Charlottesville, VA (August 20, 2013). Researchers at Duke University conducted a randomized clinical trial in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In this study, the researchers compared two ...
The space between the arachnoid and pia meningeal layers encasing the brain is a landscape of connective tissue, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid. Scientists debate how that fluid moves within ...
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage-related hydrocephalus (aSAH-H) is a clinical syndrome that leads to excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and ventricle enlargement in the brain.
Cerebrospinal fluid washes waste from the brain, eventually draining into the lymph nodes and bloodstream—but exactly how this flow bypasses the brain’s barriers to reach the periphery has remained ...
By Hugo Francisco de Souza New neuroimaging research shows that when sleep-deprived people lose focus, the brain briefly ...
Evaluating the Sensitivity of Visual Xanthochromia in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Aurora S, Swadron S, et al. JEM 2010; 39: 13-16. Past studies have found xanthochromia on lumbar puncture ...
A 43 year-old man presented with a sudden, severe headache, nausea and vomiting. Over the next eight hours, he became obtunded and fell into a coma. Non-Communicating Hydrocephalus from Subarachnoid ...
A 35 year-old woman developed an explosive headache followed by nausea and vomiting. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Axial CT scans without contrast. Note the bright signal which signifies blood in the ...