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CT Head detects infarction, tumours, calcifications, haemorrhage, bone trauma
Brain abscess
Brain abscess (or cerebral abscess) is an abscess caused by inflammation and collection of infected material, coming from local (ear infection, dental abscess, infection of paranasal sinuses, infection of the mastoid air cells of the temporal bone, epidural abscess) or remote (lung, heart, kidney etc.) infectious sources, within the brain tissue. Read more…
Number of View :342Sinusitis
Sinusitis is inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, which may be due to infection, allergy, or autoimmune issues. Most cases are due to a viral infection and resolve over the course of 10 days. It is a common condition; for example, in the United States more than 24 million cases occur annually. Read more…
Number of View :314Paget’s disease
Paget’s disease is a chronic disorder that can result in enlarged and misshapen bones. The excessive breakdown and formation of bone tissue causes affected bone to weaken, resulting in pain, misshapen bones, fractures, and arthritis in the joints near the affected bones. Paget’s disease typically is localized, affecting just one or a few bones, as opposed to osteoporosis, for example, which affects all the bones in the body. Read more…
Number of View :514Ameloblastoma
Ameloblastoma (from the early English word amel, meaning enamel + the Greek word blastos, meaning germ) is a rare, benign tumor of odontogenic epithelium (ameloblasts, or outside portion, of the teeth during development) much more commonly appearing in the lower jaw than the upper jaw. It was recognized in 1827 by Cusack. This type of odontogenic neoplasm was designated as an adamantinoma in 1885 by the French physician Louis-Charles Malassez. It was finally renamed to the modern name ameloblastoma in 1930 by Ivey and Churchill. Read more…
Number of View :346Categories: Head Tags: Ameloblastoma
Fibrous dysplasia of bone
Fibrous dysplasia is a disease that causes bone thinning and growths or lesions in one or more bones, and leads to bone weakness and scar formation within the bones. Read more…
Number of View :318Subarachnoid hemorrhage
A subarachnoid hemorrhage, or subarachnoid haemorrhage in British English, is bleeding into the subarachnoid space—the area between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater surrounding the brain. This may occur spontaneously, usually from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, or may result from head injury. Read more…
Number of View :334Categories: Head Tags: hemorrhage, SubArachnoid
Sphenoid wing meningioma
A sphenoid wing meningioma is a benign brain tumor located near the sphenoid bone.
Sphenoid wing meningiomas are diagnosed by the combination of suggestive symptoms from the history and physical and neuroimaging by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computer averaged tomography (CT). Read more…
Categories: Head Tags: Meningioma, Sphenoid, wing
Membranes of the brain
Diagrammatic representation of a section across the top of the skull, showing the membranes of the brain, etc. Read more…
Number of View :264Categories: Head Tags: Arachnoid, brain, dura mater, Membranes, pia mater, SubArachnoid
Virchow-Robin spaces
Virchow-Robin spaces, or enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) are spaces (often only potential) that surround blood vessels for a short distance as they enter the brain. Their wall is formed by prolongations of the pia mater. Read more…
Number of View :280Categories: Head Tags: EPVS, His, perivascular, Robin, spaces, Virchow, Virchow-Robin, wirchof
Concha bullosa
A concha bullosa is a pneumatized (air-filled) cavity within a turbinate in the nose. (Concha is another term for turbinate.) Bullosa refers to the air-filled cavity within the turbinate. It is a normal anatomic variant seen in up to half the population.
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