Cerebral venous air embolism is sometimes caused by head trauma. One of the paths of air entry is considered a skull fracture. We report a case of cerebral venous air embolism following head trauma. The patient was a 55-year-old man who fell and hit his head. A head computed tomography (CT) scan showed the air in the superior sagittal sinus; however, no skull fractures were detected. Follow-up ...

Martin Farlow MD, editor. Dr. Farlow of Indiana University School of Medicine received research grant support from BristolMyersSquibb, Danone, Eisai, Elan, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Novartis, OctaPharma, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, and Sonexa; honorariums from Eisai, Forest Laboratories, Pfizer, and Novartis for speaking engagements; and fees from Accera, Alltech, Astellas, Baxter Healthcare, Ba...

Isolated third cranial nerve palsies in head trauma patients can be the result of direct or indirect damage to the oculomotor nerve. They are usually associated with severe head trauma. We reported a case of isolated oculomotor nerve palsy associated with minor head injury. No initial loss of consciousness was recalled. Computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetic re...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death in most Western nations and consumes an estimated $100 billion annually in the United States alone. In the last 2 decades, the management of TBI has evolved dramatically, as a result of a more thorough understanding of the physiologic events leading to secondary neuronal injury as well as advances in the care of critically il...

OBJECTIVE: To compare the serum levels of S100B after head trauma with the effect of heading, high-intensity exercise, and playing in a league match. Heading and head trauma in soccer have been suspected to cause brain impairment. The protein S100B is a marker of acute neuronal tissue damage. METHODS: Baseline S100B was measured in 535 Norwegian professional soccer players. Two hundred twenty-e...

AIM To determine whether the serum level of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), an important indicator of neuron damage, correlates with the extent of tissue damage in the rat with induced head trauma and to obtain data in order to avoid unnecessary cranial computed tomography analyses. MATERIAL AND METHODS Three-month-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. Rats were divided into 5 group...