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| Life-threatening cases at IN-K & their prompt management |
- A young boy of 9 yrs age presented on 13th of Aug 2010 with history of intermittent vomiting with episodes of eye rolling upwards & headache for 2 months. He became very unsteady on his feet & kept his head tilted in front with pain in back of his neck & upper spine. His diagnosis was confirmed after he was seen in the clinic & had urgent brain MRI performed within 30 mint of presenting in IN-K. He was immediately referred to one of the government hospitals in Kolkata, where he received neuro-surgical treatment for his condition.
- Another boy of age nearly 9 yrs, presented to IN-K on 29th Dec 2010 after having double vision & blurred vision in one eye seeing by tilting his head to Left side, with head for a few days. He was found to have very large high grade glioma brain tumour already compressing & distorting his brain significantly. Immediate surgical intervention was offered to the family.
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