Friday, November 21, 2008

Fetal hydrocephalus which will be shown symptoms?

Q: What are the fetal hydrocephalus have shown symptoms?
A: infant hydrocephalus (<2 years old) the slow pace of hydrocephalus, head for the performance of sexual abnormality increased Nuzhang scalp vein, prominent forehead forward, the separation of craniosynostosis, the former top of head to expand, bulge, sometimes after the top of head and Side of the skull is also expanding. Percussion in the head was "breaking the sound can." General disregard edema and retinal bleeding nipple. When aggravated sexual hydrocephalus, due to the orbital roof pressure, the downward movement of the eyeball, the sclera exposed to form a so-called "sunset sign." If the rapid progress of hydrocephalus, repeated vomiting may occur. In addition, when the expansion of ventricle of the optic nerve compression, and the suprachiasmatic occipital lobe can occur for the visually impaired, or even blindness. Top oppression in the brain, which can cause separation and on strabismus as obstacles. If the bilateral cortex medulla oblongata beam fracture, which can cause brain dysfunction under, for the performance of the sucking and eating difficult and sometimes may appear characteristic of a high pitch crying. Such as outreach by nerve traction, which can cause eye oblique; by the vagus nerve stretch, often hose alarms sound.
Late, hydrocephalus can occur in children with head down, body weakness or spastic paralysis, mental stunting, or even seizures and drowsiness. The disease continues to progress, they can occur as a result of cerebral death, or as a result of malnutrition, deep failure and complications such as respiratory tract infections and deaths.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Cartilage fibroma easy to be confused with the diseases?

(A) giant cell tumor found in epiphyseal area, local cortical thinning significantly inflated. For osteolytic destruction, and there are a number of cross-cutting line spacing of bone, sometimes a typical bubble-like and easy to have a pathological fracture. (B) of the humerus bone cyst in the upper femur and the top is more common. Metaphysis tumor is located in the central and peripheral expansion, the more homogeneous areas transparent, and more bone cyst of the bone than the small interval.