December 27, 2018
A 59-year-old woman with a past medical history of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and cerebral aneurysm, with concern for paraspinal neural tumor per chest CT; MRI was ordered for better evaluation.
Case of the Week Archive
Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
December 20, 2018
A 2-year-old girl with agenesis of the septum pellucidum and an abnormal corpus callosum found to have a non-tender, midline cervical dimple.
December 13, 2018
A 5-year-old girl with a non-painful “curving” in her mandible, enlarging over the past 2 weeks.
December 6, 2018
A 50-year-old woman with a 6-day history of sudden onset, gradually progressive, bilateral blurring of vision associated with fever and headaches. Upon physical examination, there was neck stiffness and bilateral hyperemic optic discs on the fundoscopic exam. There was no history of ocular trauma or surgery.
November 29, 2018
A 64-year-old-man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and history of ophthalmic herpes zoster 5 months ago presents with cognitive changes and right extensor plantar reflex.
November 22, 2018
A 5-year-old girl with a 2-month history of progressive headache, dyskinesia, nausea, vomiting, and 1 episode of seizures.
November 15, 2018
A 48-year-old with a bilateral, frontal decompressive craniectomy after a postoperative hematoma, following an olfactory meningioma resection. One week later the patient showed a sudden neurological deterioration.
November 8, 2018
A 29-year-old man with an anaplastic astrocytoma in the left temporal lobe, treated with partial tumor resection and radiotherapy (RT). An MRI scan was performed 4-months after RT revealed a new area of contrast enhancement in the tumor.
November 1, 2018
A 30-year-old woman with progressive, central lumbar back pain without radiculopathy or neurologic symptoms.
October 25, 2018
A 67-year-old woman presented with progressive, left-sided vision loss associated with ocular pain and headaches.
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