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Space-occupying Lesions of the Brain, Features of a headache indicating a high risk of a space-occupying lesion of the brain or idiopathic ...
Intracranial Abscesses, Brain tumour or other intracranial space-occupying lesion . Investigations [ 8 , 9 ] FBC: marked leukocytosis. , Intracranial ab...
Other causes of intracranial space-occupying lesions . Other causes of hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction. Multiple sclerosis .
Intracranial Venous Thrombosis, Differential diagnosis This depends upon the presentation but is usually with arterial stroke, infection and space-occupying lesions...
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, In idiopathic intracranial hypertension there is raised pressure within the skull (raised intracranial pressure), which puts pressure ...
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) appears to be due to impaired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) absorption from the subarachnoid space across...
Diplopia and III, IV and VI Cranial Nerve Lesions, These include vascular conditions such as strokes or aneurysms, space-occupying lesions in the orbit or skull (...
Temporal Lobe Lesions (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment), Disturbance of temporal lobe function may also occur with space-occupying lesions and with trauma; it may a...
Raised Intracranial Pressure (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment), Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) can arise as a consequence of intracranial mass lesions, disorders of cerebrospinal...
Cranial Nerve Lesions, Papilloedema (swollen discs): Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) (tumour, abscess, encephalitis, hydrocephalus, benign intracranial hypertension)...
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Median Nerve Lesions, Conditions encroaching on the space within the carpal tunnel (eg, aneurysm, neurofibroma, haemangioma, lipoma, ganglion, xanthoma and...
Dieulafoy Lesion, What is a Dieulafoy lesion? The lesion in Dieulafoy's disease consists of a submucosal ectatic artery in the gastrointestinal tract. , Dieulafoy...
Temporal Lobe Lesions (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment), What causes temporal lobe lesions? There are many possible causes of temporal lobe lesions. The most common cause...
Pigmented Skin Lesions, Excessive UV exposure, including tanning beds. 7-point checklist Use the 7-point weighted checklist for assessment of pigmented skin lesions [ 3 ] : ...
Femoral Nerve Lesion, Epidemiology Femoral nerve lesions are uncommon. One study of 27,004 primary hip arthroplasties found only two patients with complete and one with partial fe...
The presentation will depend on location and rate of growth but includes features of a space-occupying lesion and raised intracranial pressure (ICP) (see links for ...
Differential diagnosis Other causes of space-occupying lesions , raised intracranial pressure and pituitary hormone dysfunction. Investigations High-...
The rest of this leaflet just discusses intracranial extradural haematoma . How common is an intracranial extradural haematoma? Head injuries are often minor and not seriou...
Any other growing space-occupying lesion - eg, cerebral toxoplasmosis in an immunocompromised patient, cerebral tumour.
Most cause no trouble but where they represent space-occupying lesions, especially in the brain, they have serious consequences. Uterine fibroids are a very common form o...