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Pineal Cyst Apoplexy And Memory Loss: A Novel Complication, Areez Shafqat, Hanin Jaber Algethami, Shameel Shafqat, Syed Shafqat Ul Islam Aug 2022

Pineal Cyst Apoplexy And Memory Loss: A Novel Complication, Areez Shafqat, Hanin Jaber Algethami, Shameel Shafqat, Syed Shafqat Ul Islam

Medical College Documents

An 8-year-old boy presented to our hospital complaining of a bilateral headache associated with episodes of anterograde amnesia. He had a road traffic accident 3 years ago when a computed tomography (CT) scan revealed traumatic brain injury. In addition, a small pineal cyst (PC) was noted with minor intramural calcifications. A follow-up CT a day later demonstrated increased density in the pineal gland of 60 Hounsfield Units, suggestive of apoplectic changes in the PC. However, the patient was lost to follow-up and presented with memory loss a year and a half later, upon which CT and magnetic resonance imaging revealed …


Making The Case For The Accelerated Withdrawal Of Aducanumab, Peter J. Whitehouse May 2022

Making The Case For The Accelerated Withdrawal Of Aducanumab, Peter J. Whitehouse

Faculty Scholarship

U.S. Food and Drug Administration-s (FDA) approval of aducanumab (Aduhelm® in the US) as a treatment for mild cognitive impairment of the Alzheimer type and Alzheimer-s disease has raised such major concerns about efficacy, safety, FDA processes, and regulatory capture that Biogen-s license to market this biologic should be immediately withdrawn. Aducanumab has not demonstrated benefit to patients, failed to meet regulatory guidelines, and is likely to cause both individual and societal harm.


Editorial: Infection, Inflammation, And Neurodegeneration: A Critical Path To Alzheimer's Disease, Volume Ii., Roberta Mancuso, Simone Agostini, Denah Appelt, Brian J. Balin Jan 2022

Editorial: Infection, Inflammation, And Neurodegeneration: A Critical Path To Alzheimer's Disease, Volume Ii., Roberta Mancuso, Simone Agostini, Denah Appelt, Brian J. Balin

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