Ectopia - Articles
October 14, 2009 - MRIs
by
Taffy
... . Minimal left neural foraminal narrowing is present at C7-T1.MRI CERVICAL SPINE MAY 25, 2006 OU MEDICAL CENTERFINDINGS:There is approximately 7 to 8 mm cerebellar tonsillar ectopia. The cerebellar tonsils are mildly triangulated rather than rounded, however, there is no evidence of narrow penciling of the cerebellar tonsils. Cineflow imaging demo ...
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“Melanoma, carcinoma, some kind of -noma…”
by
pathologystudent
If you haven’t seen the movie Fletch, you must stop reading this right now and go rent it. Chevy Chase plays a newspaper reporter who “changes his identity more often than he changes his underwear.” One of his characters is Dr. Rosenpenis (all the doctors in the hospital are named Rosen-something: Rosenbaum, Rosenkrantz, etc.). Lo ...
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Gory Eye Picture - Dermoid from Hell
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David K.
This is a weird growth that some people are born with. It's called a dermoid. It can enlarge over time, as this one has. (This guy walked in this week is in his 20's. Time to remove it, don't ya think?) You can see it has hair growing on it. Sometimes there's bone and teeth and cartilage and other Frankensteinian components in them. Growths ...
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Chiari Research Study Funded
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Dr. John O.
... have designed a study that hopes to “distinguish symptomatic Chiari I patients who require treatment, from individuals with asymptomatic Chiari I (incidental tonsillar ectopia)”. The research team will evaluate “specific measurements of anatomic geometry and phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging” in 7 volunteers, 7 pers ...
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CM-I, Syringomyelia & Scoliosis
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Dr. John O.
... fossa craniectomy and C1 laminectomy was performed in all 21 children.The majority also underwent duraplasty. Duraplasty was not performed in patients with minimal tonsillar ectopia and evidence of physiological hindbrain cerebrospinal fluid flow and tonsillar pulsations on intraoperative ultrasonography after decompression.ResultsThe scoliosis cu ...
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Health Headlines - November 26
by
Meredy
... successful surgery in Miami on Wednesday, with doctors easing the organ inside his body, the Associated Press reported. Naseem Hasni was born Oct. 31 with a condition called ectopia cordis, where the heart develops on the outside of the chest. The heart has been beating normally and its aorta grew under the skin to deliver blood to the body.
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Health Headlines - November 25
by
Meredy
... successful surgery in Miami on Wednesday, with doctors easing the organ inside his body, the Associated Press reported. Naseem Hasni was born Oct. 31 with a condition called ectopia cordis, where the heart develops on the outside of the chest. The heart has been beating normally and its aorta grew under the skin to deliver blood to the body. In t ...
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Health Headlines - November 24
by
Meredy
... successful surgery in Miami on Wednesday, with doctors easing the organ inside his body, the Associated Press reported. Naseem Hasni was born Oct. 31 with a condition called ectopia cordis, where the heart develops on the outside of the chest. The heart has been beating normally and its aorta grew under the skin to deliver blood to the body. In t ...
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