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O C Bruera

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Status migrainosus: an unusual presentation of a brain abscess.

Status migrainosus and brain abscess are uncommon complications of migraine and infectious diseases, respectively. We describe a woman with a history of migraine with aura but without any history of a pyogenic infectious process, who suffered status migrainosus as the sole manifestation of a brain abscess.

Brain Abscess↗

Intracranial hypotension: the nonspecific nature of MRI findings.

We present three patients who complained of postural headache related to different types of intracranial hypotension: spontaneous or primary, and secondary, but presenting the same findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging. Diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement supports the belief that the enhancement is a nonspecific meningeal reaction to low pressure.

Adult↗