We report a case of a 65-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital on an emergent basis because of head trauma. Non-contrast-enhanced CT findings of the brain suggested a small extraaxial hematoma that was shown to be a superficial middle cerebral vein variant on subsequent MR images.

formula one legend michael schumacher hit his head severely while skiing on december 29, 2013. he was operated on for brain decompression and left in a coma fighting for life. in such severe brain injury with cerebral contusion and hemorrhage following head trauma, refractory to medical therapy and with increasing cerebral oedema and intracranial pressure, critically low cerebral perfusion can ...

We report two children who developed hemiparesis secondary to cerebral infarcts complicating Lemierre syndrome. The fi rst case is a one-year-old patient who presented a left internal jugular vein thrombosis and a left carotid compression due to retropharyngeal cellulitis. The second case is a fi ve-year-old girl who presented a left internal jugular vein and a right carotid artery thrombosis a...

A detailed description of the anatomy of the central occipital emissary vein, its embryology, anatomy, and abnormal variations is not available in the literature. This is the first known case report. A 48-year-old female underwent cerebral angiography to rule out dural arterio-venous fistula. Her angiography revealed an abnormally large central occipital emissary vein originating from the torcu...

Background: The vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (GVAM) is a rare congenital vascular lesion, with high morbidity and mortality without treatment, endovascular management is the best alternative available today. Aim: The purpose of this work is to report the case of a female patient with imaginological and angiographical diagnosis of GVAM, which was difficult for endovascular managent alon...

BACKGROUND The objective of this article was to investigate the operation outcome, complications, and the patient's quality of life after surgical therapy for central gyrus region meningioma with epilepsy as the primary symptom. METHODS All patients get at least 6 months of follow-up (range, 6-34 mo) after surgery. They underwent preoperative magnetic resonance imaging and video electroenceph...

Results of an observational study. devoted to prevention of thromboembolic complications in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter pulmonary vein atrium isolation are discussed. Patients (n= 199) were divided into two comparable groups depending on the anticoagulant (rivaroxaban or warfarin) used. Clinical thromboembolic and/or hemorrhagic complications as well as rate of develop...

Dr. Rômulo L. Gama – Rede Sarah de Hospitais de Reabilitação Avenida Presidente Juscelino Kubitscheck 4500 60861-630 Fortaleza CE Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Developmental venous anomaly (DVA), also known as venous angioma, is becoming the most commonly encountered intracranial vascular malformation in central nervous system (CNS) imaging. It is thought that DVA develops during developm...

A 38-year-old woman using hormonal contraception presented with right-sided abdominal and arm clonic seizures, right hemiparesis, hypesthesia, and nausea. She denied headache. D-dimers were 350 ng/mL (laboratory reference #500 ng/mL). CT showed a small left parietal hemorrhagic infarct with adjacent hyperdense cortical vein (figure 1). MRI 15 hours after onset showed magnetic susceptibility eff...

The communication between pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein or between a bronchial artery and the pulmonary vein is called as pulmonary arterio-venous malformation. Dyspnea on exertion, fatigue, nasal bleeding, bluish discoloration of lips and nail beds and hemoptysis are common presenting complaints. In childhood only 10% of cases are identified. Cerebral vascular accidents, brain abscess, h...