New insight into the cranial nerve pathology secondary to elevated CSF pressure

Mitophagy: New Insight into the Cardiovascular Aging  

New insight into the role of aldosterone/renin ratio in elevated peripheral and central blood pressure.

L s he role of plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) in the athogenesis of hypertension took an interesting turn a few ears ago when several clinical trials claimed a higher revalence of primary hyperaldosteronism in patients hought to have primary or essential hypertension, particuarly those with resistant hypertension (1). A few clinical rials demonstrated that, on the basis of these data, t...

New Insight into the Relation between Adiponectin and Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases. Insulin resistance is defined as a state that needs more insulin to get the biological effects achieved by a lower amount of insulin in the normal state. Several molecules which are secreted through adipocytes have been involved in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Adiponectin as a 244 amino acid protein is exclusively expressed...

[Bilateral third cranial nerve palsy secondary to lung carcinoma metastasis].

CLINICAL CASE A 58 year-old man with a known diagnosis of a large cell lung carcinoma, developed a progressive diplopia. His examination revealed a double oculomotor nerve palsy with dilated and poorly reactive pupils. A cranial magnetic resonance showed an unique and solitary lesion in the midbrain, which presumably affected to both oculomotor nucleus and fasciculus. There were not found addit...

Isolated Cranial Nerve-III Palsy Secondary to Perimesencephalic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

We describe isolated cranial nerve-III palsy as a rare clinical finding in a patient with perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage. In this unusual case, the patient presented with complete cranial nerve-III palsy including ptosis and pupillary involvement. Initial studies revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage in the perimesencephalic, prepontine, and interpeduncular cisterns. Angiographic studies ...