BACKGROUND: Choriocarcinoma is an aggressive neoplasm arising in the body of the uterus. The disease normally spreads to lung and brain. CASE REPORT: A case of malignant trophoblastic disease with brain metastasis, raised intra cranial pressure and small bowel metastasis presenting with acute abdomen is reported. CONCLUSIONS: Malignant transformation in a hydatidiform mole is rare event. Involv...

Introduction The constellation of raised intracranial pressure without ventricular enlargement along with an elevation of cerebrospinal fluid pressure with a normal composition of the same constitutes Idiopathic Intra cranial Hypertension (IIH). The many names it bears viz. pseudotumor cerebrii, serous meningitis, otitic hydrocephalus benign intracranial hypertension underscores the enigma that...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to investigate intra-fraction setup variability in hypo-fractionated cranial and body radiotherapy; this is achieved by means of integrated infrared optical localization and stereoscopic kV X-ray imaging. METHOD AND MATERIALS We analyzed data coming from 87 patients treated with hypo-fractionated radiotherapy at cranial and extra-cranial sites. Patient ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of negative intra-articular pressure on shoulder joint stability in canine cadavers. Cadaver forelimbs from 12 mature dogs were used. The forelimbs were placed in a testing frame and axially preloaded with 4 kg of weight. Shoulder joint stability was tested in flexion, extension, and neutral position before and after venting of the joint ca...

A complication of otitis media is defined as a spread of infection beyond the pneumatized area of the temporal bone and the associated mucosa. Complications can be classified as intra temporal or intra cranial, which includes extradural abscess, brain abscess, subdural abscess, sigmoid sinus thrombophlebitis, otic hydrocephalus, and meningitis. Since the introduction of antibiotics, intra crani...

abdominal wall hernias are common problems found in patients with cirrhosis because of persistently high intra-abdominal pressure. when abdominal hernias are neglected in such patients, they may become larger and could result in cosmetic problems and pressure effects that are also difficult to treat. we found a voluminous mass in the anterior abdominal wall of a 40-year-old patient with cirrhos...

STUDIES of the effects of diencephalic stimulation upon intra-ocular pressure have shown that there are pathways in the central nervous system which, when activated, cause a rise or fall in the pressure in the eye independently of changes in the systemic blood pressure (von Sallmann and Lowenstein, 1955; Gloster and Greaves, 1957). It has already been shown that the cervical sympathetic trunk i...