We report a patient with a chronic intramedullary spinal cord abscess who suffered an episode of acute meningitis due to rupture of the abscess into the subarachnoid space.

BACKGROUND Neurocysticercosis (NC) is one of the most frequent parasitic diseases of the central nervous system. Cysticidal drugs, albendazole and praziquantel, are generally effective when parasites localize in the parenchyma. In contrast, parasites lodged in the subarachnoid basal cisterns are less responsive to treatment. CASE PRESENTATION The clinical and radiological pictures of six Mexi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Low cardiovascular fitness (fitness) in mid- and late life is a risk factor for stroke. However, the respective effects on long-term stroke risk of fitness and muscle strength in early adulthood are unknown. Therefore, we analyzed these in a large cohort of young men. METHOD We performed a population-based longitudinal cohort study of Swedish male conscripts registered ...

Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a type of stroke, which occurs when there is bleeding in the subarachnoid space around the brain. The incidence in the UK is approximately 8 per 100,000 population per year (0.008%). The commonest cause of SAH is rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (7085%) other causes include arteriovenous malformations, tumours, trauma and non-aneurysmal perimesencephalic haemorrh...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We describe the clinical, diagnostic, and outcome features of a cohort of white patients with idiopathic moyamoya disease treated in a German institution. METHODS Our cohort included 21 white patients with moyamoya disease. Clinical and diagnostic features were obtained by retrospective chart review; follow-up information and outcome were obtained prospectively. We used...

We describe a case of hyperacute subarachnoid and intraventricular hemorrhage from a ruptured aneurysm, which occurred while the patient was undergoing MR imaging. Compared with CSF, the blood in the subarachnoid space had slightly lower signal intensity on T2*-weighted gradient-echo images and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted spin-echo images. This finding differs from the generally a...

Results The CT images in each patient revealed diffuse hyperdensity in the basal cisterns in an appearance similar to aneurysmal SAH. None of the patients had the typical distribution of nonaneurysmal perimesencephalic-SAH. In two of the patients, the prospective CT interpretation by the radiologist cited true SAH as the etiology of this increased attenuation within the subarachnoid spaces. In ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Monitoring and therapy of patients in neurocritical care are areas of intensive research and the current evidence needs further confirmation. RECENT FINDINGS A consensus statement of the Neurocritical Care Society and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine provided pragmatic guidance and recommendations for multimodal monitoring in neurocritical care patients. Only ...

Clinical and radiological patterns from 148 patients with post-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage (TSAH) were analysed with specific regard for the amount and distribution of blood in subarachnoid spaces to verify if these variables have any influence on overall outcome. The degree and extent of TSAH were classified according to Fisher's criteria: in 93 patients it was grade 1, in 36 grade 2, i...