Pilomyxoid astrocytoma of the c ...
Introduction Pilomyxoid astrocytoma (PMA) is a recently described glial tumor with similarities to pilocytic astrocytomas, yet with distinct histopa ...
Posterior fossa decompression a ...
deformity of the hindbrain. The posterior fossa and cerebellum are small in CII. The cerebellar atrophy is associated with cognitive and motor defic ...
MTHFR C677T and A1298C polymorp ...
Background Stroke in pediatric age is a rare event with a multifactorial genesis which could involve genetic factors as methylenetetrahydrofolate re ...
The conjugation of an AQP1-dire ...
Purpose The water channel, aquaporin (AQP)1, is highly specific to the choroid plexus (CP) epithelium within the brain. It is therefore a potential ...
Chemical priming for spinal cor ...
Introduction Spinal cord injury is a complex cascade of reactions secondary to the initial mechanical trauma that puts into action the innate proper ...
Posterior fossa subdural empyem ...
Aims The aims of this study were to analyze the clinical features, radiologic findings, bacteriologic spectrum, and management protocols and outcome ...
Comment on Salman M: Posterior ...
We review a paper by Dr. Salman on the role and timing of posterior fossa decompression in Chiari 2 malformation (C2M) associated with myelomeningoc ...
Spontaneous regression of septu ...
Introduction Spontaneous regression of pilocytic astrocytoma after incomplete resection is well recognized, especially for cerebellar and optic path ...
Harvey Cushing’s early experien ...
intracranial lesions posed a greater diagnostic challenge for physicians during the early twentieth century. At the time, an intracranial neoplasm w ...
Maria Auxiliadora Hospital in L ...
Introduction A myriad of geopolitical and financial obstacles have kept modern neurosurgery from effectively reaching the citizens of the developing ...
Frontal sinus mucocele in assoc ...
We present two paediatric cases of fibrous dysplasia (FD) who presented to the craniofacial neurosurgical clinic with ophthalmological symptoms asso ...
Video-assisted microsurgical tr ...
Purpose This paper outlines the perspectives of transoral craniosurgery for anterior craniovertebral junction (CVJ) compressive abnormalities in the ...
Palliative functional hemispher ...
Purpose Palliative epilepsy surgery is considered for patients that would benefit from surgical therapy for intractable epilepsy but are not candida ...
A population-based case-control ...
(NTD) in Shenyang, we carried out a population-based casecontrol study. Methods We used chi-square test or Fisherپfs exact test to evaluate variati ...
Surgical treatment of huge cong ...
Congenital cranial teratomas are usually characterized by complete loss of the normal intracranial architecture. In the majority of reports, the tum ...
Posttraumatic cerebral infarcti ...
common occurrence and usually no complications, posttraumatic cerebral infarction has rarely been reported. Such infarction is characterized by occl ...
“Groans less, seems more comfor ...
Background Challenges to diagnosing and localizing intracranial lesions in pediatric patients were immense during the advent of neurosurgery. For pa ...
Rapid onset aggressive vertebra ...
Introduction Vertebral haemangiomas are generally benign asymptomatic vascular tumours seen commonly in the adult population. Presentations in paedi ...
Comment to the paper: palliativ ...
neurodegenerative illness is a relatively unexplored challenge. In this issue of CNS, Lupashko and coauthors report the use of epilepsy surgery to e ...
Depressed skull fracture by a t ...
Background and case report Many surgical procedures require a rigid immobilization of the patients’ head, which is usually achieved by using a pin-t ...
Neuroendoscopic fenestration of ...
Purpose Unilateral hydrocephalus is a rare type of hydrocephalus caused by germinal matrix hemorrhage–intraventricular hemorrhage (GMH–IVH) in prete ...
Ectopic recurrence of a craniop ...
This 15-year-old girl was operated due to an ectopic recurrence of a craniopharyngioma along the previous surgical route. She presented with a sella ...
Giant occipital meningocele in ...
Introduction The possibility of an association between Dandy–Walker malformation and occipital meningocele is well-known. However, just an overall n ...
Multiple band frequency analysi ...
We report a 1-year 6-month-old girl with ganglioglioma in the right medial temporal lobe who showed epileptic spasms in clusters. Spasms occasionall ...
Mycophenolate mofetil-induced p ...
Introduction Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a syndrome characterized with increased intracranial pressure, normal cerebrospinal fluid content (CSF), a ...