An unusual headache: CSF negative APML relapse in the brain

An unusual flight-associated occipital headache

I the medical literature, various types of headaches have been categorized and reported but the headache associated with airplane travel which develops during landing is a new entity. Recently it has been categorized in international headache society classification.1 It is different from other types of headaches since here neurological and otolaryngological examinations as well as imaging are n...

An Investigation into the CSF Absorption in Cats

Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), its secretion, circulation and absorption have been the subject of recent researches. There is a general agreement that the main site of CSF secretion is in the choroids plexus. However, the main absorption site is controversial. Some believe that arachnoid granulations are the principle sites of CSF absorption. In this study, different locations of CSF abs...

CSF tests for dementia: a potential headache?

An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis.

Pulmonary cryptococcosis can be clinically silent in non-HIV infected patients but can also present as nodules and masses on the chest radiograph, which can be mistaken for tuberculosis or lung cancer. Common symptoms include fever and cough, and uncommonly haemoptysis. This report illustrates a non-HIV infected patient whose main complaint was haemoptysis and headache. He was diagnosed with pu...

CSF pseudocyst: an unusual cause of back pain.

To cite: Cunningham J, Allcutt D, O’Hare A, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-203060 DESCRIPTION A 27-year-old woman presented with a 10-month history of right-upper back pain that radiated anterolaterally along the right chest wall and was aggravated by coughing and deep inspiration. She had surgical resection of a low-grade cerebellar ...