background: research into the role of neuroimaging in primary headaches such as tension type headache (tth) is ongoing. in the present study, we aim to evaluate the ability of neuroimaging to detect potential abnormalities in patients with new onset tth and normal neurological exam. materials and methods: in a prospective study, 294 cases of new onset tth with normal neurological exam, that had...

BACKGROUND Achromobacter xylosoxidans (AX) is a non-fermentative aerobic gram-negative bacillus. It is an opportunistic pathogen and the causative agent of various infections. We report an original case of late posttraumatic meningitis due to AX denitrificans. CASE REPORT An 83-year-old man was hospitalized for acute headache, nausea and vomiting. The emergency brain computer tomography (CT) ...

Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), also called concussion, is a common injury type among returning Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans. Headaches are the common pain consequence of TBI. However, little is known about the character of posttraumatic headaches in OIF/OEF veterans with mild TBI. We evaluated headache patterns among a group of 126 OIF/OEF veterans...

This was an observational study of a cohort of 126 veterans with mild traumatic brain injury caused by an explosion during deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF); 74 of the 126 veterans had comorbidities including frequent, severe headaches and residual deficits on neurological examination, neuropsychological testing, or both. Of these veterans, 71 had pos...

Soldiers with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) present with an array of neuropsychiatric symptoms that can be grouped into nosological clusters: (1) cognitive dysfunctions: difficulties in memory, attention, language, visuospatial cognition, sensory-motor integration, affect recognition, and/or executive function typically associated with neocortical damage; (2) neurobehavioral disorders: mood, a...

headache is a common symptom that constitutes a major health problem to all countries in the world. this study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of migraine and tension -type headaches(tth), its associated occupational risk factors among shiraz hospitals staffs, and to report on clinical characteristics of migraine and tth with using the international headache society (ihs) diagnosis cri...

The Cognitive Difficulties Scale, a self-report measure of cognitive functioning, was administered to 111 consecutive adult referrals with posttraumatic head pain subsequent to mild to moderate head and/or cervical flexion-extension injuries who were treated at a clinic specializing in head pain and neurological disorders. Factor analysis of the Cognitive Difficulties Scale yielded seven meanin...

autobiographical memory, that is, our memory for personal life experiences, is integral to our sense of self. however, the experience of trauma can create distortions in how our memories are bought to mind. in particular, trauma can produce an overgeneral memory style, which relates to the development of both ptsd and depression. however, theory states that immediately following a traumatic eve...