Idiopathic juxtafoveolar retinal telangiectasis (IJFT), also known as parafoveal telangiectasis or idiopathic macular telangiectasia, refers to a heterogeneous group of well-recognized clinical entities characterized by telangiectatic alterations of the juxtafoveolar capillary network of one or both eyes, but which differ in appearance, presumed ...

Bilateral parafoveal telangiectasis typically includes the presence of fluorescein staining of outer retinal capillaries, no macular ischemia, right-angled venules, and migration of pigment along these venules. In the bilateral form, atypical parafoveal telangiectasis with macular ischemia but without right-angled venules or migration of pigment along ...

Intracranial vascular malformations can be classified as telangiectasis, varices, cavernous malformations, venous malformations (VMs), or arteriovenous malformations. VMs are congenital vascular malformations of the brain thought to be anomalies of the normal venous drainage. VMs are the most common intracranial vascular malformations documented by brain imaging and by autopsy ...

A case of unilateral linear basal cell nevus, diffuse osteoma cutis, unilateral anodontia, and abnormal bone mineralization is reported. Unlike the anodontia, the unilateral linear basal cell nevus and osteoma cutis began to appear in adulthood. A hamartomatous process is suggested to explain these conditions. This ...

Voxel-based morphometry of unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy reveals abnormalities in cerebral April 2004; accepted 5 May 2004 Voxel-based morphometric (VBM) investigations of temporal lobe epilepsy identified the expected abnormalities in hippocampus and extrahippocampal temporal lobe, as well as more

A abnormal intra- and interextremity distribution pattern on /sup 201/Tl was observed on the limb scan of a patient with a unilateral tremor. This is ascribed to the increased blood flow in the muscles responsible for the tremor. The suggestion is made that the existence of tremor should be considered as a possible explanation for unexpected ...

... left eye abnormalities were detected. Differential diagnoses included chronic ... pain. Standard unilateral enucleation surgery9 was performed on OD, ... ...

Congenital lacrimal gland agenesis is extremely rare, and there are only a few cases reported in the literature. These cases involve bilateral lacrimal gland agenesis associated, in some instances, with salivary gland agenesis and abnormalities of the lacrimal puncta and canaliculi. This report, to our knowledge, presents the first documented case of ...

... fibrinous air sacculitis, 2 = severe fibrinous air sacculitis; pneumonia: 0 = no abnormalities, 1 = unilateral pneumonia, 2 = bilateral pneumonia; tracheitis: 0 = no abnormalities, 1 = ... ...

The two cases described here appear to represent the infrequently reported entity of "unilateral cone (cone-rod) dystrophy." Both cases give the suggestion that daylight vision can be affected by abnormalities in visual signals in the proximal retina, after they leave the cone photoreceptors themselves. The ERG waveform changes in these two cases are ...

We established an inbred rat strain with unilateral urogenital anomalies from an incidentally identified male rat with unilateral renal agenesis and an undescended left testis. These rats were characterized by unilateral renal agenesis in both sexes, undescended testes with agenesis and hypoplasia of the accessory sex organs in male ...

Clinical findings are described as they appeared up to several decades after the original radiation exposure. Chronic progress of the skin lesions and late sequelae was observed in 137 persons some of whom incurred dermatitis from the application of luminescent paint to meter dials, but the majority from occupational exposure to roentgen radiation. Various stages of skin lesions ...

A 50-year-old male patient presented with firm subcutaneous nodules and plaques with a gritty texture, unilaterally affecting the left side of the trunk and the left limbs. These lesions had had a progressive course since early childhood and caused functional impairment. There was no family history of similar disorders. No phospho-calcium metabolism ...

Ocular complications of chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection have rarely been reported and are usually associated with systemic symptoms. We described a 17-year-old boy with unilateral optic disc swelling without any systemic symptoms at the initial onset. Antibody titers to EBV were markedly elevated. Treatment with immunosuppressants and corticosteroids ...

A girl is described with bilateral retinal colobomata, Fallot's tetralogy, unilateral choanal atresia, abnormalities of the external ears, bilateral sensorineural deafness, a unilateral facial nerve palsy, and a tracheo-oesophageal fistula. A clinical diagnosis of the CHARGE association was made. She had an apparently balanced whole ...

Nineteen patients with unequivocal angiographic evidence of unilateral or bilateral posterior cerebral artery occlusion were scanned during the acute phase of the stroke. In 12 of them an abnormal accumulation of radioactivity was apparent on the posterior view, but only 2 also exhibited abnormal uptake on the corresponding lateral ...

The correlation of radioisotopic brain scan findings with surgical or autopsy findings in 20 patients with proven subdural hematomata were studied. The radioisotopic brain scanning was either normal or falsely localizing in 3 of 13 patients with unilateral lesions. Six of the seven patients with bilateral lesions showed only unilateral ...

Although the myelinated nerve fibers are considered as benign, cases associated with retinal vascular abnormalities (telangiectasis, neovascularization, vascular occlusions) have recently been reported, suggesting a possible pathogenic correlation between these elements. Our observation presents a 44-year-old patient, with a sudden decrease of visual ...

BACKGROUND--Palatal tremor is divided into symptomatic palatal tremor (SPT) and essential palatal tremor (EPT) on the basis of clinical features. The inferior olive seems to be abnormal in SPT, but not EPT. Because the inferior olive is likely to be involved in several types of motor learning, it is hypothesised that motor learning would be abnormal in ...

The purpose of this study was to establish a nomogram in order to predict limb length discrepancies in children with unilateral fibular hemimelia more accurately. In 31 children with unilateral fibular hemimelia the femoral-tibial length and skeletal age were determined an average of seven times per case by sequential radiographs during growth. From the ...

Horizontal gradients in the distribution of ventilation and of regional vital capacities, as well as a reversed vertical, esophageal pressure gradient, were observed in a patient with a unilateral painful chest wall lesion. The distribution abnormalities disappeared after surgical treatment. These findings suggest that the interdependency between chest ...

Horizontal gradients in the distribution of ventilation and of regional vital capacities, as well as a reversed vertical, esophageal pressure gradient, were observed in a patient with a unilateral painful chest wall lesion. The distribution abnormalities disappeared after surgical treatment. These findings suggest that the interdependency between ...

This article presents the development of an in vivo, three-dimensional methodology using markerless bone registration for examining the normal and abnormal kinematics of the wrist carpal bones. The resulting descriptions of three-dimensional kinematics from healthy patients and patients with documented unilateral scapholunate interosseous ligament injuries ...

Two cases of unilateral abnormal ultrasonographic findings in the hip joints are introduced. The correct diagnoses were detected by radiography after the failure of intra-articular glucocorticoid injections given as first aid. Ultrasonography (US) has poor specificity, since all phenomena causing effusion into the joint cavity may be detected as ...

A 30-year-old woman presented with long-standing subjective unilateral auditory difficulties 13 years after sustaining closed head trauma. The battery of audiologic tests indicated normal hearing, but brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) tests revealed abnormal neurogenic potentials in the symptomatic ear. The discrepancy between a normal pure tone ...

High cervical ossified ligamentum flavum (OLF) is rare and may cause progressive quadriparesis and respiratory failure. Our two patients had unilateral OLF between C1 and C4 levels. MR showed a unilateral, triangular bony excrescence with low signal and a central, intermediate or high signal on all pulse sequences due to bone marrow within. There was Type ...

A variety of congenital and acquired etiologies can give rise to the radiographic finding of a unilateral hyperlucent lung. An unusual case of congenital lobar emphysema diagnosed in a young adult following the initial discovery of a hyperexpanded, hyperlucent lung is reported. Although subsequent bronchoscopy and radiologic studies detailed extensive anatomic ...

Trifid mandibular condyle is an exceptionally rare entity, diagnosed accidentally on radiographic examination. Its etiology is controversial. Dental professionals should have knowledge of this anatomic abnormality and of the problems caused by it in normal function, as well as appropriate treatment modalities. In the literature, only three such cases have been reported. The ...

A nine-month-old entire female terrier cross was presented with intermittent anorexia, vomiting and recent onset of abdominal pain and distension. A diagnosis of unilateral hydronephrosis was made following ultrasound examination and intravenous urography, but no cause was identified. Subsequent ureteronephrectomy and histology of the affected kidney showed ureteric atresia as ...

A unilateral electronegative electroretinogram (ERG) was seen in a 94-year-old man with presumed central retinal artery occlusion. Goldmann perimetry revealed central scotoma in the right eye and no abnormalities in the left eye. Full-field ERG in the right eye described a reduction of the b-wave with a relative preservation of the a-wave which is ...

A unilateral electronegative electroretinogram (ERG) was seen in a 94-year-old man with presumed central retinal artery occlusion. Goldmann perimetry revealed central scotoma in the right eye and no abnormalities in the left eye. Full-field ERG in the right eye described a reduction of the b-wave with a relative preservation of the a-wave which is ...

In literature, plagiocephaly is defined as abnormal asymmetrical head shape with unilateral flattening of the anterior and/or posterior part of the skull. It is classified as synostotic or deformational. Synostotic plagiocephaly is the result of premature unilateral fusion of neurocranim sutures. Positional plagiocephaly is caused by ...

Twenty-nine right handed patients were examined neurologically before and immediately after each of 62 unilateral ECTs to the dominant and non-dominant hemispheres. Most convulsions were followed by signs of transitory neurological dysfunction referable to the treated hemisphere. These signs included deep tendon reflex asymmetry, hemiparesis, tactile and visual inattention, ...

The clinicopathological findings on a 17-year-old female with the M�bius/Moebius syndrome are reported. The signs and symptoms of this neuromuscular condition include congenital bilateral or unilateral palsies of the facial and abducens cranial nerves and a broad scope of multisystem abnormalities. A case of unilateral deficiencies ...

Band or "bow tie" optic atrophy is characterized by well-described ophthalmoscopic findings in the optic nerve and nerve fiber layer and homonymous hemianopia. It is typically associated with compressive lesions of the pregeniculate postchiasmal visual pathway or, less commonly, congenital malformations affecting the postgeniculate radiations or cortex. A unique case with band optic atrophy is ...

We report magnetic resonance (MR) findings in a patient with congenital unilateral facial palsy and a patient with atypical Moebius syndrome. MR imaging showed a complete deficiency of right facial nerve in the patient with congenital unilateral facial palsy and bilateral, thin proximal facial nerves in the Moebius syndrome patient. Three-dimensional ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate to what extent (1) the characteristics of localization, distribution, and size of echodense and echolucent abnormalities enable individuals to be designated as having either periventricular hemorrhagic infarction or periventricular leukomalacia and (2) the characteristics of periventricular hemorrhagic infarction and periventricular ...

Situs inversus of the optic disc is a rare, usually bilateral, congenital embryological abnormality associated with high myopia, optic disc coloboma or tilted optic disc. It is characterized by emergence of the retinal vessels in an anomalous direction with dysversion of the optic disc. In this report we present a 13-year-old boy diagnosed with isolated, ...

Situs inversus of the optic disc is a rare, usually bilateral, congenital embryological abnormality associated with high myopia, optic disc coloboma or tilted optic disc. It is characterized by emergence of the retinal vessels in an anomalous direction with dysversion of the optic disc. In this report we present a 13-year-old boy diagnosed with isolated, ...

Oedema is a common finding in obesity and its cause is not always clear. Possible causes include impairment of cardiac, respiratory and/or renal function, chronic venous insufficiency and lymphatic problems. Lymphoscintigraphy is the best method to detect structural lymphatic abnormalities that can cause lymphoedema. We reviewed 49 female subjects with pitting oedema who had ...

Two dominantly inherited macular dystrophies demonstrate the difficulty in establishing a diagnosis based on the fundus appearance. In 1 family the propositus presented with unilateral retinal haemorrhage associated with subretinal choroidal neovascularisation which remained unilateral over an 8-year period. In the other family the propositus presented ...

Eight sports horses with unilateral (4) or bilateral (3) forelimb or unilateral hindlimb (1) lameness had subtle radiologic abnormalities of the subchondral bone of the sagittal groove of the proximal phalanx associated with moderate or intense increased radiopharmaceutical uptake. High-field or low-field magnetic resonance (MR) ...

Abnormalities in visually evoked responses have been used to demonstrate abnormal optic nerve fibre projections in human albinos, who have anomalous nystagmoid movements. Using visually evoked potentials we tested the hypothesis that patients with dissociated vertical deviation (another group with anomalous nystagmoid movements) may have ...

Homozygous mice mutated by homologous recombination for the AbdB-related Hoxa-10 gene are viable but display homeotic transformations of vertebrae and lumbar spinal nerves. Mutant males exhibit unilateral or bilateral criptorchidism due to developmental abnormalities of the gubernaculum, resulting in abnormal spermatogenesis and ...

A case of unilateral congenital absence of the inferior rectus muscle is presented. Absences of extraocular muscles, either singly or in combination, are rare, but isolated reports have been published. The abnormalities have been reported as occurring with increased frequency in craniofacial dysostoses, notably Crouzon's disease. In the case reported here, ...

Migraine refers to severe headaches that are usually unilateral, throbbing, and associated with nausea, vomiting, photophobia, and phonophobia. Migraine with aura (formerly called {open_quotes}classic migraine{close_quotes}) consists of the headache preceded or accompanied by neurological dysfunction. This dysfunction (aura) usually involves visual and sensory symptoms. The ...

BackgroundArteriovenous malformations (AVMs) with vascular abnormalities, including aneurysms, have been reported frequently. However, the coexistence of AVM and unilateral moyamoya disease is rare. We report herein an AVM patient who presented with acute ischemic stroke with unilateral moyamoya disease and occlusion of the feeding ...

In animal models, kidney formation is known to be controlled by the proteins RET, GDNF, and GFRA1; however, no human studies to date have shown an association between abnormal kidney development and mutation of these genes. We hypothesized that stillborn fetuses with congenital renal agenesis or severe dysplasia would possess mutations in RET, GDNF, or GFRA1. We assayed for ...

The Sphenopalatine neuralgia of the ganglion is characterized for a throbbing pain mostly unilateral encircling the orbit and occasionally extended to the neighborhood. A vegetative component hydrorrhea, sneezing crisis and abnormal lacrimation is associated. The ideal therapy, giving excellent results, is the iontophoresis of the ganglion, which technic ...

renal hypertrophy after living donor nephrectomy. Transplant Proc 34:1139�1142 728 Transgenic Res (2007ORIGINAL PAPER Renal phenotype in heterozygous Lmx1b knockout mice (Lmx1b+/� ) after unilateral after birth, they exhibit the characteristic NPS features including the renal abnormalities

Click-evoked vestibulocollic reflexes were studied in a patient with a unilateral Tullio phenomenon (sound induced vestibular symptoms) and the findings were compared with those of a group of normal subjects. Compared with normal subjects, the reflexes elicited from her symptomatic side were large and had an abnormally low threshold, but retained a normal ...

A rare case of bilateral blepharochalasis of the upper eyelids is presented in a 10-year-old boy with several systemic abnormalities--unilateral agenesis of the left kidney, multiple skeletal anomalies of the vertebral column, and congenital heart disease with a left to right shunt. Such widespread congenital defects in association with blepharochalasis have not been described ...

Congenital absence of the long head of the biceps (LHB) tendon is a rare condition. The literature describes unilateral cases, associations with other congenital developmental anomalies, and associations with shoulder instability and SLAP tears. We present a case with bilateral absent LHB tendons and subacromial impingement pathology in a patient without a history of trauma or ...

In this paper, we will present 996 patients of Skin Vascular Diseased, Roscea and Port Wine Stain birthmarks by Candela laser SPTL-Ib in our laser medical center.

...otherwise they shall be destroyed pursuant to the provisions of § 314.3 of this subchapter. (b) Livers condemned because of parasites other than hydatid cysts; and livers condemned because of telangiectasis, angioma, �sawdust� condition,...

The effect of different carcinogenic agents on the rate of semiconservative DNA replication in normal and ataxia telangiectasis (AT) cells was investigated. The rate of DNA synthesis in all AT cell strains tested was depressed to a significantly lesser extent than in normal cells after exposure to X-rays under oxia or hypoxia or to bleomycin, agents to which AT cells are ...

Objective: Patellar tendinopathy has been reported to be associated with many intrinsic risk factors. Few have been fully investigated. This cross-sectional study examined the anthropometric and physical performance results of elite junior basketball players with normal or abnormal patellar tendons to see if any measures were associated with changes in tendon morphology. ...

In this report are described seven patients assessed clinically and neuropsychologically in whom mirror movements affecting predominantly the hands occurred as a congenital disorder. These mirror movements, representing a specific type of abnormal synkinesia, may arise as a hereditary condition, in the presence of a recognisable underlying neurological ...

Radiation pneumonitis is a life-threatening result of therapeutic thoracic irradiation, yet its mechanisms are poorly understood. We studied the effects of unilateral lung irradiation (3,000 rad) in sheep from the immediate response to the later development of radiation pneumonitis. We defined radiation pneumonitis by its diagnostic clinical feature, radiographic infiltration ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To evaluate the factors predictive of contralateral progression in children and adolescents with unilateral moyamoya disease (MMD), the authors retrospectively analyzed clinicoradiological findings. METHODS: The records of 394 consecutive patients with MMD aged 0 to17 years were reviewed. Unilateral MMD was defined based on the ...

OBJECTIVE: Fetal gender determination, including the evaluation of testicular descent, is an important part of prenatal ultrasonography (US) to assess normal male sexual development. In view of the increasing role of fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as an adjunct to US in prenatal diagnosis, we sought to demonstrate the visualization of testicular descent and correlate it to gestational age ...

Many advances have occurred in recent years in the diagnosis, localization, and treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism. Several different operative choices for primary hyperparathyroidism also have been proposed--a unilateral approach versus the standard bilateral parathyroid exploration. The unilateral approach is based on the concept that if an ...

Adequate tongue protrusion may be regulated by cat bilateral area P (the motor cortex for jaw and tongue movements) (Hiraba and Sato, Somatosens Mot Res 2005b;22:183-192). The ICMS (intracortical microstimulation) in the unilateral area P evoked motor effects of tongue protrusion without deviation (Hiraba and Sato, Somatosens Mot Res 2004;23:1-12), and cats with the ...

The objectives of this article are to review different patterns and potential pitfalls of quantitative lung perfusion scintigraphy (LPS) in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). The patterns of quantitative LPS in patients with CHD include normal symmetrical bilateral perfusion to both lungs, unilateral absent perfusion in one lung, unilateral ...

Poland's syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly consisting of unilateral partial or total absence of a breast and/or pectoralis major muscle, and ipsilateral symbrachydactyly. Many structural and functional abnormalities have been described in association with the syndrome. However, only a few hemostatic disorders have been reported. The case of a ...

Developmental dysplasia of the hip and idiopathic clubfoot are common musculoskeletal conditions in the pediatric orthopedic population. Although ultrasound or radiographic screening is generally recommended to rule out occult hip dysplasia, it has been suggested that children with clubfoot should no longer be screened. We report two cases of newborns with unilateral clubfoot ...

Subdural haematomas can present with a wide variety of symptoms. An atypical presentation can be movement disorders. The key feature is that the history of onset is more rapid than with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease. The symptoms can also be an acute worsening of pre-existing disorder. The case discussed involved an 80 year old woman with bilateral choreathetoid movements ...

Keloid scar is a manifestation of abnormal wound healing in predisposed individuals. Many treatment modalities have been tried with varying degrees of success. Radiotherapy is one such modality that is widely recognised. We present a case report and literature review based on a patient who developed unilateral keloid scarring following bilateral breast ...

... Accession Number : ADA033510. Title : Unilateral Intracerebral Morphine Injections: Bilateral Bioelectric Response, Unilateral Tolerance. ...

... Title : Unilateral Economic Sanctions: A Policy Assessment. ... This paper will address US policy as it pertains to unilateral economic sanctions only. ...

The patient is a newborn girl, born at term by cesarian section, weighing 3,550 g, and measuring 50 cm in length. According to her mother, she had been presenting erythematous spots involving the scalp, face, and trunk since birth that had increased in size with time. The mother denied any other changes and reported normal growth and development. Physical examination at 2 months of age revealed an ...

We report on a 5-year-old girl with unilateral hyperplasia of the left posterior arch of C6 associated with spina bifida occulta at the same level. Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs of the cervical spine showed hypertrophy of the left lamina as well as overgrowth and elongation of the left spinous process of the sixth cervical vertebra. Computed tomography (CT) ...

Stenosis of a DVA may result in chronic venous ischemia. We present 6 patients (3 men, 3 women; age range, 30-79 years; mean age, 53 years) with unilateral calcification of the caudate and putamen on noncontrast CT. This calcification typically spared the anterior limb of the internal capsule. No patient presented with symptoms referable to the basal ganglia or had an ...

Abnormal renal development results in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. As many studies suggest that renal malformations are more often found on the left side, a meta-analysis was performed on the distribution of five different unilateral anomalies: multicystic dysplastic kidney, renal agenesis/aplasia, renal ectopia, pelviureteral ...

Unilateral neglect may be a multicomponent attentional disorder consisting of an initial automatic orienting of attention toward the ipsilesional side and a subsequent impairment in contralesionally reorienting attention, both of which are superimposed on a generalised reduction in attention resources. It has been hypothesised that patients' ability to reorient attention ...

There is evidence that in infants with unilateral lung disease, oxygenation improves when the good lung is uppermost--the reverse of the situation in adults. We performed krypton-81m ventilation scanning in 18 infants and very young children (11 days to 27 months old) with and without abnormal chest radiographs. Scanning was performed with the subject ...

In patients with unilateral vestibular dysfunction, vibratory stimulation to the neck muscles not only induces shift of the subjective visual vertical (SVV), but also enhances the generation of nystagmus. In the present study, the effects of neck vibration on the SVV were compared with those on nystagmus in patients with unilateral vestibular schwannoma ...

An abnormal filtration fraction or a significant divergence between a kidney's ability to extract Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) and other function parameters, such as the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) or the effective renal plasma flow (ERPF, could lead to different estimates of relative or absolute renal function, depending on the radiopharmaceutical ...

Unilateral posterior crossbite of dento-alveolar origin is a transverse discrepancy of the maxillo-mandibular relationship and is one of the most common malocclusions in the mixed dentition. If untreated, the crossbite and the abnormal lateral movement of the lower jaw may strain the orofacial structures, causing adverse effects on the temporomandibular ...

Introduction: To report the results of a large series of patients undergoing treatment for Duane�s syndrome.Methods: Patients with Duane�s syndrome undergoing strabismus surgery of a horizontal muscle recession procedure, medial rectus recession for an esodeviation or lateral rectus recession for an exodeviation, in order to correct an abnormal head position (AHP) and a ...

PURPOSE. To investigate morphologic photoreceptor layer abnormalities and their correlation with visual function in occult macular dystrophy (OMD), by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS. This observational case series included 18 eyes of 9 patients with OMD. All patients underwent an ophthalmic evaluation, which included a fundus examination, ...

AIM: In order to relate brain structural abnormalities to clinical features of Angelman Syndrome (AS), we determined the locations of abnormal regional white matter architecture in AS children using a sensitive and objective whole brain approach to analyze diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) color-coded orientation maps. METHODS: Using tract based spatial ...

A 37-year-old woman was referred to our department because of an abnormal shadow on her chest radiograph as well as multiple subcutaneous nodules on both her lower legs. She had had a history of Cushing syndrome due to right adrenal adenoma, which was successfully treated by unilateral adrenalectomy two years before her admission to our department; ...

Malformations of cortical development are disorders of altered brain anatomy and architecture that arise from abnormalities in the usual processes of cerebral cortical development. Although they often lead to epilepsy, cognitive delay, and motor impairment, little is known about their effect on sleep. Since malformations may anatomically or functionally disrupt the cerebral ...

Objective. To illustrate the role of multislice computed tomography and local contrast instillation in the diagnosis and characterization of choanal atresia. To review the common associated radiological findings. Methods. We analyzed 9 pediatric patients (5 males and 4 females) with suspected choanal atresia by multislice computed tomography. We recorded the type of atresia plate and other ...

Radiographic features of 71 patients (48 men, 23 women) with nosocomial Legionella pneumophila pneumonia were assessed and compared with those of other nosocomial series of L pneumophila pneumonia. Sixteen patients were assessed retrospectively and 55 prospectively. Chest radiographs were assessed at the onset of the illness, 10 days later, and at 3 months. Erythromycin was given to 67 patients at ...

We report on a case of extensive unilateral visual field loss due to a peripapillary arteriovenous communication. Interventional case report. A 27-year-old Caucasian woman who was initially managed for retrobulbar optic neuritis underwent fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) 6 months later that revealed an unusual course of the central ...

PURPOSE: At present, the indications for femoral derotational osteotomy remain controversial due to the inconsistent findings in femoral neck anteversion in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). Moreover, combined anteversion is not assessed in unilateral DDH using three dimensional-CT. Therefore, the purposes of our study were to observe whether the femoral neck ...

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a hereditary generalized connective tissue disorder characterized by skin hyperextensibility, joint hypermobility and tissue fragility. Peripheral neuropathy is described sporadically. Although the exact mechanism of the neuropathy is not well-known, excessive stretch and abnormal connective tissue support are the suggested causative agents. To ...

The aim of the study was to present clinical neurootological symptoms in the case of early stage of the fourth ventricle tumor diagnosed finally on the base of MRI. Visual-oculomotor, vestibular-oculomotor, vestibulo-spinal and other electrophysiological signs of the vestibular damage of the brainstem were: paresis of the sixth nerve unilaterally, prolonged latency of III-V ...

Ventilation and perfusion scanning are well established diagnostic procedures used extensively for early detection of pulmonary embolism in adults. Lung scanning to demonstrate pulmonary emboli in children has been somewhat limited; however, it has been useful in assessing conditions such as unilateral hyperlucent lung, obstructive emphysema, bronchiectasis, and cystic ...

The right lung (RL) of rabbits was exposed to 2.2 to 12.1 ppM O/sub 3/ for 3 h after collapse of left lung (LL). Edematous RL and collateral LL showed abnormal V/P and surface tension-surface area relations. When O/sub 3/ did not induce edema in RL, V/P and surface tension measures were similar in exposed and control animals, both LL and RL. Edema in one lung can induce such ...

Isolated, premature fusion of the frontosphenoidal suture is rare. This report describes an unusual combination of frontosphenoidal craniosynostosis and achondroplasia. Although craniosynostosis is known to occur in allelic conditions such as thanatophoric dysplasia, craniosynostosis in individuals with achondroplasia is exceedingly rare. Due to the distracting diagnosis of achondroplasia or ...

A 23-year-old man was evaluated for atrophy of the left calf. He had a myopathic pattern on electromyography. Light microscopy showed dystrophic changes and reduced immunostaining for dysferlin and caveolin-3. The subsarcolemmal space was enlarged, and abnormal vesicles were visible with electron microscopy. A genetic study showed a heterozygous A45T mutation at exon 2 of the ...

Both myasthenia gravis (MG) and Guillain Barr� syndrome (GBS) are autoimmune diseases leading to muscle weakness, while the temporal coincidence of MG and GBS is rare. Here, we report a case of MG and GBS, as well as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, for the first time. All these diseases were relieved by immunomodulatory therapy, which suggested abnormal regulation of the autoimmune ...

A male one year-old beagle dog with unilateral cryptorchism was presented for investigation of reduced appetite. Abdominal sonography and radiography demonstrated abnormal enlargement of the left testicle in the abdominal cavity. Both the retroperitoneal cryptorchid testicle and the other contralateral testicle were removed surgically. The retroperitoneal ...

The basic principles of diagnostic ultrasound or sonar are given, together with the special technique required for scanning newborn infants and small children for kidney abnormalities. Illustrative examples of the potential of this procedure, both in diagnosis and in monitoring changes include a normal neonatal and preadolescent kidney, unilateral renal ...

Congenital abnormalities more commonly occur in multiple births-which are on the rise because of assisted reproductive techniques and fertility-stimulating drugs. One-third of twins are identical, and mirror-imaging is not as rare as one might think. It usually goes unnoticed because the differences between them are so subtle-unless they have an obvious congenital deformity. ...

We describe three cases of undiagnosed Poland's syndrome in Army personnel and discuss their fitness according to the PULHHEEMS system. This syndrome has variable clinical features that include unilateral chest wall and upper limb abnormalities. The syndrome is not hereditary and is of unknown origin. If the syndrome was diagnosed prior to enlistment the ...

Pulmonary interstitial emphysema is a common complication of mechanical ventilation in preterm babies. We report a case of severe unilateral pulmonary interstitial emphysema in a premature newborn, treated with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, lateral decubitus positioning and selective intubation. After complete radiological resolution of the pulmonary emphysema in the ...

Because of their multifactorial etiologies, dental and skeletal open bites are among the most difficult malocclusions to treat to a successful and stable result. Etiologic factors include vertical maxillary excess, skeletal pattern, abnormalities in dental eruption, and tongue-thrust problems. The purpose of this article was to report the treatment of an adult patient with a ...

The first comprehensive in vivo documentation of the long term profile of pathological and spared tissue is described in a group of 10 patients with a diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis, who were left with memory difficulties as a major residual sequel of their condition. With a dedicated MRI protocol, which included high resolution images of temporal lobe and limbic system areas, data are ...

Unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly caused by a backward displacement of the conical artery of the truncus arteriosus. It is commonly associated with additional cardiovascular abnormalities. A 7-year-old girl was admitted to our clinic with the complaint of shortness of breath upon exertion. Chest radiography revealed a ...

The computed tomographic (CT) findings in 5 patients with proven persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV) are described. PHPV arises when the embryonic hyaloid vascular system fails to regress normally. Clinically, this condition usually manifests an unilateral or bilateral leukokoria and is one of the more important and frequent conditions mimicking retinoblastoma. The ...

We present two patients with a Chiari 1 malformation and holocord syringomyelia who presented with abrupt onset unilateral foot drop. Neurophysiologic testing was consistent with a proximal nerve root lesion. This assisted with localization and directed magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to lumbosacral spine and nerve roots. Each child underwent a suboccipital craniectomy and ...

We report an 8-year-old child with branchio-oculo-facial syndrome. He showed atresia of external ear, preauricular pit, maxillar and mandibular hypoplasia, mild ptosis on the left side, lacrimal duct obstruction, unilateral branchial cyst, hypertrichosis of the neck, left foot showed mild syndactily of fourth and fifth toes and dental abnormalities. His ...

During dissection of the submental region we observed that the anterior belly of the left digastric muscle had four separate insertions. These muscle bands united in a common tendon as they continued with the posterior belly. This is an anatomical variation in the mylohyoid digastric muscle group in the floor of the mouth. When an asymmetry in the floor of the mouth is detected during diagnostic ...

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Mandibular deformities and malformations are quite various. They are mostly identified by clinical examination, but imaging is very useful for surgical planning. CT imaging is essential to evaluate patients with dystrophies such as fibrous dysplasia, neurofibromatosis, Gorlin syndrome and cherubism. Some growth abnormalities lead to a pseudomalformative appearance. Sequelae ...

A piperidinyl nitroxide stable free radical derivative, TES, was tested as an NMR contrast enhancer of renal structures in normal animals and animals with experimentally induced unilateral renal ischemia, renal vascular congestion, and hydronephrosis. Physiologic measurements indicated that TES is rapidly excreted in the urine with a clearance rate equal to the glomerular ...

Computed tomography (CT) was performed in 22 consecutive patients with primary aldosteronism to evaluate the usefulness of this technique in diagnosing and locating aldosterone-producing adenomas. Sixteen patients had severe hypokalemia, hyperaldosteronism, and elevated plasma levels of 18-hydroxycorticosterone suggestive of an adenoma. In 12 of these 16, a unilateral adrenal ...

Sarcoidosis is a systemic disorder of unknown cause that is characterized by the presence of noncaseating granulomas. The radiological findings associated with sarcoidosis have been well described. The findings include symmetric, bilateral hilar and paratracheal lymphadenopathy, with or without concomitant parenchymal abnormalities (multiple small nodules in a ...

Progressive essential iris atrophy, Chandler's syndrome, and the iris nevus (Cogan-Reese) syndrome are considered to be variations of a single disease process, which is characterized by abnormalities of the cornea, anterior chamber angle, and iris. In each variation, the typical patient is a white woman with unilateral disease, negative family history, and ...

The neurobiology of migraine is complex, but considerable progress has been made during recent decades with the aid of functional neuroimaging. Imaging studies have provided evidence of both abnormal brain functioning and structural changes. In migraine aura, the blood flow changes initially occur in V3A, an area also showing morphometric abnormalities. ...

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing has previously demonstrated a reduced maximum oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold, as well as abnormal wasted ventilation fraction and gas exchange after unilateral lung transplantation. To further explain the mechanisms of these abnormalities, we assessed the regional distribution of pulmonary blood ...

Both the hip and knee contralateral to a total hip replacement (THR) have an increased risk of osteoarthritis (OA) progression, and ultimate joint replacement. It is also known that abnormal gait contributes to OA progression. For these reasons, we conducted a longitudinal analysis of contralateral hip and knee gait during the first year after unilateral ...

The goal of the present study was to describe the clinical, haematological and ultrasonographic findings and treatment of 17 cattle with pyelonephritis. Fifteen cattle had an abnormal general condition, which varied in severity; five animals had signs of colic. The urine was brownish-red in 11 animals and cloudy in 13. Clumps of purulent material were seen in the urine of nine ...

Abstract Conclusion: This study showed that the ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (oVEMP) in response to air-conducted sound (ACS) reflects functions of different parts of the vestibular labyrinth from cervical VEMP (cVEMP). Objective: To determine whether the origin of the vestibular end organs of the oVEMP in response to ACS (500 Hz tone bursts) is the same as that of cVEMP. Methods: ...

The authors retrospectively assessed with sonography the prevalence of thyroid gland abnormalities in 30 patients who underwent radiation therapy for Hodgkin disease between 1962 and 1984. Doses ranged from 3,000 to 4,500 rad (3,000-4,500 cGy). Abnormalities were found in the sonograms of 24 patients and included unilateral (n = 6) or ...

Thresholds for cutaneous warming and cooling stimuli were measured in 20 diabetics with neuropathic foot ulcers. All patients had a profound disturbance of sensory perception in the ulcerated foot with complete loss of perception of warming; thresholds for vibration and cooling were highly abnormal in all but two patients. Measurements of thermal threshold were made on both ...

Damage to the visual cortex can lead to changes in anatomical connectivity between the remaining areas. For example, after a unilateral lesion to striate cortex (V1), an abnormal anatomical pathway can develop between the lateral geniculate nucleus of the undamaged hemisphere and the motion area V5/MT+ in the damaged hemisphere, accompanied by a ...

ABSTRACT: WAGR syndrome (Wilms' tumor, aniridia, genitourinary abnormalities and mental retardation) and Potocki-Shaffer syndrome are rare contiguous gene deletion syndromes caused by deletions of the 11p14-p12 chromosome region.We present a patient with mental retardation, unilateral cataract, bilateral ptosis, genital abnormalities, ...

WAGR syndrome (Wilms' tumor, aniridia, genitourinary abnormalities and mental retardation) and Potocki-Shaffer syndrome are rare contiguous gene deletion syndromes caused by deletions of the 11p14-p12 chromosome region.We present a patient with mental retardation, unilateral cataract, bilateral ptosis, genital abnormalities, seizures ...

BackgroundWith increasing use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), underlying syringomyelia is increasingly found in patients with presumed idiopathic scoliosis. To determine the indications for MRI in the differential diagnosis of scoliosis, several clinical characteristics of syringomyelia have been reported. Neurological signs, particularly abnormal superficial abdominal ...

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a nonneoplastic, noninfectious lung disease with a diverse spectrum of imaging abnormalities and nonspecific symptoms diagnosed by open lung biopsy, transbroncial biopsy, and/or video-assisted thoracoscopy. The objective of this study was to retrospectively assess the role of percutaneous computed tomography (CT)-guided ...

PurposeTo describe the clinical characteristics of idiopathic juxtafoveal telangiectasis (IJT) in Koreans.MethodsMedical records of 16 patients with IJT were analyzed during the period from 1997 to 2009. Diagnosis was based on biomicrosopic and fluorescein angiographic findings and the group was determined according to the Gass and Blodi classification.ResultsWe analyzed eight ...

Subjects with brainstem lesions due to either an infarct or multiple sclerosis (MS) underwent two types of binaural testing (lateralization testing and interaural discrimination) for three types of sounds (clicks and high and low frequency narrow-band noise) with two kinds of interaural differences (level and time). Two major types of abnormalities were revealed in the ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine saccular dysfunction by measuring cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP) and to correlate abnormality of cVEMP with results of other vestibular function tests in lateral medullary infarction (LMI). Methods: We recorded cVEMP in 21 patients with LMI documented on MRI. cVEMP was induced by a short tone burst and ...

This study was undertaken to verify the clinical signs, incidence, location, etiology and pathology of ovarian hydrobursitis in infertile female camels and estimate the fertility after unilateral surgical ablation. Genital organs (n = 124) were examined in camels slaughtered at Makkah abattoir during Hajj of 2009. Infertile female camels (n = 142) presented for management to ...

BackgroundIn patients with primary hyperaldosteronism, distinguishing between unilateral and bilateral adrenal hypersecretion is critical in assessing treatment options. Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) has been advocated by some to be the gold standard for localization of the responsible lesion however there remains a lack of consensus for the criteria and the standardization of ...

Ten years of study has resulted in considerable but fragmented knowledge about regional cerebral blood flow in migraine with aura (classic migraine). In the present study, the number of repeatedly studied patients (n = 63) was large enough to determine statistically significant sequences of events and statistically significant spatial relations. The first observable event was a decrease of ...

Unilateral ureteral obstruction for 24 h produces an acidification defect in the rat kidney that closely resembles the human disorder. We examined the role of renal vacuolar H(+)-ATPase distribution and content in the generation of the postobstructive abnormality in distal hydrogen ion secretion. Rats were subjected to unilateral ...

Ischemic brain injury is one of the leading causes of epilepsy in the elderly, and there are currently no adult rodent models of global ischemia, unilateral hemispheric ischemia, or focal ischemia that report the occurrence of spontaneous motor seizures following ischemic brain injury. The rodent hypoxic-ischemic (H-I) model of brain injury in adult rats is a model of ...

We recently treated one female infant and two young girls with coincidence of three anomalies: --hypoplastic ectopic kidney; --single vaginal ectopic ureter; --ipsilateral genital abnormality. Clinical presentation was lifelong wetting, "multicystic" kidney, urinary tract infection, or abdominal pain. The diagnostic studies include ultrasonography, excretory urography, ...

We examined and described the development and abnormalities of the axial skeleton in 10 human trisomy 18 fetuses. Whole-body radiographs and radiographs of midsagittal tissue blocks of the cranial base and the spine were studied. In 3 fetuses no spinal radiographs were available. Seven osseous regions or fields along the body axis were analyzed, four in the spine, and three in ...

IntroductionDenervation of oropharyngeal muscles in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been suggested by needle EMG and muscle biopsy, but little is known about oropharyngeal nerve conduction abnormalities in OSA. We sought to compare hypoglossal nerve conduction studies in patients with and without OSA.MethodsUnilateral hypoglossal nerve conduction studies ...

Supplemental hand scintigrams with abnormal features were obtained from 29% of patients (134 of 463) who were referred for routine, minified bone imaging with /sup 99m/Tc-Sn-polyphosphate. A wide spectrum of normal activity distribution ranging from well-defined to ''wash-out'' images is described in 329 cases (71%). In the ...

Fryns syndrome is a rare, generally lethal, autosomal recessive multiple congenital anomaly (MCA) syndrome first described in 1979. Patients with the syndrome present with the classical findings of cloudy cornea, brain malformations, diaphragmatic defects, and distal limb deformities. Over 70 patients have been reported revealing a wide variety of phenotypic features. Although initially considered ...

On 247 of the 1,711 scintiscans (15 percent), the appearance of renal or urinary tract areas differed sufficiently from normal to merit mention in interpretation. For 162 patients (195 surveys), the abnormalities noted were classified as minor. For 39 patients (52 surveys), the abnormalities noted were classified as major--that is, confirmed by ...

SUMMARY: Among patients who present for an orthognathic evaluation, a common finding is the presence of a laterally deviated mandible. At times, there is a cause to which the lower face asymmetry can be attributed, such as personal history of trauma to the face, presence of congenital disease known to affect the mandible, or other developmental abnormalities. More commonly, ...

We retrospectively analyzed iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine (I-131 MIBG) scintigraphy in 320 patients (male, 108 cases; female, 211 cases; average age, 45 � 15 years). All patients received thyroid block before examination between 2007 and 2010 in our department. Various degrees of radioactivity were found in the thyroid glands or thyroid region after bilateral thyroid surgery, in addition to ...

Abnormality in gait is a cardinal feature of Parkinson's disease. Walking is characterized by relatively preserved sequencing of trunk and limb movements, but diminished velocity, shortened stride length, increased base, and diminished double stance support time. The principle problem producing the gait abnormalities is dopamine deficiency, which is ...

We report a case of congenital onychodysplasia of the index fingers (Iso-Kikuchi syndrome) in a 2-year-old boy who had nail deformities on both index fingers and the left second toe. He had a micronychia of the left index fingernail, malalignment and abnormal lunula of the right index fingernail and micronychia and malalignment of the left second toenail. Congenital ...

SummaryIsolated congenital malformations of semicircular canals are rare abnormalities. Most inner ear abnormalities occur in syndromes and are associated with hearing loss. Unilateral or bilateral single aplasia of one semicircular canal does not usually result in vertigo, but these become clinically important if there are clinical ...

This paper describes abnormal brain perfusion unexpectedly demonstrated by Tc-99m MAA total-body imaging in two children with intracardiac right-to-left shunt (RLS) associated with complex congenital heart disease. One child was a 12-year-old girl with asplenia cardiac syndrome and multiple cerebral infarctions caused by thromboembolism in the internal carotid artery, and the ...

Two newborn boys aged 2 and 3 months with unilateral inguinal hernia and a contralateral impalpable, non-scrotal testis, and a third boy aged 2.5 years with an impalpable non-scrotal testis were found to have transverse testicular ectopia. This is an uncommon abnormality in which both gonads migrate toward the same hemiscrotum. We illustrate that ...

Congenital rubella is a rare and serious disease including auditory neurological, cardiac, urinary, and ocular abnormalities. The eye complaints are often congenital cataract, congenital glaucoma, microphthalmia, and oculomotor disorders. We report the case of a 6-year-old girl presenting with a unilateral congenital cataract associated with congenital ...

Tests were conducted to determine whether the single conventional scintillation counter available in most hospitals could be used for screening patients suspected of having unilateral renal hypertension, without resorting to the use of the more costly and complicated dual system. Sixty patients were studied, using separate injections of a radioactive medium (a 25 mu ...

Recent human studies indicate that magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, particularly diffusion weighted imaging, detects abnormalities within the descending cortico-spinal tract following stroke. Whether these changes are directly related to processes of axonal degeneration and how MR changes (e.g. apparent diffusion coefficient of water (ADC) and T(2)) vary in their diagnostic ...

It has been the desire and a great challenge to clinicians treating maxillofacial deformities to bring about symmetry in asymmetric faces. As one understands, it is very difficult to reproduce nature, that is, the normal side out of abnormal side, and it is easier to manage bilateral symmetrical deformities. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis, when it occurs in early ...

Iodine-123 hippurate renography, (/sup 99m/Tc)diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) renography, and (/sup 99m/Tc)dimercapto succinic acid (DMSA) renal scintigraphy were performed before and during angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition in a group of 15 hypertensive patients with angiographically ''significant'' unilateral renal ...

Twenty-eight infants with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection and 13 control infants were followed up prospectively. Congenital sensorineural hearing loss was documented by auditory brain-stem responses in four infected infants (two had mild bilateral loss, one had mild unilateral loss, and one had extreme unilateral loss) but in no controls. ...

Amniotic fluid N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) activity was measured in 21 normal pregnancies to determine reference values, and in 10 pregnancies with fetuses who had prenatally recognised renal and urinary tract malformations. The normal values obtained at 17-19 and 28-31 gestational weeks did not differ, and an activity of 105 units NAG/mmol creatinine was the upper limit of the normal ...

Congenital uterine abnormalities are a heterogeneous group of uterine configurations that may adversely affect reproductive potential. Although subtle variations can occur, the more common abnormalities fall into two broad categories of unilateral development or failure of midline fusion. These abnormalities have ...

The radiation dose responses of fibroblast from a patient with Ataxia telangiectasis (AT-2SF) and an established line of human T-1 cells were studied. Nearly monoenergetic accelerated neon and argon ions were used at the Berkeley Bevalac with various resi...

Computerized axial tomography (CT) of the orbit in two children with Coats' disease demonstrated increased density in the globe. This finding was attributed to the subretinal accumulation of exudate that is a characteristic of this disease. The CT appearance of Coats' disease cannot yet be differentiated from retinoblastoma or other diseases with retinal ...

BackgroundTraditional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can identify abnormal changes in ipsilateral thalamus in patients with unilateral middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarcts. However, it is difficult to demonstrate these early changes quantitatively. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) are potentially sensitive ...

This study, prepared by the Group of Governmental Experts on Unilateral Disarmament Measures, establishes a conceptual framework for unilateral nuclear disarmament measures; reviews current measures; and considers unilateral initiatives as a complement to nuclear bilateral and multilateral negotiations. The summary and conclusions of ...