrospective review of ophthalmology examinations of patients diagnosed with craniosynostosis treated between 2008 and 2023 was performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Hosp Palliat Care
January 2025
Department of Palliative Medicine, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany.
Background: Nausea and vomiting significantly impact the quality of life in palliative care. Due to various underlying causes, treatment approaches vary. However, scientific evidence on pharmacotherapeutic management is limited, complicating treatment decisions.
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