Brucella Abscess and Granuloma of the Brain
Fig. 7.1 Abscess in the remaining hemisphere of a hemispherectomized patient Table 7.1 A review of Brucella abscess or “brucelloma” of the brain in the available world literature Reference and…
NEUROLOGY
Clinical Presentation of Vertebral Brucellosis
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Mehmet Turgut, Fuad Sami Haddad and Oreste de Divitiis (eds.)Neurobrucellosis10.1007/978-3-319-24639-0_13 13. Clinical Presentation of Vertebral Brucellosis Oreste de Divitiis1 , Michelangelo de Angelis1 and Andrea Elefante2 (1) Department of Neurosciences, Reproduction and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of…
Brucella Meningitis
Fig. 5.1 Contrast-enhanced axial T2-FLAIR (a), axial (b), and sagittal (c) T1-weighted slices in a 31-year-old man with Brucella meningitis causing visual disturbances. Diffuse and intense enhancement in the basal…
Brucellar Psychosis
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Mehmet Turgut, Fuad Sami Haddad and Oreste de Divitiis (eds.)Neurobrucellosis10.1007/978-3-319-24639-0_10 10. Brucellar Psychosis Hamid Reza Naderi1 (1) Department of Infectious Diseases, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Hamid Reza Naderi Email: naderihr@mums.ac.ir…
Pseudotumor Cerebri in Neurobrucellosis
Reference and date of publication Age in years Sex Symptoms Signs Neck rigidity Neuroimaging Blood evaluations CSF evaluations Tekeli et al. 1999 [14] 22 F Uncrossed diplopia, headache Intracranial hypertension …
Epidural and Subdural Brucellar Empyema
Fig. 4.1 Brucella organisms on gram stain of colonies from blood culture of a patient with brucellosis, × 1000 (Courtesy of G.F. Araj, M.D.) Laboratory confirmation of neurobrucellosis should be…
Human Brucellosis and Its Complications
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Mehmet Turgut, Fuad Sami Haddad and Oreste de Divitiis (eds.)Neurobrucellosis10.1007/978-3-319-24639-0_2 2. Human Brucellosis and Its Complications George F. Araj1 (1) Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, 11-0236,…
in Traumatic Brain Injury
High risk factors (high risk for necessary neurosurgical intervention) • Score of less than 15 on the GCS at 2 h post-injury • Suspected open or depressed skull fracture • More than two…
Systematic and Evidence-Based Approach to Clinical Management of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness
Behavior PTCS MCS VS Eye opening Spontaneous Spontaneous Spontaneous Attention Impaired selective/sustained attention Inability to focus/sustain attention None Response to pain Defensive/anticipatory Localization Posturing/withdrawal Movement Goal-directed/appropriate object use Automatic/object manipulation…
Traumatic Brain Injury: Outcome, Assessment, and Intervention
Fig. 1 Standard Scores from 90 to 109 are considered to be in the Average range Fig. 2 Standard area scores of 89–111 are in the average range Fig. 3…
