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March 23, 2005
CSI MEDBLOGS: Does Terri Schiavo have Hydrocephalus ?
Topics: Medical Issues
THE FEEDING TUBE MUST BE REINSERTED IN ORDER TO GET A NEW CT OF THE BRAIN
He has offered the following proposition to Terri Schiavo's legal team today:
The single CT image he was able to access at the U of Miami's web sight raises the following ESSENTIAL questions/issues:
Issue: There is something in Terri's right ventricle (the image is reversed). He knows that she had thalamic implants, but on this one slice the "thing" in Terri's ventricle is not projected to the thalamus, it is projected within the ventricle. She needs a follow-up scan to see what this is and where it is
Issue: If the "thing" in Terri's ventricle is a "shunt tip" -- who put it there and why is it there and was it removed? If she was shunted to relieve hydrocephalus then she must have follow-up exams and someone needs to postulate the most common mechanisms for hydrocephalus (which, he believes, is blood in the cranial vault)
Issue: Given this ONE image, NO ONE can exclude the possibility that Terri, at that time, had hydrocephalus.
(...) People with untreated hydrocephalus OFTEN SHOW IMPROVED MENTATION WHEN THE OBSTRUCTION IS RELIEVED
Continue reading and learn about the profound implications of this issue.....
cross posted at Hyscience
Posted by richard at March 23, 2005 10:31 PM
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