air in the intracranial vascular compartment is rare and only few case reports are published in the literature. without surgery or open head trauma, the origin of air bubbles in the venous sinus is still debated. we report an admitted patient in the emergency room one hour after a severe closed head injury, and in whom, the post-surgical cranial ct scan demonstrated feature of air embolism alon...

background and aim: traumatic subdural hygroma is the accumulation of csf (cerebrospinal fluid) in subdural space following head trauma. the mass effect of hygroma on brain can impinge on consciousness. there are still many ambiguities on indications of hygroma surgery. this is an 11-year follow-up study which involves the patients suffering traumatic subdural hygroma who underwent surgery. met...

a case of a transcranial stab wound is presented in which the patient was stabbed in the left temporal bone with a knife which, after traversing the tentorium, passed through the occipital squama and its tip reached the upper cervical area. the subject underwent surgery and was discharged without neurological sequelae. the fundamental principles of management in this specific type of head injur...

background: brainstem hemorrhage was first described by cheyne in 1812 in a pathological study of patients presenting with lethargy and coma. in 1877 bode reviewed the findings of 67 patients reported in the literature (1). in the united states, the incidence of closed head injury is estimated to be approximately 200 cases per 100,000 persons per year. the financial burden of head injuries in t...

head louse infestation is common in various parts of the world. baluchestan area in southeast of iran is one of the most infected areas. we studied the head louse infestation among the girls in primary schools of iranshahr, which is the largest city of the province during november 2002 to may 2003. totally 918 pupils, between 6-14 years old from 12 urban primary schools were randomly selected b...

introduction: nasopharyngeal carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies in the head and neck region and radiotherapy is its treatment of choice. in spite of the fact that it is widely used, due to the presence of many sensitive organs or tissues in this region, patients may suffer from a wide range of side effects. one such sensitive tissue is the spinal cord. if the absorbed dose to spin...

motor vehicle and falling down are responsible for the most number of traumatic injuries. this study aimed to compare the characteristics of traumatic brain injury among accident and falling down cases. in this analytical cross- sectional study, data were collected from the records of cadavers who died due to accident or falling down and referred to kahrizak dissection hall, tehran forensic med...

there are many techniques for reconstruction after total pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy. the use of a transposed stomach to restore gastrointestinal continuity, and this combined cervical and abdominal approach for pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy and gastric pull up has become one of the most popular. this retrospective study is a review of 50 consecutive iranian patients who underwent pharyngolaryn...

background: to determine the prevalence of incidental findings on brain ct scan in mild head trauma patients. methods: from november 2005 to april 2006, we evaluated 732 ct scans of cases with mild head trauma (glasgow coma scale score of thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen), whom referred to our university affiliated hospital. in this study, we evaluated incidental findings on brain ct of our pati...