Assessment of acute headache in adults - what the general physician needs to know. [PDF]
, 2018 Headache is common. Up to 5% of attendances to emergency departments and acute medical units are due to headache. Headache is classified as either primary (eg migraine, cluster headache) or secondary to another cause (eg meningitis, subarachnoid ...
Agrawal +9 more
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Acquired ptosis associated with oculomotor and contralateral facial nerve synkinesis: the first reported case [PDF]
, 2017 Evidence of oculomotor nerve (ON) synkinesis is a common occurrence following both acquired and congenital III nerve palsy. It is generally accepted that aberrant regeneration is the likely aetiology of synkinesis in acquired III nerve palsy, following ...
Conversi, Andrea +7 more
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Pediatric Otogenic Sigmoid Sinus Thrombosis: Case Report and Literature Reappraisal
Global Pediatric Health, 2017 The purpose of this study was to review our experience with a single case of mastoiditis associated with sigmoid sinus thrombosis and increased intracranial pressure, and to review the experience of others through prior publications.
Andrea Scherer MD, Andrew Jea MD
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Venous hypertension caused by a meningioma involving the sigmoid sinus: case report
BMC Neurology, 2021 Background Intracranial venous hypertension has been associated with a few cases of meningioma secondary to compression of the venous sinus. This is the rare case of small meningioma involving the sigmoid sinus leading to intracranial venous hypertension
Koichiro Sumi +5 more
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Bilateral Abducens Nerve Palsy Due to Extensive Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Medicina, 2019 Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a relatively rare condition. We present a case of an acute aseptic thrombosis of the sagittal, transverse and sigmoid sinus in a puerperium patient with protein S deficiency.
Krunoslav Buljan +3 more
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: A Case Report [PDF]
, 2013 Cerebrovascular venous thrombosis is an uncommon entity that may occur in the sinuses of the dura, the cortical veins, or the deep venous system. Common etiologies include states of hypercoagulability, such as oral contraceptives intake, malignancy, and ...
El-Chalouhi, MD, Nohra +2 more
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Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2013 Abnormal hyperdensity of intracranial blood vessels on non-contrast computed tomography scan (NCCT) may be found in cases with raised hematocrit. This finding not only simulates the appearance of a contrast enhanced CT scan but also may mimic dural ...
Argha Chatterjee +2 more
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Clinical Features of Pediatric Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Applicability of New ICHD-3 Criteria [PDF]
, 2018 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is characterized by intracranial pressure >28 cmH2O in the absence of identifiable causes. Aim of this paper is to describe the clinical phenotype of pediatric IIH and to analyze the applicability of ICHD-3 ...
Barbara Battan +8 more
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Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula successfully treated by combined open-endovascular procedure [PDF]
, 2010 Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas constitute a rare though potentially devastating disease. Because the arterial (high-pressure) blood flow drains directly into the low-pressure venous system, there is a high risk of bleeding and associated ...
DE KEUKELEIRE, KATRIEN +4 more
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Acute Mastoiditis Complicated with Concomitant Bezold’s Abscess and Lateral Sinus Thrombosis
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2018 Bezold’s abscess is a very rare extracranial complication of acute mastoiditis. Lateral sinus thrombosis is another intracranial complication of acute mastoiditis that can occur, but there are only few reports of concomitant ispilateral Bezold’s abscess ...
Aziz Mustafa +4 more
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