nausea/stroke

The area postrema (AP) is a small, circumventricular organ located in the dorsal medulla and is characterized by an anastomosed capillary network with no blood-brain barrier. It contains the chemoreceptor trigger zone for vomiting, which is activated by noxious stimuli in the blood. Lesions to the

The causes of pituitary apoplexy are unclear. We report a case of pituitary apoplexy presenting with headache and nausea. On June 17th, 1997 a 74-year-old woman had complained of retro-orbital headache, fever and vomiting. A cold was diagnosed for which she recurred medication. In addition to the

Pituitary apoplexy can occur spontaneously or following anterior pituitary stimulation tests. Apoplexy is a rare complication of Cushing's disease. We report a 19-year-old woman who was admitted to the National Institutes of Health for evaluation of possible Cushing's syndrome. Her symptoms and

Background: Fragile-X associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is commonly associated with T2 hyperintensity in the middle cerebellar peduncles (MCP) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, ischemic stroke in the MCP in a patient with FXTAS has not previously been described. Case Description:

A thirty-two-year-old woman who had been diagnosed MELAS with 3243A > G mutation presented headache, nausea, decreased bilateral visual acuity, and topographical disturbance on January 1 in 2002. Although brain CT showed no fresh lesion, recurrence of stroke-like episode was considered. Immediately,

BACKGROUND It is well known that myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1)--Curschmann-Steinert disease--is associated with white matter lesions in the brain. Further, DM1 patients may suffer from cardiac involvement and cardioembolic strokes. We report on the unique case of an adult-onset DM1 without cardiac

Heat stroke is a life-threatening condition which is characterised by nausea, vomiting, confusion, disorientation and coma. Aggressive treatment in the form of intravenous fluids along with other symptomatic management can be life saving. Here we present an unusual case of heat stroke followed by

OBJECTIVE Little is known about the relevance of age related white matter lesions (WMLs) concerning outcome after first-ever territorial stroke. Based on an index patient, we hypothesized that age and pre-existent WMLs rather than infarct volume and topography determine outcome. METHODS Thirty-four

Prochlorperazine is frequently used in the treatment of refractory nausea and migraines. Known side effects include extrapyramidal symptoms such as akathisia and dystonia. We report a pregnant patient taking prochlorperazine for hyperemesis gravidarum who developed hemidystonia, which triggered an

We aimed to describe and classify headaches associated with acute stroke, by interviewing patients consecutively admitted to a stroke unit using a validated headache questionnaire and the International Classification of Headache Disorders of the International Headache Society (IHS). One hundred and

To describe the clinical characteristics of haemorrhagic pure motor stroke (PMS). Twelve patients with haemorrhagic PMS were identified. Haemorrhagic PMS accounted for 3.2% of all cases of pure motor hemiparesis (n = 380) and 3.3% of intracerebral haemorrhage (n = 364) entered in the database. When

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of patients with stroke who were discharged home despite their need for acute hospital treatment. METHODS This study included 611 consecutive patients with ischemic stroke who were admitted to our hospital within 7 days of stroke

Thirty-four percent of 182 ischemic stroke patients registered during 1 year in a prospective hospital stroke data base complained of headache within a 72-hour interval of stroke onset. Headache was more common in patients under 70 years of age, in nonsmokers, in those with a past history of

Background We have recently shown that the presence of headache in ischemic stroke is associated with lesions of the insular cortex. The aim of this post-hoc subgroup analysis was to investigate the association of specific headache features with stroke location in patients with acute ischemic