Aerobic exercise as a therapy option for migraine: a pilot study.

Exercise is assumed to have a positive effect on migraine. However, none of the few studies on this topic can prove the expected positive influence of exercise. Therefore, the aim of this pilot study was to develop a training program suitable for migraine patients and to examine its effect on migraine.

Effects of pregnancy on slow cortical potentials in migraine patients and healthy controls.

Increased negative amplitudes and lack of habituation of contingent negative variation (CNV) in migraine are well established and are supposed to reflect an altered cortical excitability level. Migraine attacks occur less during pregnancy but often relapse after delivery. We investigated the effect of pregnancy on slow cortical potentials and reaction time in migraine patients and healthy controls.

Unusual course of colonic tattooing with India ink.

We here report the successful but unusual course of colonic tattooing in a patient with a carcinoma in situ in a polyp. A 70-year-old woman was admitted for persistent diarrhea, occult fecal blood, and anemia. During colonoscopy, a pedunculated large polyp in the sigmoid colon occluding the lumen was removed successfully.

Accuracy of bimanual palpation versus vaginosonography in determination of the measurements of pelvic tumors.

In a prospective study the size of 157 pelvic tumors in 101 patients was measured preoperatively by bimanual palpation and vaginosonography, and the results were compared with measurements made at operation. In 72 uterine and 85 ovarian lesions the Spearman correlation coefficients (rs) between the three maximum diameters at right angles to each other measured at operation and by bimanual palpation ranged from 0.48 to 0.