Does syncope and head CT scan in the emergency department?
Head CT scans were commonly used in our series of syncope patients. Abnormal findings pertinent to the syncope were observed in only 1 patient. A prospective study examining yield in a larger series of patients may help define the utility of this neuroimaging modality in syncope.
The invasion and destruction of lung parenchyma in LAM is, at least partially, an estrogen-MMP-driven process, which has major implications for therapeutic interventions.