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OBJECTIVE
Most patients with a solitary cysticercus granuloma present with seizures and severe episodic headache as the sole presenting symptom is rare in these patients. We report the clinical features, evolution and outcome of the disease in patients with a solitary cysticercus granuloma who had
Migraine is a common clinical disorder, quite disabling and affecting the quality of life in majority of patients. The visual aura is the commonest among all types of aura. Various types of migraine aura described in the literature are photopsia, fortification spectra, scotoma, visual distortion,
BACKGROUND
Solitary cysticercus granuloma is the commonest imaging abnormality in Indian patients with new-onset seizures. Few patients, in addition, complain of disabling headache.
OBJECTIVE
To report our experience of 16 patients with new-onset headache, seizures, and solitary cysticercus
Background Nummular headache is a rare, recently described topographic headache defined by the circumscribed coin-shaped area of pain. It is classified as a primary headache. There is debate about whether it is due to a peripheral or central disturbance, and its relationship to migraine. Case
Actinic granuloma is a rare granulomatous reaction that is more commonly seen in females and thought to occur as an autoimmune response to actinic damage of elastic tissue. We discuss a case of a patient with actinic granuloma presenting with concomitant temporal arteritis. Our case and review of
Cholesterol granulomas are characterized by an inflammatory reaction with giant cells in response to products of hemoglobin degradation. It can develop in different tissues throughout the body, but as a lesion of the petrous apex it is an own entity. Clinical symptoms may be hearing loss, vertigo,
Recurrence of symptoms in a patient with a resolved solitary cerebral cysticercus granuloma (SCCG) is uncommon. Recurrent seizures in these patients are generally attributed to an epileptogenic scar or calcific residue of the granuloma. We report two patients with recurrent seizures and one patient
BACKGROUND
Cholesterol granulomas (CG) of the petrous apex (CGPA) are benign lesions that have high recurrence rates after surgical intervention. We describe the use of a robust silicon drain between the petrous apex and mastoid air cells to allow constant aeration of the lesion for preventing
The authors present a case report of a patient who was treated conservatively for a non-specific headache for more than a decade, while an arachnoidal cyst in the middle cranial fossa, over the temporal bone tegmen was diagnosed, but ruled out as the cause of the headache. The patient was referred
Neurocysticercosis is recognised as a significant cause of neurological morbidity in endemic regions. The wide range of pleomorphic and non-specific neurological manifestations of neurocysticercosis must be kept in mind by physicians, as the disease has shown resurgence in developed countries. When
OBJECTIVE
To study the incidence of adverse reactions to albendazole therapy in patients presenting with seizures and a persistent (>3 months after diagnosis), solitary cysticercus granuloma and to determine whether the occurrence of adverse reactions predicted the response of the granuloma to
BACKGROUND
Cholesterol granuloma (CG) is an expansile, cystic lesion most commonly observed in the temporal bone. CG is rarely encountered in the paranasal sinuses. Given its paucity in this region, the diagnostic and management aspects remain to be elucidated.
METHODS
Systematic review of the