meningism/headache

We report on a 70-year-old female with acute onset of headache, meningism, xanthochromic cerebrospinal fluid, and developing laboratory parameters indicating a systemic infection. Initially, a subarachnoidal hemorrhage was assumed. However, magnetic resonance imaging showed upper cervical

We report a 45-year-old man who presented with fever, acute occipital headache, and neck stiffness. He denied immunocompromised state such as diabetes, cancer or AIDS. Lumbar puncture showed normal cerebrospinal fluid findings in spite of laboratory parameters indicating inflammatory reaction.

A 40 year old architect presents to you with severe headache and testicular pain. He has been unwell for several days with illness that started with influenzal-type symptoms with a mild pharyngitis and myalgias. His headache has become increasingly more severe in the past 36 hours and is occipital

A 30-year-old male patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic because of fever, headache and cerebellar symptoms. Clinically he presented with a slight meningism. After exclusion of a focal intracerebral process by head scanning, a first diagnosis of an aseptic meningitis was made by the analysis

Spontaneous pituitary apoplexy in the absence of a known pre-existing pituitary adenoma is a very rare cause of sudden onset headache, but can be potentially sight- and life-threatening. We describe a case of a 37-year-old man who presented to the Emergency Department with a severe headache,

A 82-year-old female was admitted to hospital because of deteriorated general condition, severe diffuse headache and complete left-sided ptosis. A computed tomography scan of the head revealed no subarachnoid haemorrhage. Based on the hypothesis that the symptoms resulted from an infarction in the

A 75-year-old lady presented with sudden severe headache and vomiting. Examination was normal, and CT and lumbar puncture not convincing for subarachnoid haemorrhage. Shortly thereafter, she developed painless diplopia. Examination confirmed right third cranial nerve palsy plus homonymous left

The purpose of this report is to describe a new complication of propofol administration. A previously fit patient underwent intravenous anaesthesia with propofol for removal of dental wires. Postoperatively he developed myoclonic jerking of his limbs. On regaining consciousness he complained of an

First time experienced severe headache combined with fever or meningism requires immediate evaluation by computer tomography (CT) to exclude subarachnoidal or cerebral hemorrhage, hydrocephalus or a tumor. If CT is normal,lumbar puncture must be performed to exclude meningitis and

BACKGROUND Headache is one of the most common symptoms following delivery and the underlying cause may be benign or life threatening. Identification of the cause of headache in the postpartum period can be challenging and relies on a comprehensive history and thorough examination, with particular

OBJECTIVE Although meningism manifesting acute headache has been observed to be associated with common viral and bacterial infections, its definition and pathogenesis have not been clarified. Clinical findings and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokines in adult patients with meningism were investigated