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Can we build a better brain? - THE BIG FUTURE
This patient was diagnosed with celiac disease. Folate malabsorption is a suggested mechanism of cerebral calcification in patients with celiac disease, because cerebral calcification can be seen with other conditions related to folate deficiency, such as treatment wtih methotrexate. The patient's condition improved following treatment with a gluten-free diet. The other diagnoses are not associated with cerebral calcification in this pattern.
MR-Guided Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy
Posteroanterior chest radiography revealed a large intrathoracic gastric bubble, and a barium-contrast study of the upper gastrointestinal tract confirmed the presence of a large paraesophageal hernia. An exploratory laparotomy revealed a large paraesophageal hernia (i.e., type II hiatal hernia), without evidence of gastric strangulation. The crura were repaired, and a Nissen fundoplication with anterior gastropexy was performed. The patient recovered from surgery uneventfully.
There is anterior dislocation of the lens. Rupture of the zonular fibers may result from ocular trauma or other conditions. The patient underwent surgical extraction of the dislocated lens, anterior vitrectomy, and implantation of an iris-fixated intraocular lens.
Radiography of the hands and feet revealed fourth metatarsal shortening along with osteodystrophic features that was diagnosed as Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy. Pseudohypoparathyroidism is characterized by features of Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy with additional resistance to parathyroid hormone, hypocalcemia, and hyperphosphatemia.
The Most Astounding Fact
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked in an interview with TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.
Augmented Reality in the Surgery of Cerebral Aneurysms
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The findings are indicative of grade 4 hypertensive retinopathy, with widespread hemorrhages, cotton-wool spots, hard exudates in a star shape in the macular region, and swelling of the optic disks. The blood pressure was 220/140 mm Hg, and severe preeclampsia was diagnosed. The exudates resolved spontaneously in the months following stabilization and delivery of an underweight baby boy.
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Amputee Feels in Real-Time with Bionic Hand
Nine years after an accident caused the loss of his left hand, Dennis Aabo Sørensen from Denmark became the first amputee in the world to feel – in real-time – with a sensory-enhanced prosthetic hand that was surgically wired to nerves in his upper arm. Silvestro Micera and his team at EPFL Center for Neuroprosthetics and SSSA (Italy) developed the revolutionary sensory feedback that allowed Sørensen to feel again while handling objects. A prototype of this bionic technology was tested in February 2013 during a clinical trial in Rome under the supervision of Paolo Maria Rossini at Gemelli Hospital (Italy). The study is published in the February 5, 2014 edition of Science Translational Medicine, and represents a collaboration called Lifehand 2 between several European universities and hospitals.
“The sensory feedback was incredible,” reports the 36 year-old amputee from Denmark. “I could feel things that I hadn’t been able to feel in over nine years.” In a laboratory setting wearing a blindfold and earplugs, Sørensen was able to detect how strongly he was grasping, as well as the shape and consistency of different objects he picked up with his prosthetic. “When I held an object, I could feel if it was soft or hard, round or square.”
From Electrical Signal to Nerve Impulse Micera and his team enhanced the artificial hand with sensors that detect information about touch. This was done by measuring the tension in artificial tendons that control finger movement and turning this measurement into an electrical current. But this electrical signal is too coarse to be understood by the nervous system. Using computer algorithms, the scientists transformed the electrical signal into an impulse that sensory nerves can interpret. The sense of touch was achieved by sending the digitally refined signal through wires into four electrodes that were surgically implanted into what remains of Sørensen’s upper arm nerves.
“This is the first time in neuroprosthetics that sensory feedback has been restored and used by an amputee in real-time to control an artificial limb,” says Micera.
“We were worried about reduced sensitivity in Dennis’ nerves since they hadn’t been used in over nine years,” says Stanisa Raspopovic, first author and scientist at EPFL and SSSA. These concerns faded away as the scientists successfully reactivated Sørensen’s sense of touch.
Connecting Electrodes to Nerves
On January 26, 2013, Sørensen underwent surgery in Rome at Gemelli Hospital. A specialized group of surgeons and neurologists, led by Paolo Maria Rossini, implanted so-called transneural electrodes into the ulnar and median nerves of Sørensen’s left arm. After 19 days of preliminary tests, Micera and his team connected their prosthetic to the electrodes – and to Sørensen – every day for an entire week.
The ultra-thin, ultra-precise electrodes, developed by Thomas Stieglitz’s research group at Freiburg University (Germany), made it possible to relay extremely weak electrical signals directly into the nervous system. A tremendous amount of preliminary research was done to ensure that the electrodes would continue to work even after the formation of post-surgery scar tissue. It is also the first time that such electrodes have been transversally implanted into the peripheral nervous system of an amputee.
The First Sensory-Enhanced Artificial Limb The clinical study provides the first step towards a bionic hand, although a sensory-enhanced prosthetic is years away from being commercially available and the bionic hand of science fiction movies is even further away.
The next step involves miniaturizing the sensory feedback electronics for a portable prosthetic. In addition, the scientists will fine-tune the sensory technology for better touch resolution and increased awareness about the angular movement of fingers.
The electrodes were removed from Sørensen’s arm after one month due to safety restrictions imposed on clinical trials, although the scientists are optimistic that they could remain implanted and functional without damage to the nervous system for many years.
Psychological Strength an Asset Sørensen’s psychological strength was an asset for the clinical study. He says, “I was more than happy to volunteer for the clinical trial, not only for myself, but to help other amputees as well.” Now he faces the challenge of having experienced touch again for only a short period of time.
Sørensen lost his left hand while handling fireworks during a family holiday. He was rushed to the hospital where his hand was immediately amputated. Since then, he has been wearing a commercial prosthetic that detects muscle movement in his stump, allowing him to open and close his hand, and hold onto objects.
“It works like a brake on a motorbike,” explains Sørensen about the conventional prosthetic he usually wears. “When you squeeze the brake, the hand closes. When you relax, the hand opens.” Without sensory information being fed back into the nervous system, though, Sørensen cannot feel what he’s trying to grasp and must constantly watch his prosthetic to avoid crushing the object.
Just after the amputation, Sørensen recounts what the doctor told him. “There are two ways you can view this. You can sit in the corner and feel sorry for yourself. Or, you can get up and feel grateful for what you have. I believe you’ll adopt the second view.”
“He was right,” says Sørensen.
A corneal perforation with iris prolapse, resulting in an irregular pupil, is visible. Corneal perforation can be associated with fungal or viral keratitis, but in this case was associated with an autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis. The other listed diseases are not typically associated with corneal perforation.
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The pigmented and sharply demarcated choroidal lesions involving the macular region are most consistent with scarring caused by inactive chorioretinal toxoplasmosis, which can be acquired or congenital. The diagnosis was confirmed with serologic testing.
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The multiple skin-colored, confluent, partly hyperkeratotic, verrucous papules on both forefeet, as well as extensive pitting edema of the legs, is most consistent with the diagnosis of papillomatosis cutis lymphostatica. This is a rare manifestion of lymphedema. Compression therapy is important to prevent further progression.