Rev Neurol (Paris)
September 2005
Introduction: Central nervous system infection by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) can be responsible for myelitis, meningitis, ventriculitis and large and small-vessels encephalitis.
Case Report: We report the case of a 57-year-old-man hospitalized for deteriorating general health. Physical examination revealed likely encephalitis associated with headache without meningeal syndrome.
Introduction: Carcinomatous meningitis reveals a solid cancer in 10 percent of cases.
Observation: Our patient developed isolated headache which progressively worsened. Cranial Computerized Tomography (CT) was normal.
Purpose: To evaluate all types of complications, both minor and major, associated with modern cerebral angiography.
Materials And Methods: A prospective study of 450 consecutive cerebral angiographic procedures is reported.
Results: One patient (0.