My 14 yr old son recently underwent a CT scan of his sinuses due to a diagnosis of chronic sinusitis. Haller Cells were evident bilaterally, with bilateral maxillary and ethmoid sinus inflammation (mild to moderate) with suggested small underlying polyps and a septum deviated to the left.
An incidental finding on the axial images of [...]
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Friday, March 20th, 2009Brain Cyst - Can they be diagnosed with CT scan?
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Dear Dr. Joshua,
I am trying to find out if a brain cyst can be diagnosed and said to be benign if only a cat scan was done. I was told today that I have one and I am very concerned because no treatment or follow up or futher testing was discussed. I can find [...]
Shunt Complications, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Can anybody tell me what would needed to be done to fix the following complications of shunting of NPH? And also which ones would result in not being able to be shunted again? My family member is getting one and I’ve reading up on it, but I really want to know what happens if there [...]
Continue readingArmy Veteran With Chronic Back Pain
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007For my story.. I originally developed mild back pain in the summer of 2000 in Airborne School for the United States Army. At the time i just figured it was from the constant jarring motion and repetetively striking the ground feet first from a height of 3-4 feet. The pain was managable but pretty severe. [...]
Continue readingPregnancy and Lumbar Spine Fracture
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007my wife (28) and i (37) were involved in a motor vehicle accident last thanksgiving. we hydroplaned and stuck a concrete highway divider at high speed, ~50 mph. we both suffered compression fractures of L1, my wife also had ligament damage to T12 along with a dislocated and fractured right foot. neither of us had [...]
Continue readingBrain Abscess - Brain Surgery
Friday, February 16th, 2007My sister has a brain abscess that originally was located in the center of the brain and she developed spinal meningitis. A week ago, the CAT scan showed the abscess had moved to the “right ventricle”. The doctors are puzzled about the bacteria and are unable to find out what the bacteria is and have [...]
Continue readingSevere Headache For Over A Month After Spinal Tap
Monday, February 12th, 2007Hi,
On Christmas Day I was suddenly hit with a head pain that my husband had to help me to a chair ..I was holding my head i could not scream the pain was bad!!! But then my left arm had a shooting pain that made me unable to use my hand was like paralized.My husband [...]
Meningioma, Operate or Follow?
Sunday, February 11th, 2007I had been experiencing joint pain for over 6 months and in December the doctor precribed 5mg of predisone 3 times a day. I started taking the predisone on Dec 18th and on Dec 20th I started to have a very strange sensation which I thought was a reaction to the drug. I was feeling [...]
Continue readingChoroid Plexus Papilloma Surgery Complications
Sunday, February 4th, 2007Dear Dr. Joshua, I had surgery 12/04 to remove a benign choriod plexus papilloma in the fourth ventrical. I now suffer from double vision, lack of coordination (left side) and poor balance. All of which have improved slightly, can I expect further improvement after two years?
How often should I have follow-up MRI’s? [...]
Cervical Disc Bulging after Injury, Neurosurgeon ordered Shoulder MRI
Thursday, February 1st, 2007After suffering an injury in October,2006, I had an MRI done. The results of the MRI were:
At the C5/C6 level, there is a bulging disk which is asymmetric to the left. This is superimposed in bilateral uncinate hypertrophy and results in mild to moderate central and bilateral neural foraminal stenosis.
At the C6/C7 level, [...]
