(1) With regard to the pathogenesis of syringomyelia, we concluded that in cases associated with Chiari II malformation, vermian protrusion and direct continuity between the fourth ventricle and the syrinx were essential.
(2) There was negative correlation between vermian size and the duration of illness both in OPCA (r = 0.8960, p less than 0.001) and LCCA (r = 0.7756, p less than 0.01), but the progression rate in OPCA was three times greater than that in LCCA.
(3) They included enlargement of the lateral cisterns, loss of superior cerebellar vermian substance with prominence of the superior cerebellar cisterns, and fourth ventricle enlargements.
(4) Ultrasound was inadequate in initial assessment, as it missed or underestimated posterior fossa haemorrhage, particularly where this was extraparenchymal or vermian.
(5) The CT scans of six subjects (20%) differed considerably from the others as they displayed wide cortical or vermian sulci at the borderline of normal variations.
(6) Solitary tumors are located in the cerebellar hemipheres in about 80 per cent of cases, where they are of macrocystic type (type 2) in a proportion of two third; vermian tumors are equally of cystic and solid (type 3 and 4) types.
(7) From March 1976 to October 1977, 197 cases of brain tumors were examined by CT, 6 tumors (1 pineal tumor, 2 cerebellar vermian tumors and 3 supratentorial tumors) of which were radiated after the initial CT scan and re-examined by CT at every 400-1,000 rads radiation, and their grade of radiosensitivity could be evaluated.
(8) Cerebellar vermian tumors suspected of medulloblastoma were also diminished in size on CT after the 600 rads radiation.
(9) Findings of CNS lesions in both the midbrain (high-signal-intensity lesions) and the cerebellum (vermian atrophy) necessitate further characterization of these defects in terms of their progressive nature and clinical significance for patients with Usher's syndrome.
(10) Computed tomographic (CT) scans, however, usually can demonstrate the circle of Willis, and the basilar, sylvian quadrigeminal, and vermian cisterns.
(11) We reported a case of a 64-year-old man who presented a subarachnoid hemorrhage due to rupture of an aneurysm arising from the cortical branch of the superior cerebellar artery (SCA) at the junction of the superior vermian branch and the hemispheric branch.
(12) Areas of cerebellar vermian lobules, the fourth ventricle, the pituitary gland, and the corpus callosum were measured on sagittal images.
(13) In this case of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, MRI showed cerebellar vermian atrophy when the brain CT scan was negative.
(14) Seventeen years later, at age 60, he had resection of a fourth ventricular vermian lesion, which was found to be histologically identical to the original lesion.
(15) Schizophrenia and affective psychoses share the following: 1) several treatments are effective in both, 2) similar modes of inheritance, 3) congruent seasonal birth excesses, 4) enlarged cerebral ventricles and cerebellar vermian atrophy, 5) dexamethasone non-suppression.
(16) Groups IIB and IIA only differed in drug use, and IIB had a higher incidence of brain damage except for anterior horn index and wide cerebellar sulci indicating vermian atrophy.
(17) The major changes that may occur in elderly individuals without neurologic deficits include enlargement of the ventricles, cortical sulci, and vermian subarachnoid spaces; multifocal areas of hyperintensity in the white matter and basal ganglia; a progressive prominence of hypointensity on T2-weighted images of the putamen, almost equal to that of the globus pallidus; an increase in the oxygen extraction ratio with normal or mildly decreased neuron metabolism; arteriosclerosis in large and small arteries and amyloid angiopathy in leptomeningeal cortical vessels; and decreased dopamine receptor binding in the corpus striatum.
(18) The central nervous system lesions were most prominent in the lateral pyramidal tracts of the spinal cord, the fasciculi gracili of the dorsal column in the cervical spinal cord and the cerebellar vermian white matter.
(19) LCCA was suggested the preclinical vermian atrophy by the statistical regression study.
(20) All five melanotic neuroectodermal tumors were resected and the vermian tumor was also irradiated.
Vermin
Definition:
(n. sing. & pl.) An animal, in general.
(n. sing. & pl.) A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc.
(n. sing. & pl.) Hence, in contempt, noxious human beings.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thirty-one had lung lesions including chronic interstitial pneumonia of caudal or cranioventral lobes, bronchopneumonia, verminous pneumonia, pulmonary cryptococcosis or combinations of these.
(2) "Pulpit poofs" were hounded from the church, playground workers were exposed as "lesbians plotting to pervert nursery tots", celebrities such as Kenny Everett, Russell Harty and Freddie Mercury were hounded as diseased vermin.
(3) Although now mostly remembered for a throwaway remark about Tories being "lower than vermin", it was another part of the address by the then minister for health that caught the headlines at the time.
(4) ‘Go home, Polish vermin!’ and that kind of stuff.” To hear young people talking about the UK in these terms – to learn that it had been top of their lists of preferred destinations a few months ago, but is now deleted from them, and feared – is disturbing.
(5) Adult Strongylus vulgaris were found in 22.5 per cent of horses and verminous arteritis in 62.9 per cent.
(6) An adrenal cortical carcinoma, verminous pneumonia and hepatic parasitic granulomas were found at necropsy in a 10-year-old castrated male Dalmatian.
(7) Among other pearls of crackpot bigot wisdom, he has allegedly claimed that "black tenants smell and attract vermin."
(8) For mid-century Americans, these gleaming marketplaces provided an almost utopian alternative to the urban commercial district, an artificial downtown with less crime and fewer vermin.
(9) Recurrent colics frequently may be due to verminous arteritis but the relationship to diet should be investigated.
(10) Etiologic diagnoses included canine distemper (n = 125), congenital absence of guard hairs (n = 7), traumatic injuries (n = 7), rabies (n = 3), suspected toxicoses (n = 3), verminous pneumonia due to Paragonimus kellicotti (n = 1), bacterial septicemia secondary to Dracunculus insignis (n = 1), and tick paralysis (n = 1).
(11) But a number of cases involving the misuse of certain poisons as bait for vermin has caused concern recently to both Government and industry.
(12) Not only does flytipping create an eyesore for residents, it is also a serious public health risk, creating pollution and attracting rats and other vermin.” Man jailed for record tyre dumps Read more The party’s zero-waste policy announced on Wednesday will also include an action plan to cut landfill by reusing and recycling the vast majority of materials.
(13) Six cases of verminous pneumonia in goats due to Muellerius sp.
(14) Noting that the verminous Gregor "valorises music as the nourishment he has vainly sought", it also states that: "Here music seems to mark an ethereal realm characterised above all by a kind of metaphysical longing."
(15) Verminous pneumonia caused by F hirthi was diagnosed.
(16) There are outliers in the discourse, but asylum seekers are condemned by some as “vermin” and “ like cockroaches ”, or sneered at as “filthy”, “grubby” or “penniless”.
(17) Arteries with both gross and histopathologic evidence of verminous arteritis (class 3) were characterized ultrasonographically by an irregular luminal surface layer, varying wall thickness, varying wall echogenicity, and the presence of a hyperechoic luminal layer.
(18) We were just scared.” Witness reports describe protesters throwing snowballs at the bus and shouting “Let’s see what kind of vermin will get off here” and “asylum scum”.
(19) If you can’t defend your corner without resorting to talk of vermin and filth, then something is wrong with your corner All bullying and abuse is wrong, whoever it’s directed against – which is why decent Labour people should also condemn recent social media rants about shooting and stabbing Nigel Farage.
(20) Verminous pneumonia was shown to be a frequent problem, particularly in juveniles.