BACKGROUND Acute confusional migraine (ACM) is considered a rare migraine variant primarily seen in children and adolescents. PATIENTS AND METHODS We present a series of eight adults and two adolescents suffering from migraine attacks associated with transient confusional states. RESULTS Eight patients reported two or more such attacks. One of them reported mild head trauma in the past. One...

introduction the abducent nucleus is located in the upper part of the rhomboid fossa beneath the fourth ventricle in the caudal portion of the pons. the abducent nerve courses from its nucleus, to innervate the lateral rectus muscle. this nerve has the longest subarachnoid course of all the cranial nerves, it is the cranial nerve most vulnerable to trauma. it has been reported that 1% to 2.7% o...

Objective: Ultrasonographic measurements of optic nerve sheath diameter is associated with increased intracranial pressure. Intracranial pressure are usually performed on critical areas or intensive care unit patients. The effect ultrasonographic measurement in predicting pathology the need for surgery mild moderate head trauma has not been evaluated. In our study, we compared cranial computed ...

A 4 year old healthy girl presented to the pediatric emergency department (PED) with a 5 months history of breast enlargement and pubic hair. One day prior to her presentation to PED, she developed vaginal bleeding with mild lower abdominal pain. There was no history of meningitis, cranial irradiation, head trauma, seizures, medication intake, headache, visual problem or behavior al change. The...

Background & Aim: Post-traumatic subdural hygroma can be associated with subdural or epidural hematoma. It is usually silent with mild symptoms and often disappears spontaneously needing no treatment. In this study, we investigated the clinical characteristics of subdural hygroma in patients with traumatic brain injury. Methods & Materials/Patients: In a cross-sectional study, data o...

UNLABELLED The aim of the study was to assess the reliability of neurological examination and other factors in predicting traumatic cerebral lesions and skull fractures in patients with mild and moderate head trauma (GCS 10-15). MATERIAL AND METHODS Over a one-year period, 227 patients: 145 male and 82 female, aged a mean of 51 years who sustained mild or moderate head trauma (GSC 10-15) were...

Forensic psychiatrists and psychologists are often called on to provide opinions and render testimony in which minor head trauma accompanied by persistent somatic, cognitive, and/or emotional symptoms is alleged. The frequency of persistent symptoms following such minor head injury is generally low. The forensic clinician therefore must differentiate between subtle brain dysfunction, symptom am...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) often show significant neuropsychological dysfunction despite the absence of abnormalities on traditional neuroradiologic examinations or EEG. Our objective was to determine if magnetic source imaging (MSI), using a combination of MR imaging and magnetoencephalography (MEG), is more sensitive than EEG and MR imaging in provi...

Recent evidence suggests that the vasopressin analogue desglycinamide-arginine8-vasopressin (DGAVP) might specifically benefit mild brain trauma patients. We investigated the effect of intranasal DGAVP treatment in 32 patients who had sustained a mild head injury for 3 months in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, matched-pairs study. DGAVP did not have a positive effect on cognitive recovery i...

A substantial body of research suggests that the MMPI-2 contains a number of items that are sensitive to closed-head trauma (CHT) and other neurologic conditions. A correction procedure was recommended by Gass (1991) using an index consisting of 14 neurologically sensitive items that were extracted from a predominantly male veteran sample of CHT patients. The generalizability of these correctio...