A patient with Marfan's syndrome had spontaneous intracranial hypotension secondary to a proved CSF leak. It is postulated that the leak was caused by minor, unrecognised trauma rupturing spinal arachnoid diverticula. The diverticula were probably pre-existing abnormalities complicating the Marfan's syndrome. It is concluded that patients with spinal meningeal defects may be at increased risk o...

BACKGROUND Fat embolism syndrome is the result of systemic manifestations of fat emboli in the microcirculation. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a condition that increases the risk of fracture resulting in fat emboli. CASE REPORT We describe a patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who exhibited cardiopulmonary, neurologic, and ophthalmologic sequelae consistent with fat emboli syndrome afte...

INTRODUCTION Parkinsonian syndrome secondary to craniocerebral trauma is a controversial subject. Of the 163 reports of traumatic Parkinsonism which includes over 200 individual cases, only 2% have had sufficient evidence to implicate trauma as the etiological factor." Clinical criteria for the diagnosis of this rare entity include cerebral trauma of sufficient severity to produce midbrain dama...

The fat embolism syndrome, often a complication of major trauma, frequently passes undiagnosed. The classical picture of cerebral confusion, respiratory distress and petechiae of skin and mucosa is not always seen. A distinction must be made between the clinical entity and fat embolism demonstrated pathologically. Post-mortem, fat embolism is often found after deaths from causes other than trau...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence, reasons and prognosis about Horner's syndrome in thoracic surgical patients. METHODS In this prospective clinical study, 933 adult patients were assessed between the years of 1998 and 2002. All patients who underwent chest tube insertion (n: 662 patients) or thoracotomy (n: 342 patients), or who had thoracic trauma (n: 268 patients) were routinely examine...

OBJECTIVE This meta-analysis systematically examined the association of reported psychological trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with functional somatic syndromes including fibromyalgia, chronic widespread pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, temporomandibular disorder, and irritable bowel syndrome. Our goals were to determine the overall effect size of the association and to examine m...

Scaer's interest in trauma stems from his experience assessing victims of motor vehicle accidents who have whiplash syndrome. These patients complain of diverse symptoms that often cannot be explained by their physical injuries. Moreover, despite their frequent involvement in litigation, patients with whiplash often fail to improve even after receiving substantial financial compensation for the...

Fibromyalgia is a functional pain syndrome manifested by psychological symptoms such as dissociative symptoms, which are closely related to childhood trauma. The purpose of this research was compare female fibromyalgia patients and healthy females investigate the prevalence trauma symptoms. study included 51 followed up with diagnosis in Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Outpatient Clinic Bezmia...