stupor/headache

Encephalitis is a heterogeneous syndrome that is diagnosed through clinical assessment and the assistance of laboratory, neuroimaging and electroencephalographic workup. Over the past 10 years, autoimmune encephalitis has been more frequently recognized; however, most reports come from highly

OBJECTIVE Although headache is the most common symptom in cerebral venous thrombosis, 5% to 30% of patients do not report headache at baseline. Characteristics of these patients have not been investigated. METHODS In post hoc analysis of the International Study on Cerebral Vein and Dural Sinus

A 51-year-old man had a 4-month history of progressive headache and gradual onset of somnolence. MRI suggested spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) with diencephalic compression, but he did not improve after three epidural blood patches. He became alert following intrathecal saline infusion

A 35-year-old female visited emergency department for a sudden onset of headache with vomiting after management for abortion at local department. Neurological examination revealed drowsy mentality without focal neurological deficits. CT showed 3.2×3.4 cm hyperdense intraventricular mass with

Sodium, the most important extracellular fluid electrolyte, is the focus of several homeostatic mechanisms that regulate fluid and electrolyte balance. Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte abnormality caused by an actual sodium deficiency or extracellular compartment fluid excess. Clinical symptoms

A 47-year-old woman with postural headache, episodic stupor, and vertical gaze palsy had brain imaging findings consistent with spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), including severe descent of the mesodiencephalic structures and diffuse pachymeningeal enhancement. The source of the

We measured the concentrations of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) in 92 patients with chronic subdural hematoma involving 102 sites. The t-PA level in the normal plasma was 4.0 +/- 1.8 ng/mL (mean +/- SD), while that in the hematoma content of these patients was 11.2 +/- 6.2 ng/mL. Patients

OBJECTIVE Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is an increasingly recognized cause of postural headache. However, appropriate management of obtundation caused by intracranial hypotension is not well defined. METHODS A 43-year-old man presented with postural headache followed by rapid decline in

The method of treatment for acute spontaneous subdural hematoma in aged patients is controversial. Three cases of acute spontaneous subdural hematoma in aged patients, treated by single burr hole drainage without irrigation, were reported. The first case, an 80-year-old male was admitted with

Cerebral aspergillosis is one of the most common mycotic infections in the central nervous system causing different clinical features such as brain abscess, granuloma, meningitis, and encephalitis. Cerebral aspergillosis, however, may lead to a cerebral vascular accident such as intracranial

Of 27 patients with hypoplastic anemia treated between 1971 and 1974 with male hormone and protein-assimilating hormone, 3 developed superior sagittal sinus thrombosis (SSST). The clinical symptoms and signs and angiographic findings of SST were characteristic enough to allow an early diagnosis.

BACKGROUND Nowadays, eclampsia is a rare complication of pregnancy and the puerperium. However, it is still one of the main causes of maternal morbi-mortality. Systemic findings in eclampsia may sometimes include association with microangiopathic hemolytic anaemia, raised liver enzymes and

Background. Undiagnosed intracranial hypotension can result in several complications including subdural hematoma (SDH), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), dural venous sinuses thrombosis (CVT), cranial nerve palsies, and stupor resulting from sagging of the brain. It is rare to see all the complications

A 62-year-old man had a new onset of severe, orthostatic headache which eventually progressed to a stupor and a coma 3 weeks later. A computed tomography (CT) scan showed bilateral chronic subdural haematoma and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed the typical findings of spontaneous