My 14 yr old son recently underwent a CT scan of his sinuses due to a diagnosis of chronic sinusitis. Haller Cells were evident bilaterally, with bilateral maxillary and ethmoid sinus inflammation (mild to moderate) with suggested small underlying polyps and a septum deviated to the left.
An incidental finding on the axial images of [...]
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Arachnoid cyst
Friday, March 20th, 2009Vision loss, headache, tinnitus & other symptoms
Saturday, December 13th, 2008Starting in May of this year, I began to experience vision loss in my right eye. The loss appears as a heavy fog that started in the lower left quadrant of my visual field and proceeded to encompass most of the field over the next three months. I have slight pain that seems to be [...]
Continue readingBrain Cyst - Can they be diagnosed with CT scan?
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Dear Dr. Joshua,
I am trying to find out if a brain cyst can be diagnosed and said to be benign if only a cat scan was done. I was told today that I have one and I am very concerned because no treatment or follow up or futher testing was discussed. I can find [...]
Narcolepsy or Epilepsy?
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007I’m a 24 yr old female. For the past 12 yrs. I have had these hallucinations at night while sleeping. They range from a strange figure standing in my room to things falling on me. They are very real and scary to me. I literally run through my house screaming during these. I average about [...]
Continue readingPost traumatic stress disorder symptoms or physical injury?
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007In November of last year I was hit right by spine with a literature textbook that was thrown across the room from a distance of about 5 or 6 feet. The day after I started having tremors in my whole body. I had MRI’s of my head and back that show good. I’ve also had [...]
Continue readingHeadache, Nausea, Speech and Balance Problems
Sunday, May 13th, 2007My daughter is 20 and very fit until a week ago when she passed out during a very severe headache attack, nauseous, very unsteady on her feet and slurring her speech as though she was drunk.
I took her to a British NHS hospital where she was admitted. A neurologist saw her, said it was migraine [...]
Recurrent Guillain-Barre?
Thursday, March 1st, 2007Here is a follow-up question, please see a previous post:
Fever and Paralysis
Date of admission: 20-10-2003
Diagnosis:
- recurrent polymyalgia
- ? recurrent guillain-barre syndrome (polyradiculoneuritis)
Presentation:
14 years old female presented with weakness of all limbs, but more profound in lower limbs, with cough & greenish sputum with fever for 3 days.
Past History:
She had milder episodes of weakness in the [...]
Fever and Paralysis
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Gender: Female
Date of birth: 1989
Nationality: Pakistani
Family history: No-one has such a disability on either side (maternal or paternal)
My problem is: Whenever I suffer through fever I become unable to walk, before I used to have dis weakness in my legs only but the second last time I had this fever I even got this weakness [...]
Numbness, Fatigue, Facial Twitching
Monday, February 26th, 2007I am hoping that I may get any kind of idea of possibile condtions that could cause the symptoms I am experiencing. My pcp has ordered brain MRI with and w/o contrast which I will have in few days, however I am not scheduled for f/u for 5 wks. which is a long time to [...]
Continue readingBrain Abscess - Brain Surgery
Friday, February 16th, 2007My sister has a brain abscess that originally was located in the center of the brain and she developed spinal meningitis. A week ago, the CAT scan showed the abscess had moved to the “right ventricle”. The doctors are puzzled about the bacteria and are unable to find out what the bacteria is and have [...]
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