CASE REPORT The ophthalmic examination and results of fluorescein angiography using Retcam II are described in a patient with Incontinentia Pigmenti (IP). DISCUSSION Angiography fluorescein is extremely valuable in detecting vascular lesions that were invisible with ordinary ophthalmoscopy. Retcam II allows documentation of these lesions which is very useful for diagnosis, treatment and follo...

Direct Thermometry, Ophthalmodynamometry, A uscultation and Palpation in Extracranial Cerebrovascular Disease: An Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Methods • The ability of four rapid diagnostic tests—direct thermometry, ophthalmodynamometry, and bruit and pulse assessment—to discriminate for the presence or absence of significant extracranial cerebrovascular disease is examined. Utilized separate...

Patients with spinal vascular lesions present with unique symptoms and have important anatomical and physiologic changes that must be considered prior to treatment. In this mini-review, we provide an overview of normal spinal vascular anatomy and discuss several key spinal vascular lesions. We provide an overview of cavernous malformations, intradural arteriovenous malformations, perimedullary ...

Emotional blunting can be found after cerebellar lesions. However, the mechanism of such a modification is not clear. We present a patient with emotional flattening and increased risk taking after left cerebellar infarct who had an impaired autonomic reactivity to negative as compared with positive reinforcement. This impairment was demonstrated by the patient's undifferentiated skin conductanc...

This study addresses the issue of the role of the cerebellum in the processing of sensory information by determining the capability of cerebellar patients to acquire and use kinesthetic cues received via the active or passive tracing of an irregular shape while blindfolded. Patients with cerebellar lesions and age-matched healthy controls were tested on four tasks: (1) learning to discriminate ...

BACKGROUND Evaluate the performance of the Focalpoint system in identifying and classifying cervical cytology alterations from samples collected from patients treated with Radiotherapy (RT). METHODS The reproducibility of manual and automated screening by cytotechnologists using the BD Focalpoint GS Imaging System was examined. Samples were collected from May 2010 to August 2011. RESULTS A ...

BACKGROUND The optimal treatment for Bankart lesion remains controversial. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to compare the clinical outcomes of patients managed with open Bankart repair versus arthroscopic Bankart repair. MATERIAL AND METHODS After systematic review of online databases, a total of 11 trials with 1022 subjects were included. The methodological quality of randomized c...

We describe a technique for slow, progressive, symmetrical distraction of the growth plate using a lightweight dynamic axial fixation system. Results are given for the elongation of 40 bony segments in children with limb-length discrepancies and 60 segments in children with achondroplasia or hypochondroplasia. Increases in limb length of up to 36% were obtained in non-achondroplastic and up to ...

The cell groups immediately surrounding the nucleus of the hypoglossal nerve in the cat may be subdivided into three nuclei: the nucleus intercalatus, the nucleus praepositus hypoglossi, and the nucleus of Roller. They will here be collectively referred to as the peri-hypoglossal nuclei. In a previous study (7) it was shown that a considerable proportion of the cells of these nuclei send their ...