moebius syndrome is a rare congenital disorder of the facial and abducens nerve. other cranial nerves may be involved, such as v, ix and xii. several central nervous system anomalies including hypoplastic or dysplastic brain stem, straightening of the fourth ventricle floor, focal necrosis and calcifications of cranial nerve nuclei have been reported in association with moebius syndrome, but we...

BACKGROUND Sclerochoroidal calcification (SCC) is a rare and benign condition found mostly in middle-aged and elderly Caucasian men, characterized by multiple yellow-white lesions seen most commonly in the temporal regions of the fundus. While they may be concerning for benign tumors, primary neoplasias or metastases, SCCs most commonly present as asymptomatic findings during routine ophthalmol...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Several measures of atherosclerosis predict the risk of stroke. However, a comparison between various measures of atherosclerosis is lacking, and limited information exists on the added value of individual measures of atherosclerosis to cardiovascular risk factors. We compared different measures of atherosclerosis in relation to stroke. METHODS The study was based on th...

OBJECTIVE To determine the influence of the location of the irritative zone, and the number and the distribution of the intracranial calcifications in the severity of epilepsy associated with intracranial calcifications. METHOD We studied 47 patients with epilepsy and intracranial calcifications, 24 with normal (Group A) and 23 with abnormal interictal EEGs (Group B), a control group (n=21) w...

PURPOSE To evaluate the osteopontin (OPN) protein expression levels in breast carcinomas to determine if they correlate with mammographic appearances such as calcifications. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study was institutional review board approved. Informed consent was obtained from patients. Clinical history, histopathologic findings, mammographic features, and OPN expression as...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the detection of thyroid nodule calcifications on ultrasound and their relationship to thyroid carcinoma. METHODS Microcalcifications (≤2 mm) and macro calcifications (>2 mm) on preoperative ultrasound examination of thyroid and lymph nodes were compared with postoperative pathological diagnoses in 4186 patients undergoing thyroid surgery. RESULTS Higher in...