Membranous or membranous-haemorrhagic lesions of the dura mater were found in 46 out of 1,044 consecutive necropsies after excluding those cases where their presence could be interpreted in terms of blood dyscrasia, local neoplastic processes, previous surgery, or marked craniocerebral trauma. The extent of old and recent manifestations of haemorrhage in the membranes increased in a statistical...

isolated third nerve palsy develops in numerous intracranial pathologies such as closed head trauma, tumor, and aneurysm. this report describes a 61 years old female with an abrasion on the left forehead and ptosis of the left eye. initial computed tomography did not reveal any causative cerebral and vascular lesions or orbital and cranial fractures. high-resolution and multi-axial enhanced mag...

Epidermoid cysts are benign. slow-growing. congenital lesions (2. 4. 11). Craniocerebral epidermoid cysts constitute approximately 1% of all cranial tumors (1. 9). Calvarial intradiploic epidermoid cysts are very rare. In 1838. Miller was the first to describe a diploic epidermoid cyst of the skull (2). According to Ciappetta et al.. total 223 cases had been reported up to 1990 (2). Because of ...

A nail gun is a powder-actuated tool used widely in the construction industry. It uses powder charges to fire a variety of nails and studs into steel , wood, or concrete. Numerous injuries to the body with several deaths from the use of this tool have been reported. Twenty craniocerebral injuries have been reported in the world literature [1-13]; however, cerebral angiography has not been descr...

Investigations of serum total protein, albumin, alpha-1, alpha-2, alpha-2M, beta- and gamma-globulin changes are reported in 48 patients with craniocerebral trauma. Only alpha-2 and alpha-2M globulins showed important variations, the first rising to three to four times normal values (112% on average) and directly correlating with the amount of tissue lesions. Alpha-2M changes were rather irregu...

Todd's paralysis is rare phenomenon, but its identification of key diagnostic and therapeutic value. The authors present a clinical observation post-traumatic encephalopathy accompanied by paralysis. main differential criteria for with cerebral paroxysms in the form stroke syndromes have been identified: closed craniocerebral injury history; epileptiform paroxysms; clear connection between epil...