BACKGROUND The most common complication of lumbar puncture (LP) occurring in over thirty percent of patients is headache. The position after lumbar puncture, needle type and size, and volume of the extracted cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been evaluated as contributory factors in occurrence of post lumbar puncture headache (PLPH), but the position before lumbar puncture has not been evaluated. ...

Headache is the most frequent reason for referral to an outpatient neurology and pain physician practice, with post-traumatic headache (PTH) accounting for approximately 4% of all symptomatic headaches. Headache following trauma has been reported for centuries. In this unique case report we will discuss the clinical course and successful headache treatment of a 57-year-old man diagnosed with PT...

objective: those veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) experience a low quality of life. this study investigated how the quality of life of warfare victims with ptsd was influenced by mindfulness training (mt) method: this study followed a randomized controlled trial and included a pre-test, post-test and delayed post- and was conducted in 2012 at shahid rajaee hospital ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in children with headaches after minor blunt head trauma, particularly when the headaches occur without other findings suggestive of TBIs (ie, isolated headaches). METHODS This was a secondary analysis of a prospective observational study of children 2 to 18 years with minor blunt head trauma (ie, Glasgow Coma Scale scores of ...

Arachnoid cysts are primarily developmental in origin and constitute rare, benign lesions. Sylvian arachnoid may infrequently present with subdural and/or intracystic hemorrhage. Hemorrhage is typically of venous occurs due to stretching tearing bridging veins, depending on minor traumas. The annual risk bleeding associated cysts, no additional complaints other than headache an asymptomatic cou...

Objectives: To explore depression and its associated factors in a sample of primary headache patients with history head-neck trauma (Ph-nT). Methods: A cross-sectional study 120 conveniently sampled at Al Madinah Munawarah hospitals, Saudi Arabia during the period June 2019 to December Primary completed subscale Depression, Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), structured tool fo...

An increasing number of studies in recent years have helped better define post-traumatic headache (PTH) and further clarify the relationship between concussion and headache/migraine. Part 1 of this series (published in the July/August 2017 edition of Practical Neurology®, available at PracticalNeurology.com/2017/08) delved deeper into the pathophysiology of PTH and explored remaining questions ...

We report the case of a 39-year-old woman with unilateral intracranial chronic subdural haematoma that occurred after epidural anesthesia for excision of a skin scar, complicated by postdural puncture headache. The patient had no history of trauma, headache, coagulation abnormalities, or neurological disorders. Most physicians encountering a case of headache after epidural or spinal anesthesia ...

INTRODUCTION Intracranial hypotension (IH) occurs typically spontaneous and is a potentially life-threatening condition characterized by symptoms varying from postural headache to coma, with classical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. CASE DESCRIPTION We report two cases of clinically relevant trauma-related IH and review of the literature. One patient with a cerebral trauma presente...