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Fifty-six adult female patients with the clinical diagnosis of MwoA kept a diary 6 times per day for 10 consecutive weeks to record the occurrence, pain characteristics, and accompanying symptoms of headache. In order to avoid bias due to retrospection or expectancy the diary was programmed into palmtop computers which signaled the patients with a beep to enter the diary with a random-fixed time schedule: two signals occurred in, respectively, the morning, the afternoon, and the evening, but at different times for each day. The palmtop computers also warranted flawless data storage and automatic computations of response delay and missing values. Of the 339 attacks, 75% had a duration of 4-72 h and 94% confirmed the International Headache Society classification criteria for MwoA concerning pain characteristics and accompanying symptoms. Our results obtained for attacks in treated patients are highly comparable with the results of Rasmussen, Jensen, and Olesen (1991) obtained in the general population with unknown treatment of headache. Together, both studies support the IHS classification criteria for MwoA. The electronic Experience Sampling Method also allowed for an unbiased description of the course of treated MwoA attacks: 67% subsided in the first day. In the 16 attacks the characteristics and accompanying symptoms were present in 60-80% of the attacks at the first assessment (9.30 a.m.) with the exception of moderate to severe pain intensity (37%) and nausea or vomiting (31%). A waxing and waning of characteristics and symptoms over the day remained in about 30-40% of the attacks with a tendency towards increases in the evening (7.30 p.m. and 10 p.m.). The method is there for a replication of this study in untreated MwoA patients.
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PMID:High-density assessment of the IHS classification criteria for migraine without aura: a prospective study. 1037 63

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is not the most common but the most serious clinical form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Serious complications resulting from difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of the disease makes it an important health problem. In our study, 82 patients with TBM, followed up in our clinic between January 1998-December 2002, are evaluated with their clinical and laboratory properties. 52% of our patients were females, 48% were males and their ages ranged from 15 to 70 with a mean of 32 years. The diagnosis was based on patients' history, clinical and laboratory properties, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings and radiographic findings. 59% of our patients were grade II clinically, 29% were grade I, and 23% were grade III. Mostly observed complaints were headache (87%) and nausea-vomiting (63%) and fever (45%) and mostly seen physical findings were stiff neck (70%), alterations in consciousness (57%). Pleocytosis in CSF was detected in 94%, low CSF glucose level in 87%, and elevated CSF protein level in 82% of the patients. From CSF samples of 40 patients, out of total 82, Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated on Loewenstein-Jensen medium (49%). Nineteen patients had tuberculomas, 13 had basal meningitis, and 11 had hydrocephalus on cranial radiographic studies. 28% had miliary pattern and 26% had active infiltration and cavities on chest roentgenogram. A four-drug antituberculous regimen was administered for 88% of the patients and dexamethasone treatment was administered for 75%; 56 (68.3%) patients recovered from the illness, 14 (17%) patients had slight and 4 (4.9%) patients had serious neurological sequeales and 8 (9.8%) patients died in spite of tuberculous therapy. As a conclusion, TBM is an infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. Various prognosis patterns may be observed according to the clinical grade of the patient on application. When suspected, an early diagnosis and early treatment of the disease are the most important factors which effect complication and mortality rates.
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PMID:[Evaluating 82 cases of tuberculous meningitis]. 1576 87

A 19-year-old immunocompetent man was admitted to hospital with diplopia, nausea, vomiting and change in mental status. The patient had a history of tuberculous meningitis that was diagnosed at another hospital 6 months before the present admission, and at that time anti-tuberculosis treatment was initiated using a first-line drug combination. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealed non-communicating hydrocephalus. A ventriculo-peritoneal shunt was inserted surgically. Two months later, the patient was hospitalized again for fever, dysphagia and left hemiparesis. At that time, his cranial CT findings were within normal limits; however, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an irregular multilocular peripheral contrast-enhancing lesion in the posterior fossa. The abscess was surgically drained. The presence of acid-fast bacilli in the abscess material was demonstrated by Ziehl-Neelsen staining. Mycobacterium tuberculosis grew on Lowenstein-Jensen culture medium, and the strain was found to be resistant to isoniazid. One month after the operation, the patient became quadriparetic. Cervical MRI revealed a cervico-thoracic syringomyelitic cavity, after which a syringoperitoneal shunt was placed. Treatment with four drugs was continued for 10 months, and then treatment with three drugs for a total period of 18 months. The patient recovered, with residual quadriparesis. Even though very rare, isoniazid-resistant M. tuberculosis may be the causative agent of progressive tuberculosis.
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PMID:Cerebellar abscess and syringomyelia due to isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 1713 74

A previously well 12-year-old boy presented with a 2-week history of headache, nausea, vomiting and left-sided weakness. He subsequently developed meningism, right abducens nerve palsy, persistent papilloedema and reduced visual acuity in association with a bilateral macular star, consistent with neuroretinitis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination indicated chronic meningitis and serological testing confirmed recent Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, although PCR in CSF was negative. He was treated for aseptic meningitis with ceftriaxone, aciclovir, azithromycin and acetazolamide for intracranial hypertension, with gradual improvement in clinical condition and visual acuity over several weeks. This is the first report of M. pneumoniae chronic meningitis further complicated with bilateral neuroretinitis and intracranial hypertension. Evidence of central nervous system inflammation in the absence of direct infection suggests an immune-mediated pathophysiology. Although the use of macrolides with antibiotic and immunomodulatory activity might be beneficial, it was not possible to ascertain whether it influenced clinical recovery in this case.
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PMID:Chronic meningitis with intracranial hypertension and bilateral neuroretinitis following Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. 2553 15

Neuroretinitis is the inflammation of retina and optic nerve. It is associated with optic disc edema accompanied by peripapillary or macular hard exudates. A 17 yr old female presented with headache and nausea of five days duration. She had periorbital edema and mild splenomegaly. Neurological assessment was non-contributory. She was found to have pancytopenia, albuminuria and a high ESR. Thereafter she developed blurring of vision of both eyes. Opthalmological examination showed it to be due to bilateral neuroretinitis. ANA and anti-ds DNA were strongly positive. Renal biopsy with immunofluorescence study revealed diffuse global proliferative lupus nephritis with active lesions [class IV-G (A)]. She was diagnosed as a case of SLE presenting with neuroretinitis.
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PMID:Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Neuroretinitis. 2760