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Rare Case Of Metastatic Pituitary Disease, Anitha Somasundaram, Md, Kevin D. Judy, Md, Kevin Furlong, Do May 2016

Rare Case Of Metastatic Pituitary Disease, Anitha Somasundaram, Md, Kevin D. Judy, Md, Kevin Furlong, Do

Department of Neurosurgery Posters

Background:

Metastatic involvement of the pituitary gland is extremely rare. We present a case of metastatic pituitary disease with panhypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus.


Ictal Asystole In A Patient With Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (Pres) And Seizures: A Case Report, Joanna Suski, Md, Reginald T. Ho, Md, Maromi Nei, Md Apr 2016

Ictal Asystole In A Patient With Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (Pres) And Seizures: A Case Report, Joanna Suski, Md, Reginald T. Ho, Md, Maromi Nei, Md

Department of Neurology Posters

BACKGROUND

  • Ictal asystole is rare, seen in less than 1% of patients with epilepsy, and typically seen in patients with temporal or frontal lobe seizures, rarely in occipital lobe seizures, and has never been described in a patient with PRES .
  • PRES is a clinical-radiologic diagnosis in which there is a breakdown of the blood brain barrier caused by abrupt changes of blood pressure, or cytokines causing endothelial damage and this creates brain edema.
  • The typical neurological symptoms of PRES include encephalopathy (50-80%), seizure (60-75%), headache (50%), and visual disturbance (35%).
  • Brain imaging in PRES usually reveals vasogenic edema in …