A 47-year-old female had noticed diminished visual acuity in both eyes 2 months previously. The patient had vision loss (no light perception) in her right eye on admission. Her left visual acuity was 1.2 (naked vision) and an upper temporal quadrant hemianopsia was revealed in her left eye. Optic disc atrophy was also found bilaterally during a fundus examination. The tumor was located at the t...

the orthoptic department to think that it will still occur. In one other case there is no possibility of it occurring. Single binocular vision also occurred unexpectedly in two cosmetic cases after operation. As the conjunctiva was completely detached from the muscle before advancement or resection, and carefully, replaced in its original position afterwards, it is difficult to believe it has a...

Introduction: Tuberculum sellae and planum sfenoidale meningiomas represent 5% to 10% of intracranial meningiomas and represent a subgroup of anterior skull base meningiomas. Approximately two thirds of patients complain of failing vision in one eye as the first symptom, and monocular blindness may be present in half of patients before surgery. Due to the constant antomical relationship of thes...

The clivus (Latin: slope) is a curved sloppy surface between the dorsum sellae of sphenoid and foramen magnum of occipital bone in human skull. In the present study, a bony canal was observed in the clivus. There are very few reports in literature about the presence of a bony passage in the clivus. These bony canals if present may contain communicating veins between extracranial and intracrania...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE CT and MR imaging of the brain have diverged reference lines. Modified Talairach anterior/posterior commissure (ACPC) line is widely accepted as the standard for clinical brain MR imaging, while orbitomeatal line (OML) is used for CT. This study sought to determine an appropriate reference line for brain CT parallel to the ACPC line. MATERIALS AND METHODS We measured th...

Human cystic echinococcosis is a zoonosis transmitted by ingesting Ecchinococcus granulosus ova eliminated from infected dogs. A 41-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of abdominal tenderness located in the epigastric region, fever and vomiting. .We diagnosed a recurrent hydatic disaese and after admission to our hospital he began to cough with greenyellowish colored sputum ...

BACKGROUND Intrathoracic splenosis is a rare condition resulting from concomitant rupture of the spleen and left hemidiaphragm after a traumatic event involving the spleen and the diaphragma and is defined as autotransplantation of splenic tissue in thorax. CASE REPORT The aim of this study was to present a case report of a combined intrathoracic and subcutaneous splenosis in a patient 19 yea...