How do you treat superior orbital fissure syndrome when the etiology is a neoplasm?

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It's for school and I can't find the answer anywhere!
Superior orbital fissure syndrome consists of retro-orbital pain, paralysis of extra ocular muscles, impairment of first trigeminal branches and frequent involvement of the optic nerve.
One must treat the neoplasm. That depends on its type. A glioblastoma would be treated differently from a lymphoma for example.  (+ info)

What is the connection between malignant neoplasms and crabs?

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The more common term for malignant neoplasms, cancer, is Latin for crab, and the word "carcinogen," meaning a cancer-causing agent, comes from the Greek word for crab, "karkinos." What is the connection between these two seemingly unrelated things?
Cancer, both the disease and the astronomical constellation, derive from the Latin cancer or cancrum, meaning crab. The astrological sign, of course, is said to resemble a crab and the disease was so named by the ancient Greek physician Galen (129-200 A.D.) who noted the similarity between a certain type of tumor with a crab as well—the swollen veins around the tumor resembling the legs of a crab.

Old English adopted cancer directly from Latin and used it for a variety of spreading sores and ulcers. This early sense survives in the modern word canker. From c.1000 in a manuscript called Læce Boc (Leech Book), collected in Oswald Cockayne’s Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, Vol. II, 1865:

Gemeng wið þam dustum, clæm on ðone cancer.
(Mix with the dust, smear on the cancer.)

And from Wyclif’s 2 Timothy, 1382:

The word of hem crepith as a kankir

The word was being applied specifically to the disease we today call cancer by the beginning of the 17th century. From Philemon Holland’s translation of Pliny’s Historie of the World:

Cancer is a swelling or sore comming of melancholy bloud, about which the veins appeare of a blacke or swert colour, spread in manner of a Creifish clees.

The astronomical sense of cancer is from the Latin name for the constellation of the crab. The name was known to the Anglo-Saxons, but only as a Latin name and was not assimilated into English until the Middle English period. It appears in Ælfric’s De Temporibus Anni, written c.993, in a list of the constellations of the Zodiac:

Feorða • Cancer • þæt is Crabba
(Fourth, Cancer, that is the crab.)

The Anglicized name appears c.1391 in Chaucer’s Treatise on the Astrolabe:

In this heved of cancer is the grettist declinacioun northward of the sonne...this signe of cancre is clepid the tropik of Somer.
(At this first point (head) of cancer is the greatest declination northward of the sun…this sign of cancer is named the tropic of summer.)

(Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition)  (+ info)

How long to antibiotics take to start healing orbital cellulitis?

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My nephew was diagnosed with orbital cellulitis. He was given oral antibiotics. It has now been 32 hours. There doesnt seem to be any improvement. Am I too worried? Does it take longer to start looking better?
Thanks
Sorry it is actually preseptal cellulitis, and no I dont think it is worse I think its the same.
32 hours is not a long time for visual improvement of a infection. That's only a day and 8 hours. Most of the time, you won't see visual improvement until about three days. Normally doctors prescribe antibiotics to childdren for a course of 10 days. If improvement is not seen after he is given the full course of antibiotics, have your sister/brother take your nephew back to the doctor as he may need a different antibiotic.  (+ info)

How long does orbital fracture surgery take to heal?

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I recently had an orbital fracture on my right eye, and in fear of having a sunken eye, the doctor said I should get surgery. The surgeon put a piece of "fake bone" under my eye, and it has been healing for about 10 days, but I am worried, as the eye is not lined up with the other eye. I had double vision before the surgery, but now it seems to but a little bit worse. I am beginning to think that the surgeon only concentrated on making sure the hole was plugged, and not correcting my vision, as well as actually lining up the eyeballs.

Any thoughts?
this is possible but u r still only in the early stage of healing any fracture may take up to 6 weeks to heal. especially depending on the type of healer u r it could take longer or it could be shorter but i would say within 2 more weeks if ur vision isnt improving then seeing an eye specialist is ur best bet, but not just anyone do some research in ur area to find the best eye doctor. often times u will find a doctor with their own practice that wasnt really that great in school and couldnt get into the american medical schools so they had to go to south america and get taught and those r not the kind of practices u want to be at and honestly that can make a huge difference in the care and knowledge u get. but all in all i think that once it heals fully and everything is bolstered up in there back to normal u will be ok i wouldnt expect the surgeon messed up.  (+ info)

How would i get a lobe orbital piercing?

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I've got my first lobe piercing, and tomorrow i will be getting my second lobe piercing. Although i think a lobe orbital looks pretty cool, and i'm just wondering if i could achieve this by simply buying a bcr and pushing it through both holes.
Therefore i wish to know if this is possible?
Will i still be able to wear two individual studs when i feel like it?
What gauge would i need to buy? (Since the size guides confuse me)

Thanks muchly (:
If you want to be sure that one ring will comfortably fit through both holes, get it pierced as an orbital and heal it with the jewelry through both. That way the piercing is less likely to migrate as it heals. Separate jewelry may allow this, and you might find one ring puts pressure on one of the holes after healing since the piercing has shifted. After healing you can wear separate pieces of jewelry. You'll need to get it pierced in the same gauge as the first hole, and you'll need something that can be sterilized. So most likely you will have to use jewelry from your piercer, or they may let you order something and have it sent to their shop.

I have a few holes that are spaced perfectly and can technically be orbitals if I use 1/4" rings, and others that look like they are the same space apart but can't. So get a piercer that's done them before, and make sure they measure the jewelry and your ear it several times. It needs to be precise and heal in that position.  (+ info)

What is the basis of differing actions of antineoplastic agents on different tissue/neoplasms?

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What is the basis for differing tissue- and neoplasm-specificites of antieoplastic chemotherapeutic agents? This doubt arose because considering what the pharmacokinetics of these drugs are it remains to be answered as to why a certain agent would act only in a particular tissue or neoplasm when the mechanisms they employ are so similar, e.g., various alkylating agents in spite having same action act of different tumors with differing degrees of effectiveness. Hope someone answers the question specifically. Useful links to free-text articles would also be highly appreciated. Bye. TC.
If you have thoughts on this subject, you ought to have the initiative to research it yourself.  (+ info)

How hard would it be to get a tragus anti tragus orbital?

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I already have my tragus pierced, but how hard would it be to go back and get the anti tragus done and connect the two to be an orbital? I don't plan on doing it any time soon, but was thinking in a few years when I can go get it without the parents.
It depends on how your ear is shaped and how skilled your piercer is.

You should shop around for a piercer who is experienced in orbitals and see if they can make your idea possible.  (+ info)

Should a black eye accompany an orbital fracture?

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I have an orbital fracture but no black eye. The nurse told me I should have a black eye for atleast a week. Is this common not to have a black eye with this type of injury?
it all depends on how it was hit...if it was hit straight on, you'd have a black eye, cause of all the skin being bruised. If it was hit from the side, then maybe not, you don't have a lot of skin to bruise there.  (+ info)

Is pain behind the eye related to sinus pressure or orbital decompression surgery from over a year ago.?

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A year ago I had orbital decompression surgery (via cheek fracture and removal of 1 oz fatty tissue) for treatment of Graves' opthalmopathy.
In the last week, I have had intense pain behind my eye. I've also had blurred vision and nausea. Is this more likely a sinusitus or should I make an appointment with my neuro-opthamologist to evaluate my optic nerve?
With something this complicated I think that I would be consulting your doctors. It could be something simple from sinus issues or a complication from your prior surgery,or once agrivating the other. I think the only real way to get a really good evaluation of what is going on would be to consult the doctor that did your surgery so that you would have someone that is familiar with your specific case that can help you out. I realy wish you a lot of lock and peace with this one!  (+ info)

How do you know if you have an untreated orbital fracture below the eye?

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Several years ago when I was in high school I got hit with a thrown baseball below the eye. I went to the doctor the next morning but they never took xrays, and said it was a contusion. However, ever since there's an on and off slight tightness below the eye after I touch it.

I went back to a couple of doctors the past couple of years, but they refused to take xrays.

Do you think it could be an untreated fracture?
go to the doctor and shove a needle up his A** if he doesnt give u an x- ray  (+ info)

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