SMJ articles in the category "intracranial"

Original Article

Very Mild Stroke Patients Benefit from Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator Without Increase of Intracranial Hemorrhage

Background: Intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV rt-PA) is an effective medication currently used to treat acute ischemic stroke within three hours of symptom onset in patients with an identifiable clinical deficit measured using the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). Methods: We compared the outcomes of 27 identified…

Posted in: acute 7 hemorrhage 7 intracranial 2 ischemic stroke 3

Case Report

Ruptured Intracranial Dermoid Cyst Presenting With Neuropsychiatric Symptoms: A Case Report

Abstract:Psychiatric symptoms associated with frontal lobe unruptured or ruptured intracranial dermoid cysts are rarely described in the medical literature. The case of a 58-year-old man with a chronic history of anxiety, major depression, and obsessive compulsive disorder who presented with new onset auditory and visual phenomena is described. This case…

Posted in: Depression 22 intracranial 2
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