All articles tagged with #multidisciplinary team
A groundbreaking transorbital surgical approach was successfully used by neurosurgeons at the University of Maryland to remove a rare spinal tumor through the patient's eye socket, avoiding more invasive procedures and preserving critical structures, leading to a successful outcome for the young patient.
April Burrell, who was diagnosed with severe schizophrenia and remained in a catatonic state for over two decades, awakened after receiving targeted treatments for lupus, which was attacking her brain. A multidisciplinary team of over 70 experts discovered that Burrell's illness was clinically indistinguishable from schizophrenia, but she also had lupus, an underlying and treatable autoimmune condition that was attacking her brain. This medical breakthrough has challenged conventions and understandings, raising questions around how many other patients may have been misdiagnosed.