Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to W B Garfinkle.
In an 11-year-old girl who had repeated episodes of aspiration pneumonia, no lateral ventricles and no third or fourth ventricle could be identified on T1-, T2-, or proton density-weighted MR images. This condition was associated with failure of midline cleavage of the cerebral hemispheres, rhombencephalosynapsis, and complex migrational disorders.
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We present two cases of posterior ocular staphylomas in axial myopia. CT findings of an enlarged globe with focal posterior bulging and scleral-uveal rim thinning appear to be specific for this diagnosis.
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A case of ruptured intracranaial dermoid cyst in the right middle fossa is reported. A definitive diagnosis of the lesion and the fact that it had ruptured was made possible by specific computerized tomographic findings. The findings were confirmed at surgery.