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Chronic Headache Leading To The Diagnosis Of Empty Sella, Melissa Itidiare Locke, Rachel Burke May 2023

Chronic Headache Leading To The Diagnosis Of Empty Sella, Melissa Itidiare Locke, Rachel Burke

Rowan-Virtua Research Day

Headaches are one of the most common chief complaints presenting to the Emergency Department. The differential is broad. The workup is tailored to the patient’s history. Here we present the case of a young female who developed headaches over the past year. After numerous imaging studies of her brain, the most recent revealed an Empty Sella diagnosis.


Case Report: Glioblastoma Tumor Presenting With Mild Changes In Memory, Samuel Thalathoti, Nicholas Palladino, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna May 2022

Case Report: Glioblastoma Tumor Presenting With Mild Changes In Memory, Samuel Thalathoti, Nicholas Palladino, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna

Rowan-Virtua Research Day

We report a case of a 66-year-old female who presented to the ED with generalized headache and mild confusion, who was diagnosed with high-grade glial neoplasm. The differential diagnosis of headache is vast, but without red flags or symptoms is generally from a benign cause and easily treatable. However, even in the context of a normal neurologic physical exam, symptoms such as confusion, forgetfulness, and behavioral changes should merit imaging in the workup. Glioblastoma is the most common brain tumor, accounting for 47.7% of all cases, with an incidence of 3.21 per 100,000 population. Median age of diagnosis is 64 …


Prochlorperazine Vs Metoclopramide As First Line Treatment In Intractable Headache In The Pediatric Emergency Department, Courtney Hill, Kaitlynn Small, Urvashi Baruanath, Erica Junqueira, Brandon Carter, Anita Datta, Ameer Hassoun, Zuhair Ali Jan 2022

Prochlorperazine Vs Metoclopramide As First Line Treatment In Intractable Headache In The Pediatric Emergency Department, Courtney Hill, Kaitlynn Small, Urvashi Baruanath, Erica Junqueira, Brandon Carter, Anita Datta, Ameer Hassoun, Zuhair Ali

Gulf Coast Division Research Day 2022

No abstract provided.


Case Report: Post-Partum Headache, Alaleh Ebrahimi May 2021

Case Report: Post-Partum Headache, Alaleh Ebrahimi

Rowan-Virtua Research Day

Cerebral venous sinus thromboses are rare and occur in 5 people/1,000,000, more commonly in women that are pregnant at about 202/100,000 deliveries with an 11.63% mortality rate. It is believed that pregnancy being a hypercoagulable state is one of the main reasons that it is more common in pregnant and post-partum women. Common symptoms include sudden onset headache, blurry vision, focal neuro deficits, seizures and altered mental status.


Peripheral Nerve Stimulator For Treating Nummular Headaches And Occipital Neuralgia, Bruce Dixon Do, Stephen Pyles Md, Ettore Crimi Md Oct 2019

Peripheral Nerve Stimulator For Treating Nummular Headaches And Occipital Neuralgia, Bruce Dixon Do, Stephen Pyles Md, Ettore Crimi Md

Anesthesiology

No abstract provided.