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Lung parenchyma showing damage due to large subpleural bullae. Parenchyma (/ p ə ˈ r ɛ ŋ k ɪ m ə /) [1] [2] is the bulk of functional substance in an animal organ or structure such as a tumour. In zoology, it is the tissue that fills the interior of flatworms. In botany, it is some layers in the cross-section of the leaf. [3]
The diagnosis should be made only after excluding other possible causes of similar symptoms such as tuberculosis. [6] Sarcoidosis may resolve without any treatment within a few years. [2] [5] However, some people may have long-term or severe disease. [5] Some symptoms may be improved with the use of anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen. [8]
Focal neurologic symptoms are most commonly seen in those with large subarachnoid cysts compressing the brain parenchyma. [5] Inflammation in the arachnoid layer can cause focal signs, ischaemic strokes caused by intracranial artery blockage, cranial nerve compression, hearing loss, and facial nerve palsy or trigeminal neuralgia. There may also ...
The diagnosis can be made by aspiration of a cyst. [2] Taking pictures of the brain with computer tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is most useful for the diagnosis of disease in the brain. [2] An increased number of a type of white blood cell, called eosinophils, in the cerebral spinal fluid and blood is also an indicator. [2]
These tests are useful in diagnosis and determining severity of the disease. [16] Although there is large diversity in interstitial lung disease, most follow a restrictive pattern. Restrictive defects are defined by decreased TLC (total lung capacity), RV (residual volume), FVC (forced vital capacity) and FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in one ...
Intraparenchymal hemorrhage is one form of intracerebral bleeding in which there is bleeding within brain parenchyma. The other form is intraventricular hemorrhage). [1] Intraparenchymal hemorrhage accounts for approximately 8-13% of all strokes and results from a wide spectrum of disorders.
It shares symptoms with toxic shock and Kawasaki disease, including fever, rashes, swollen glands, conjunctivitis and, in severe cases, heart inflammation, and can cause multiple organ failure ...
Fasciolosis of humans produces clinical symptoms such as fever, nausea, swollen liver, extreme abdominal pain, jaundice and anemia. [6] Clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis (due to Opisthorchis viverrini) are particularly dangerous. They can survive for several decades in humans causing chronic inflammation of the bile ducts, epithelial ...