Primary HSV-1 infection often results in painful skin or mucosal lesions, but can also be asymptomatic. Virus replicates at the portal of entry, usually oral or genital mucosal tissue, leading to ...

There are several causes for sudden onset unilateral mydriasis, however impending transtentorial uncal herniation needs to be ruled out. This unique case highlights an uncommon adverse response to a ...

A Jersey brain tumour patient has said "processes weren't followed" after she experienced a delay in her diagnosis because she was not offered a CT scan. Sophie Reid, 36, was taken to Jersey ...

Patients who underwent at least one head/neck CT scan exhibited significantly higher risk for childhood brain tumors as those who did not undergo head/neck CT scans (OR = 2.84; 95% CI, 1.12-7.19).

A noncontrast head CT showed no interval re‐hemorrhage but did show new areas of hypodensity involving the bilateral occipital lobes, the brainstem, the left temporal lobe, and uncal herniation.

Uncal herniation is a sub-type of transtentorial herniation, characterised by medial and downward displacement of the uncus against the tentorial edge, compressing the midbrain and oculomotor nerve ...

Participants were recruited from US level 1 trauma centers, presenting with acute TBI and undergoing a head CT scan between February 26, 2014, and August 8, 2018.

News Connecticut News A CT man had a brain ’emergency.’ His wife claims he died because a hospital delayed treatment. Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. 2022 ...

Machine-learning analysis of CT scans during admission to the emergency enables earlier detection of intracerebral hemorrhages and reduces mortality rate by over 30 percent, according to a study ...

The risk of thrombosis is the highest among other cancers. 27 The reason behind the high risk of intracranial herniation in patients with malignant CVST is the high clot load generated as a result of ...