Head trauma and posttraumatic epilepsy in Slavonski Brod, East Croatia, 1988-2008.

Posttraumatic epilepsy is result of head trauma. The aim of our research was to establish how many patients after head trauma developed posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE). Retrospectively we analyzed 50 patients with head trauma different severity in period from 1989 to 2008, which we werified radiological, electroenfephalographic, and psychical changes were established according pto psychiatric examination.

Giant aneurysm of basilar artery.

In the article we showed the patient, a woman with unruptured giant aneurysm of basilar artery, we showed the done examinations, and therapy dilemmas about what to do in the given case. We found in literature a number of examples which suggest operation treatment, but of embolisation too, some suggest conservative treatment.

[Ocular dirofilariasis: a case report].

A case of ocular dirofilariasis in a female patient is presented. The zoonosis caused by parasites of the genus Dirofilaria is relatively rare in humans, with a higher incidence in south and central Europe, Asia and Africa. In Europe, dirofilariasis is mostly caused by the species Dirofilaria repens.

[Prevention of tension type headache with topiramate].

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of topiramate in the prevention of tension type headache. Tension type headache is the most common primary headache; the 1-year prevalence is 38%. Tension type headache often causes reduced quality of life.