scholarly journals Colloid Cyst: A Potentially Life-Threatening Etiology of Severe Headache in a Patient With Migraine

Cureus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rayan N Alshuaylan ◽  
Abdulelah A Alismail ◽  
Fisal M Haobani ◽  
Mohammed R Alfulayw ◽  
Abdullah Y Abu Maghayed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colloid Cyst ◽  
Severe Headache ◽  
Life Threatening

The colloid cyst of the third ventricle - a potential life threatening benign tumour

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Grigoriu ◽  
G Dumitrescu ◽  
I Florea ◽  
C Marcu ◽  
V Isaila
Keyword(s):  
Third Ventricle ◽  
Colloid Cyst ◽  
Benign Tumour ◽  
The Third ◽  
Life Threatening

Sudden Headaches

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
N J Giffin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Sinus Thrombosis ◽  
Severe Headache ◽  
Clinical Suspicion ◽  
Thunderclap Headache ◽  
Venous Sinus Thrombosis ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Neurological Conditions ◽  
Cardinal Feature ◽  
Sudden Headache

Sudden severe headache is a cardinal feature of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and other potentially life threatening neurological conditions. Early diagnosis and management improves the outcome of SAH. In general practice, benign thunderclap headache vastly outnumbers SAH as a cause of sudden headache. Thunderclap headache is a diagnosis of exclusion and all patients admitted with a first presentation of a severe headache lasting more than one hour should be investigated with a CT and lumbar puncture. It must be borne in mind that these investigations may miss diagnoses such as venous sinus thrombosis and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) should be performed if clinical suspicion remains high.

Thunderclap headache

2020 ◽  
pp. 307-313
Author(s):  
Hille Koppen ◽  
Agnes van Sonderen ◽  
Sebastiaan F.T.M. de Bruijn
Keyword(s):  
Sinus Thrombosis ◽  
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
Severe Headache ◽  
Thunderclap Headache ◽  
Cerebral Vasoconstriction ◽  
Initial Work ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Work Up ◽  
Neurologically Intact

Severe headache of sudden onset is relatively common, especially in emergency departments, and has an extensive differential. Neurovascular disorders often present with thunderclap headache. Although the initial work-up is focused to exclude subarachnoid haemorrhage, several other serious life-threatening disorders must be considered, such as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and stroke. Furthermore, other causes like reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome are recognized more and more. In this chapter the work-up of alert, neurologically intact patients presenting with an acute and severe headache, not related to trauma, will be described.

scholarly journals COMPLICATED MIGRAINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Kadek Putri Paramita Abyuda ◽  
Shahdevi Nandar Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Disease ◽  
Severe Headache ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complicated Migraine ◽  
Abortive Treatment ◽  
Migraine Pathophysiology ◽  
Systemic Symptoms ◽  
As Stress ◽  
The Brain

Migraine is a chronic paroxysmal neurological disease characterized by attacks of moderate or severe headache accompanied by reversible neurologic and systemic symptoms. Although not life threatening, migraine can cause disability in the productive population. Migraine sufferers generally have a family history of migraine so that migraine is considered a genetic disease. Endogenous psychological factors such as stress or fatigue are the main triggers for migraine. Migraine pathophysiology involves various parts of the brain so that migraine symptoms are complex. Management of acute migraine can be done pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically. Migraine preventive management is needed if the patient has a chronic migraine or does not respond to abortive treatment.

scholarly journals Cryptococcal Meningitis and Its Optimal Antifungal Therapy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 164-167
Author(s):  
Jimmer Joe ◽  
Shravan Jayachnadran ◽  
A. Priya
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Cryptococcal Meningitis ◽  
Severe Headache ◽  
Antifungal Drugs ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Cryptococcal Infection ◽  
India Ink ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Antigen Testing ◽  
The Brain

Cryptococcal meningitis is the major life threatening opportunistic infection and is caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. Severe headache and with or without fever is the characteristic feature in patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Headache is seen in > 75% while Fever is seen in only 65% of the patients. For the diagnosis of cryptococcal infection neuroimaging of the brain, India ink, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture is considered. We report a case of cryptococcal meningitis who’s cryptococcal antigen testing was positive and India ink examination showed the cells resembling cryptococcus and he was treated with antifungal drugs mainly the combination therapy showed better outcome. Key words: Cryptococcal meningitis, Amphotericin B, Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

Assembly of VP26 in herpes simplex virus-1 capsid implicated by 3-D structure of recombinant capsid

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 840-841
Author(s):  
Z. Hong Zhou ◽  
Jing He ◽  
Joanita Jakana ◽  
J. D. Tatman ◽  
Frazer J. Rixon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
3D Structure ◽  
Structure Study ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽  
Shell Proteins ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Hsv 1

Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) is a ubiquitous virus which is implicated in diseases ranging from self-curing cold sores to life-threatening infections. The 2500 Å diameter herpes virion is composed of a glycoprotein spike containing, lipid envelope, enclosing a protein layer (the tegument) in which is embedded the capsid (which contains the dsDNA genome). The B-, and A- and C-capsids, representing different morphogenetic stages in HSV-1 infected cells, are composed of 7, and 5 structural proteins respectively. The three capsid types are organized in similar T=16 icosahedral shells with 12 pentons, 150 hexons, and 320 connecting triplexes. Our previous 3D structure study at 26 Å revealed domain features of all these structural components and suggested probable locations for the outer shell proteins, VP5, VP26, VP19c and VP23. VP5 makes up most of both pentons and hexons. VP26 appeared to bind to the VP5 subunit in hexon but not to that in penton.

An Overview of Dementias

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Venkata Vijaya K. Dalai ◽  
Jason E. Childress ◽  
Paul E Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Current Treatment ◽  
Great Variability ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
The Common ◽  
Neurodegenerative Dementias ◽  
Made In

Dementia is a major public health concern that afflicts an estimated 24.3 million people worldwide. Great strides are being made in order to better diagnose, prevent, and treat these disorders. Dementia is associated with multiple complications, some of which can be life-threatening, such as dysphagia. There is great variability between dementias in terms of when dysphagia and other swallowing disorders occur. In order to prepare the reader for the other articles in this publication discussing swallowing issues in depth, the authors of this article will provide a brief overview of the prevalence, risk factors, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, current treatment options, and implications for eating for the common forms of neurodegenerative dementias.

1743: Risk Count Assessment: A New Concept for Detection of Life Threatening Prostate Cancer During a Window of Curability

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 579-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ballentine Carter ◽  
Anna E. Kettermann ◽  
Luigi Ferrucci ◽  
Patricia Landis ◽  
E. Jeffrey Metter
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Life Threatening
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