May 2011

Medicolegal notes in injuries, an emerging clinical importance

Injuries should not be managed surgically or with the use of drugs only as studies show that a lot of injures are suicidal or homicidal rather than accidental and the skill of doctors in obtaining medicolegal notes will go a long way to stop attempted suicides and attempted homicides subsequently leading to death and assist the law to identify culprits as not all injuries are accidental.   Key...

Author(s): Silas O. A., Adoga A. A., Dauda A. M., Echejoh G. O., Menasseh M. N. and Olu-Silas R. A.

May 2011

Infratentorial subdural empyema following pyogenic meningitis in an adult: A case report

Subdural empyema complicating meningitis is relatively common in infants, but is rare in adults. Further infratentorial subdural empyema represents only a small portion of all cases of subdural empyema. The overwhelming majority of infratentorial empyema cases follow a neglected otogenic sepsis, trauma or paranasal sinusitis. We describe a case of 26 years old male who was diagnosed as pyogenic meningitis and...

Author(s): Jhamb Rajat, Kumar Ashok, Ranga Gajender Singh and Bineeta kashyap.