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Institutt for klinisk medisin
Universitetet i Tromsø
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Nevrologisk avdeling
Nordlandssykehuset
Francis Odeh er dr.med., spesialist i nevrologi, overlege og førsteamanuensis.
Articles by Francis Odeh
A man in his 50s with neurological symptoms during cancer treatment
- Siv Gyda Aanes,
- Carsten Nieder,
- Jan Prytz,
- Francis Odeh
23.10.2018:
When cancer patients develop new neurological symptoms, it is important to think broadly in terms of differential diagnostics. The cancer itself, but also the treatment and circumstances surrounding a serious diagnosis, may all affect the patient and make determining the cause of the health changes...
Calcification of the jaw ligament
- Kathrine Grønning Arntzen,
- Paulina Dorota Slowinska,
- Francis Odeh
14.08.2018:
Eagle syndrome, also known as stylalgia, is a rare pain syndrome associated with an elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament. A previously healthy woman in her thirties developed a paroxysmal, painful and spasmodic sensation in the left side of her neck, throat and face with...
Clay-shoveller’s fracture
- Francis Odeh,
- Roar Kloster
05.02.2013:
A man in his twenties incurred multiple injuries in a snowmobile accident. When examined at A&E he scored 9 on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS 9), had severe pain and tenderness over the thoracic column, but no focal neurological deficit. A trauma CT revealed cerebral haemorrhagic contusion, fractures...
Post-lumbar puncture headache
- Karl Bjørnar Alstadhaug,
- Francis Odeh,
- Farid Khan Baloch,
- Diana Hristova Berg,
- Rolf Salvesen
17.04.2012:
Lumbar puncture, also known as spinal puncture, involves passing a needle through the wall of the dural sac (Fig. 1) (1) and into the subarachnoid space, which is filled with cerebrospinal fluid, in the lumbar portion of the back. This is normally done in connection with diagnostics – to measure the...