scholarly journals Differential diagnosis of structural brain lesions revealed by mri among patients with aids (review article)

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Structural Brain

How Reversible are ‘˜Reversible Dementias’?

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 230
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Ioannidis ◽  
Dimitris Karacostas ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Cognitive Symptoms ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Degenerative Dementia ◽  
Structural Brain

Reversible dementias comprise different groups of disorders of variable aetiologies, such as structural brain lesions or metabolic, infectious, toxic, autoimmune, paraneoplastic and psychiatric disorders. When patients present with cognitive symptoms, especially in the younger age groups, the first thought of the attending neurologist should be to try to identify an underlying treatable cause. The incidence of degenerative dementia rises with older age and its symptoms progressively become more evident and typical; in such cases, a differential diagnosis is limited and the chance of uncovering a treatable disorder is minimal. However, although uncommon, treatable dementias or dementia-like symptoms do exist. Future studies with better design and methodology, as well as longer observation periods and larger patient populations, are needed to clarify the controversial issues concerning the epidemiology and accurate diagnosis of, and treatment possibilities for, reversible dementias.

scholarly journals Structural Brain Lesions in Functional Psychosis

1987 ◽  
Vol 151 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-420
Author(s):  
Sunar Birsoz ◽  
Ali Ihsan Baysal
Keyword(s):  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Functional Psychosis ◽  
Structural Brain

Radionuclide Pericardial Scan. Is It Outmoded by Echocardiography?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-637
Author(s):  
Richard A. Meyer ◽  
Samuel Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Pericardial Effusion ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Noninvasive Method ◽  
Pericardial Disease ◽  
Cardiac Enlargement

In the November 1971 issue of Pediatrics, the review article on the use of radionuclide examinations in children refers to pericardial scanning to diagnose pericardial effusion and to differentiate pericardial disease from cardiac enlargement. This technique has been supplanted by the simple noninvasive method of echocardiography which is highly accurate and without risk. Therefore, radionuclide need not be used in the differential diagnosis of pericardial disease. The review also omits the significant applications of the use of radionuclides in the differential diagnosis of congenital heart disease.

scholarly journals Structural Brain Lesions and Gait Pathology in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eirini Papageorgiou ◽  
Nathalie De Beukelaer ◽  
Cristina Simon-Martinez ◽  
Lisa Mailleux ◽  
Anja Van Campenhout ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Spastic Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Structural Brain

scholarly journals Introduction to the Audiological Evaluation: Case-Based Applications to Patients with Skull Base Disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (02) ◽  
pp. 111-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelsey Dumanch ◽  
Gayla Poling
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Skull Base ◽  
Auditory Pathway ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Auditory Information ◽  
Current State ◽  
Lateral Skull Base ◽  
Case Based

Objectives To provide an introduction to the role of audiological evaluations with special reference to patients with skull base disease. Design Review article with case-based overview of the current state of the practice of diagnostic audiology through highlighting the multifaceted clinical toolbox and the value of mechanism-based audiological evaluations that contribute to otologic differential diagnosis. Setting Current state of the practice of diagnostic audiology. Main Outcome Measures Understanding of audiological evaluation results in clinical practice and value of contributions to interdisciplinary teams to identify and quantify dysfunction along the auditory pathway and its subsequent effects. Results Accurate auditory information is best captured with a test battery that consists of various assessment crosschecks and mechanism-driven assessments. Conclusion Audiologists utilize a comprehensive clinical toolbox to gather information for assessment, diagnosis, and management of numerous pathologies. This information, in conjunction with thorough medical review, provides mechanism-specific contributions to the otologic and lateral skull base differential diagnosis.

Electrocardiographic abnormalities and cardiac arrhythmias in structural brain lesions

2013 ◽  
Vol 167 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aristeidis H. Katsanos ◽  
Panagiotis Korantzopoulos ◽  
Georgios Tsivgoulis ◽  
Athanassios P. Kyritsis ◽  
Maria Kosmidou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Electrocardiographic Abnormalities ◽  
Structural Brain

scholarly journals Nonsuppurative Meningoencephalitis Associated with Aleutian Mink Disease Parvovirus Infection in Ranch Mink

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. W. Dyer ◽  
B. Ching ◽  
M. E. Bloom
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Viral Genome ◽  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Mesenteric Lymph ◽  
Neurologic Disorders ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Ranch Mink

Severe nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis associated with Aleutian mink disease parvovirus (ADV) infection was observed in adult ranch mink. Brain lesions included severe, locally extensive to coalescing lymphoplasmacytic meningoencephalitis with accompanying gliosis, satellitosis, and mild extension of inflammation into the leptomeninges. ADV was identified in mesenteric lymph node, spleen, brain, and liver of affected mink by polymerase chain reaction techniques. Sequences of the ADV isolate (TH5) revealed 2 unique residues in the region of the viral genome that determines pathogenicity. These findings suggest that certain strains of ADV may preferentially cause disease in the nervous system. ADV infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurologic disorders in mink.

Causes and diagnosis of unconsciousness

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Stevens ◽  
Joshua Kornbluth
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Loss Of Consciousness ◽  
Neurologic Examination ◽  
Metabolic Disturbances ◽  
Environmental Stimuli ◽  
Generalized Seizures ◽  
Neuronal Systems

Changes in consciousness are seen in a range of physiological and pathological settings including sleep, anaesthesia, brain lesions, metabolic disturbances, and complex partial or generalized seizures. In neurobiological terms, consciousness may be viewed as having an arousal dimension and an awareness dimension phenotypically expressed as the capacity to respond to self or environmental stimuli. Loss of consciousness is associated with lesions that disrupt neuronal systems in the brainstem and diencephalon that mediate arousal or thalamocortical or corticocortical systems that mediate awareness. As there are many causes of unconsciousness, a timely and focused history and neurologic examination are critical to defining the differential diagnosis.

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