Neurolymphomatosis is a rare manifestation of non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by infiltration of peripheral nerves, nerve roots, plexus and cranial nerves by malignant lymphocytes. This report presents positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)imaging with 2-deoxy-2-(18)F-fluoro-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) in 3 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with nerve infiltration, including one new...

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...

The present study examined the role of branchial and orobranchial O(2) chemoreceptors in the cardiorespiratory responses, aquatic surface respiration (ASR), and the development of inferior lip swelling in tambaqui during prolonged (6 h) exposure to hypoxia. Intact fish (control) and three groups of denervated fish (bilateral denervation of cranial nerves IX+X (to the gills), of cranial nerves V...

This volume is a symposium on the effects of alcohol on human life. It is not intended as a hand-book for scientists; it is arranged for the educated layman that he might have an adequate and authoritative source of information. It is a book that has value for physicians and nurses, even though they be familiar with the general material. The titles of the six parts of the treatise indicate the ...

7-year-old girl presented with a one-week history of diplopia. On examination, left abducens nerve palsy was found. There was no clinical evidence of meningitis or of involvement of cranial nerves other than the abducens nerve. C-reactive protein and white blood cell count were normal. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed enhancement of 3 rd , 5 th , 6 th , and 12 th cranial nerves (Fig. 1);...