Retrochiasmal Lesions Last Updated on Fri, 09 Jun 2017 | Visual Acuity Etiology: Retrochiasmal lesions may result from a wide variety of neurologic disorders such as tumors, vascular insults, basal meningitis, aneurysms of the posterior communicating artery, abscesses, injuries (such as a contrecoup injury to the occipital lobe), and vasospasms (in an ocular migraine).
The HPV vaccine you are getting is one of two vaccines that can be given to prevent HPV. It may be given to both males and females. This vaccine can prevent most cases of cervical cancer in females, if it is given before exposure to the virus. In addition, it can prevent vaginal and vulvar cancer in females, and genital warts and anal cancer in both males and females. Protection from HPV vaccine is expected to be long-lasting.
About 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year and about 4,000 women die from the condition. The HPV vaccine prevents infection by the HPV types responsible for most cervical cancers. There are three available forms of the HPV vaccine: 1  Cervarix: Prevents infection by HPV-16 and HPV-18. 2  These two HPV types cause 70% of all cervical cancers. 3  It is used for the prevention of cervical cancer and precancers.