Radiological investigations in non-aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: A 5-year review.

•All patients with a Fisher grade 2 bleed and a negative CT angiogram had catheter angiography negative for any abnormality.•Neuroradiologists identified vascular abnormalities not reported by district general hospitals.•Follow-up MRI may be a useful adjunct in subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Treatment of acute aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage with primary flow diversion: 5-year single-centre experience.

Aim: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of treatment of patients presenting with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) with primary flow-diverting stents (FDS; with or without adjuncts), with comparison to the published literature.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective single-centre review was undertaken of prospectively obtained data on patients treated for SAH over a 60-month period. Of 354 patients treated for SAH during that time period, 24 patients with a total of 25 aneurysms were identified.

Silicone allergy mimicking shunt infection.

Purpose: The purpose of this case report is to highlight silicone allergy as a rare cause of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt complication, often mimicking infection.

Materials And Methods: Information regarding the patient presented was obtained by review of their medical notes, both paper and electronically. A literature review was performed by searching Pubmed using the following terms; silicone allergy and shunt allergy, to identify similar publications.

Cerebral Nocardiosis: A Rare Cause of Hemiplegia in the Acute Medicine Unit.

Nocardiosis, a rare infection occurring mostly in immunosuppressed patients can present with neurological complications including cerebral abscess formation, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We describe the case of a 54-year-old immunocompetent man with cerebral nocardiosis, who presented with sudden onset hemiparesis in an acute medicine unit. He required three craniotomies with excision, following failure to respond to antimicrobial therapy, with subsequent clinical improvement and radiological resolution of multiple cerebral abscesses.