encephalocele/headache

A 40-year-old man had a 6-week history of severe frontal headaches and dry cough. Chest x-ray showed hilar adenopathy with bilateral parenchymal infiltrates. A diagnosis of atypical pneumonia was made. Four weeks later he was admitted with persistent headache. Infectious screen was negative. Brain

OBJECTIVE To reveal the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) properties of incidental petrous apex cephalocele (PAC) and coexisting empty sella-arachnoid cyst. METHODS We reviewed our archive from June 2005 to July 2008. Four patients were diagnosed with PAC (four females; age range, 41-60 years; mean,

BACKGROUND The current definition of cough headache includes provocation of the symptom by Valsalva manoeuvre, and it is generally believed that all cough headache results from a sudden increase in intracranial pressure. We sought to question that presumption and to determine whether the Valsalva

OBJECTIVE Intrasphenoidal encephalocele is a rare clinical entity that is often complicated by rhinorrhea, recurrent meningitis, and headache, but in no case has the association of rhinorrhea with subdural hematomas been described. A surgical procedure to stop persistent cerebrospinal fluid leakage

BACKGROUND We describe the case of a 38 year old male with Marfan syndrome who presented with orthostatic headaches and seizures. METHODS The patient was diagnosed with Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension secondary to CSF leaks, objectively demonstrated by MR myelogram with intrathecal contrast.

OBJECTIVE Chiari I malformation is a well-known disease involving caudal descent of the cerebellar tonsils and is generally considered to be a congenital condition. Acquired Chiari I malformations as a result of various causes are well described. An unusual case is reported in which regression of an

Isolated cases of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage with and without middle ear encephalocele have been reported. These leaks are usually accompanied by episodes of recurrent meningitis, hearing loss, or chronic headache. In this article, we report seven new cases of spontaneous CSF

BACKGROUND Laughing is a rare precipitating factor for headaches, and the pathogenesis underlying laugh-induced headache (LH) remains unclear. METHODS Two cases of headache triggered predominantly by laughing were presented in this article. We also reviewed the published English literature regarding

The term cephalocele indicates a rare congenital malformation in which intracranial contents are extended through a defect in the cranium and dura mater. Intranasal cephaloceles belong to the group of basal cephaloceles. They can easily be misdiagnosed as nasal polyps and this can be potentially

OBJECTIVE We present a case of brachial plexus avulsion and reconstructive surgery with cerebrospinal fluid leak between the cervical subarachnoid space and the pleural cavity responsible for tonsillar herniation and syringomyelia. METHODS A 17-year-old man presented with headaches when he was

A 13-year-old male child was evaluated for headache and visual deterioration; he underwent routine MRI imaging which revealed a large craniopharyngeal canal, divided by an abnormal bony septum giving a bipartite appearance of the canal, with a lipoma and cephalocele on either side of the septum. The

BACKGROUND Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IHP) is a rare condition, characterized by a chronic fibrosing inflammatory process usually involving either the intracranial or spinal dura mater, but rarely both. Here, we report a rare case of IHP affecting both the intracranial and spinal dura

A 42-year-old woman presented with persistent headaches, vertigo, vomiting and transient periods of unconsciousness. Examination revealed a spheno-nasopharyngeal encephalocele lying between the ethmoid bone and the sphenoid sinus. It was possible to push the prolapse gently back by a transmaxillary

OBJECTIVE Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is a rare type of primary brain tumor that diffusely infiltrates more than two lobes of the brain while the normal cerebral architecture is maintained. To the best of our knowledge, the association between an acquired tonsillar herniation and GC has never been