CSF leakSpinal surgeryComplicationsPURPOSE: Dural tear (DT) resulting in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is a common complication of spinal surgery. Most cases of DT are recognised and addressed intraoperatively; however, a small percentage of cases may present at a later stage with delayed ...
lifestyle choices, and the environment may increase your risk of leaky brain.Eating a high-calorie inflammatory diet and obesity may increase oxidative damage. It may also deprive your brain of oxygen.
The same psychiatrist employed the Fibro-Fatigue scale to assess the severity of CSF [43]. The severity of depressive symptoms was evaluated utilizing two established measures, namely the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale [44] and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI) [45]. The Hamilton Anxiety ...
would be willing to accept, however, triggering of migraine as a reasonable conjecture for some of these cases. In some instances, we also would accept the possibility that whiplash caused a spinal fluid leak triggering hearing symptoms, as well as that damage to the neck might cause tinnitus....
CSF leak to the pleural space Glomerulonephritis Fontan procedure Urinothorax Superior vena cava obstruction Differential Diagnosis of Exudative Pleural effusion It includes taking into considerations the symptoms of the following disorders: Asbestos pleural effusion ...
Diagnosis and Symptoms of MS Demyelination and damage to neuronal axons can lead to many observable negative health effects and symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis. Clinical diagnosis can be made through medical imaging (MRI) and laboratory testing (CSF testing) [2]. While MS symptoms vary ...
Clear to white mucus is common. However, the mucus can also be brown, yellow and green which are more likely with infections. Sometimes a clear discharge is not mucus but cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This rhinorrhea is a result of a CSF leak and tends to occur after traumatic head injury....
Currently, immunotherapy is attracting a lot of attention and may potentially become a leading approach in the treatment of cancer. One emerging therapeutic, the chimeric-antigen receptor T-cell adoptive immunotherapy (CAR-T) is showing remarkable efficacy in the treatment of several B-cell malignanci...
Occasionally, there may be another cause for subarachnoid bleeding, such as in traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, when trauma to the head or neck, such as might be sustained in a car accident or a fall, may cause blood to leak into the subarachnoid space from nearby structures of the head.2...
Spheno-orbital meningiomas are rare tumors, accounting for up to 9% of all intracranial meningiomas. Patients commonly present with proptosis, and visual d