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Causes of enlarged brain ventricles

I am a pathologist and after seeing the report I am really worried. Day old baby, dilated lateral ventricles and third ventricle. Can anyone give me expert suggestion on this. Reports attached Thanks in advance Neethu

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I am a 35 year old male, my wife went for her routine check up and the doctor felt that her liver was enlarged. doctor suggested a routine ultrasound of abdomen which revealed that both her spleen and liver are enlarged. what are the causes of enlarged liver and spleen?

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You share sonography report and Get COmplete blood count. Then consult on Practo. If want more insight ...  Read More

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My wife is 25 weeks pregnant and we have done the TIFFA scan. In the TIFFA scan, the fetal lateral ventricles measured 8.3 mm and 8.5 mm. Two weeks later, we had a follow‑up ultrasound with a fetal medicine specialist, and the lateral ventricles measured 9.5 mm and 9.7 mm. We also did the TORCH test and all results were negative.We have consu

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Ventriculomegaly is defined if size is more than 10 mm. This comes under normal range although on higher side. You can get neurosonogram and follow up scans every 4 weeks for size. You can get NIPT t ...  Read More

I am a 28 year old female, i lead a very healthy life. i do not drink or smoke. i even have a balanced diet and exercise regularly. i had to undergo a sonography for unexplained mild pain in my abdomen, it revealed that my liver was enlarged.what are the causes of enlarged liver? how can it be prevented?

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Altered Liver function , typically the liver enzymes dearrangement is seen in many conditions.This mostly happen if there is any other infective pathology already present in the body. SGPT/ SGOT also ...  Read More

Hi I have a son of 3 years and he has recurrent seizure attacks. The attacks are very severe and his whole body becomes very stiff. This attack is then continued with loss of self consciousness. I am worried will these attack cause any brain damage. Will he have any brain complications in future?

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Consult a paediatric neurologist to seek answers to these questions ...  Read More

Does having enlarged prostate and prostatitis increase chances of prostate cancer? What food to eat and avoid? Taking urimax D tablet once at night. Age 58

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If you have a progressive enlargement of prostate in spite of taking medications for the same or if you are having recurrent episodes of prostatitis it is better you get reevaluated by an experienced ...  Read More

Transvaginal ultrasound at day15 of my cycle my uterus is normal and have multiple growing follicle sized 14mm*15mm, but when I had USG scan at day22 of my cycle those follicle suddenly dissapeared.My uterus also became enlarge or bulky.What happen?

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That means your body was getting ready for your next period, and what was the reason why did you under go an USG ...  Read More

Sir / mam sometimes after eating mostly my stomach starts becoming enlarge and it becomes difficult to breadth and it pains too in stomach and it lasts around 15-20 min like that and after that when stomach comes to its normal state it becomes easier to breadth and pain also disappears and works normally. And while that sudden enlargement of stomac

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Hi, with history thus looks like gastritis ( Acid peptic disease). You need further evaluation , however try this medicine and report how you do - you can take Cap. Pantodac- DSR ( 1-0-1) half an hour ...  Read More

The NT and dual marker came as low risk but during tiffa found a isolated EIF on right ventricle..does it cause down syndrome or hear issues

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What is the normal size of axillary lymph node? My father chest CT says enlarged axillary lymph nodes measuring 4.6*2.3*2.5. Infective etiology(like Tb) over malignancy.Few small ill defined alveolar opacities and ground glass nodules.Mild right pleural effusion.Paraseptal emphysema with subpleural blebs & bulla in both upper lobes.

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normally axillary lymph node is not palpable bt in infective condition this is palpable. this show that body is infected. Size. Nodes are generally considered to be normal if they are up to 1 cm in di ...  Read More

I had TIFA Recently and the report saying Right lateral ventricle size 9.6mm. What are the complications to baby??? What are the needed tests to about confirmation of baby brain development???

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Do NIPT or quadruple marker test. If normal an isolated finding has no value. ...  Read More

If father had tumour died because of that what is the percentage his son can get it. Is brain tumour come from generics or its not true. Please clarity this. Thanks

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It depends on the type of brain cancer your father had , generally most of intra cranial malignancies are sporadic that doesn’t have heritable factor involved in it . Please share the details of your ...  Read More

My 7th month pregnancy scanning report is showing 8.9 and 8.8 left lateral vantricle and right lateral vantricals, Does it mean that baby will have any problem after delivery? And the size of the ventricles can reduce on its own or not? And this range will affect the babies brain?

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Please consult your gynaecologist ...  Read More

Sir, can ct scan cause cancer it is my first time for it neuro surgeon told me go for ct scan brain help me on this i feel doubt about it

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No ...  Read More

Sir ct scan brain can cause cancer because it expose to highly radiation pliz help i am confused help me pliz doctor tells me go for ct scan brain any helpful tips on this

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Unnecessary scans are best to avoid as it does have radiational effect. However, if required, its advised to undergo the scan ...  Read More

Hello doctor,iam 20week pregnant with twins & one twin was diagnosed by lateral cerebral ventricle measures 8.5mm & normal on right side measures 5.7mm.does this enlarge ventricle resolve on its own or will it be a problem.In case if it grows can we rectify when fetus inside itself

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- It is just prominent ventricle still not more than 10 mm need observation serial monitoring as it is twin pregnancy- - We need to discuss the case in detail, to formulate a proper treatment plan. ...  Read More

Few countries ban covidshield vaccine due to its side effect that is blood clotting in brain. Should we take it or not?

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Ofcourse you should take it. Afterall That's a rare side effect. Chance of getting Blood clots as rare side effect was 1 in 100000. So not takin it is worse than taking it. Risk vs benefit ratio. ...  Read More

I read some articles related to side effect of covid shield vaccine that it cause blood clots in brain. Even few countries ban it. Should we take it or not?

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Nope but still a long way to go. As vaccinated people are different and have pre existing disease they have have suffered stroke. M Vaccine is safe. ...  Read More

An isolated ecogenic focus in left ventricle during 5th month scan .whether it cause any problems to baby?

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Postnatal scan will descide ...  Read More

Hello sir, in right eye Blurr vision & Dilated pupil cause by brain trauma will be treated successfully as it was before.??? Pleasee help.

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Hello This could be due to injury to pupillary and visual pathway It is very difficult to comment without examining you Kindly share your case file so that I may guide you better Regards ...  Read More

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