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Diplopia. Diplopia. Other names. Double vision. One way a person might experience double vision. Specialty. Neurology, ophthalmology. Diplopia is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally or vertically in relation to each other. [ 1] Also called double vision, it is a loss of visual focus ...
Ophthalmology. In ophthalmology, horror fusionis is a condition in which the eyes have an unsteady deviation, with the extraocular muscles performing spasm-like movements that continuously shift the eyes away from the position in which they would be directed to the same point in space, giving rise to diplopia. Even when the double vision images ...
Histopathology of a brainstem glioma. A brainstem glioma is a cancerous glioma tumor in the brainstem. Around 75% are diagnosed in children and young adults under the age of twenty, but have been known to affect older adults as well. [1] Brainstem gliomas start in the brain or spinal cord tissue and typically spread throughout the nervous system.
H&E stain. Oligodendrogliomas are a type of glioma that are believed to originate from the oligodendrocytes of the brain or from a glial precursor cell. They occur primarily in adults (9.4% of all primary brain and central nervous system tumors) but are also found in children (4% of all primary brain tumors).
Diffuse midline glioma. Magnetic resonance imaging of a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered ( DMG) is a fatal tumour that arises in midline structures of the brain, most commonly the brainstem, thalamus and spinal cord. When located in the pons it is also known as diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma ( DIPG ).
Jones and his team developed new criteria to help physicians in diagnosing LANS that include the following core clinical factors: presents with a slow, predominant neurodegenerative condition with ...
Specialty. Neuro-oncology, Neurosurgery. Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour ( DNT, DNET) is a type of brain tumor. Most commonly found in the temporal lobe, DNTs have been classified as benign tumours. [ 1] These are glioneuronal tumours comprising both glial and neuron cells and often have ties to focal cortical dysplasia.
The detached retina was caused by a cancerous tumor that had wrapped around Hensley’s optic nerve. She was diagnosed with ocular melanoma that began when the freckle in the back of her eye ...