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Tilt Table Testing

This Diagnostic Test Interpretation uses a patient case to illustrate tilt table testing, useful for evaluating patients with syncope of unknown cause or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).

Morning Glory Syndrome in a Newborn Aged 2 Weeks

This case report describes a diagnosis of morning glory syndrome in a 2-week-old infant who presented with divergent strabismus, cleft lip, and hypertelorism.

Facial Swelling After External Dacryocystorhinostomy

A 67-year-old woman underwent elective external dacryocystorhinostomy to treat symptomatic nasolacrimal duct obstruction and developed persistent cervicofacial swelling and ecchymoses of the eyelids and cheek. Head computed tomography revealed extensive emphysema throughout the soft tissues of the face and neck….

A Rare Neurological Presentation of Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease

This case report describes a 17-year-old boy with reduced consciousness and T2-weighted hyperintensity, focal diffusion restriction, and microhemorrhages within the deep gray nuclei and surrounding white matter.