July 20, 2017
A 10-year-old boy with several months of intermittent and progressively worsening lower back pain
Case of the Week Archive
Section Editors: Sapna Rawal,1 Juan Pablo Cruz2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
July 13, 2017
A 53-year-old with chronic, severe lower back pain and associated numbness in both lower extremities. Surgical history of posterior fusion and laminectomy at L4-L5 and L5-S1 that was complicated with postoperative infection and CSF leak that required 2 additional surgeries 8 years prior to the acquisition of the images.
July 6, 2017
A 23-year-old man with recurrent headaches associated with photophobia. Additional symptoms include a mildly unsteady gait and intermittent tingling of the hands and feet.
June 29, 2017
A 42-year-old man with schizophrenia presents with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Prior history of macrocephaly and slowly progressive clumsiness and seizures between ages 6 and 16, for which no diagnosis has been made.
June 22, 2017
A 31-year-old woman with 3-month history of headaches, once or twice a week, lasting for several hours and not relieved by analgesics; headaches got worse, with coughing or bending forward, and were associated with vomiting
June 15, 2017
A 33-year-old woman with a history of global developmental delay and generalized seizures in childhood presented at the age of 21 with parkinsonian symptoms, including unsteady gait, frequent falls, and rigidity in all extremities, which steadily progressed over 4 years to leave her wheelchair-bound.
June 8, 2017
A 34-year-old woman with a history of epilepsy since she was 4 years old. Treated for 8 years and without seizures until 26 years old. The patient now has refractory seizures.
June 1, 2017
A 50-year-old man with first episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizure and headache
May 25, 2017
A 9-year-old boy with a right jaw mass/cyst 3 months after a tooth extraction. It has been increasing in size and the patient is now experiencing some dysphagia.
May 18, 2017
An 18-year-old man with a history of high-grade fever and rigors for 3 days, along with drowsiness and decreased level of consciousness
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