A woman says doctors blamed her runny nose on allergies — but it turned out that her brain was leakingCaroline Praderio
Next, we revealed whether ferrous iron was required for ZnO NPs’ action through the co-treatment of cells with the potent iron chelator desferrioxamine (DFO). ZnO NPs-increased ROS level was almost completed attenuated in the presence of DFO (Fig. 1i). The co-treatment of DFO prevented ...
What she thought was just snot was actually cerebrospinal fluid, which is never meant to leave the brain case. The fluid provides a buffer for the brain to protect it from the hard insides of the skull, but in this particular case doctors believe it found its way out thanks to the damage...
Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was consistent with IH without cortical vein thrombosis. Fluid from the surgical drains was positive for Beta-2 transferrin, consistent with cerebral spinal fluid. Her IH was likely due to an intraoperative dural tear causing status epilepticus. Over two weeks...