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Silent Killer
(redirected from Silent Lesion)

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Silent Killer
A popular term for any condition that may progress to very advanced stages before manifesting itself clinically
Examples Lifestyle disease—e.g., atherosclerosis, hypertension— certain cancers—e.g., colorectal, ovarian
silent killer
Silent lesion Medtalk Popular for a condition that may progress to very advanced stages before manifesting itself clinically
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First, ethically a neurological healthy subject would not justify having an intensive laboratory work-up for any possible reason of unexpected intracranial silent lesion.
Silent brain infarctions and leuko-araiosis in Chinese patients with ... by Thajeb, Peterus; Lee, Wen-Yuan; Shih, Chung-Hung; Thajeb, Teguh; Davis, James; Harrigan, Rosanne; Ch / Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE)
Patients enrolled in the study were aged between 18 and 45 years when they had a first neurologic event suggestive of MS that lasted for at least 24 hours, and at least two clinically silent lesions, 3 mm or larger, on a T2-weighted brain MRI scan.
Treat multiple sclerosis early to boost outcomes by Zoler, Mitchel L. / Internal Medicine News
The size and site of the symptomatic MRI lesion was consistent with, and the clinically silent lesion was characteristic for, MS due to its periventricular location and Dawson finger shape.
Recurrent monofocal demyelinating disease by Jung, P.; Strittmatter, M.; Steinmetz, H. / The International MS Journal
 
 
 
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