Pseudotumor cerebri
The management of subependymal ...
Background Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is a genetic multisystem disorder associated with hamartomas in several organs including subependymal giant cell ...
Pseudotumor cerebri
Introduction Pseudotumor cerebri is a condition characterized by raised intracranial pressure, normal CSF contents, and normal brain with normal or ...
Learning disorders in children ...
Introduction Learning Disorders (LD) are defined as disorders that interfere with academic performance or with daily activities that require reading ...
Craniopharyngiomas in children: ...
Purpose Two main modes of management of craniopharyngiomas, namely, radical tumor removal and intentional incomplete removal followed by radiotherap ...
Obscure manifestations of Salmo ...
Purpose Salmonella intracranial infections, including subdural empyema and brain abscess, are rare clinical manifestations in children. The aim of t ...
Bradycardia without associated ...
Introduction Delayed diagnosis of ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt malfunction results in avoidable morbidity and mortality. One reason is that most ...
Spinal cord tumors in children ...
Background Tumors of the spinal cord are exceedingly rare in infancy and only a paucity of literature exists describing the spectrum of this disease ...
Neurosurgical treatment of tube ...
Background Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominantly inherited syndrome. Renal disease is the main cause of death. Brain disorders ...
Cellular and paracellular trans ...
Background Experimental approaches to limit the spinal cord injury and to promote neurite outgrowth and improved function from a spinal cord injury ...
Electrocorticography and seizur ...
Purpose The use of electrocorticographically (ECoG)- guided cortical resection in children with lesional epilepsy is controversial. Given the import ...
The diagnosis and treatment of ...
Background Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma develops in a small proportion of tuberous sclerosis patients. There are still several controversies ...
Very long-term follow-up of cog ...
Purpose The aim was to investigate the very long-term cognitive outcome in adults who had been shunt treated for hydrocephalus during their first ye ...
One-stage posterior focus debri ...
Purpose To determine the efficacy and feasibility of surgical management of cervicothoracic tuberculosis accompanied by kyphosis in children by usin ...
Acute deterioration of a Chiari ...
Objectives Report and discuss acute neurological deterioration of Chiari I malformation (CMI), surgical treatment and timing, clinical outcome and l ...
Pediatric multilevel spine inju ...
Object Spinal column trauma is relatively uncommon in the pediatric population, representing 1–2% of all pediatric fractures. However, pediatric spi ...
Does drainage hole size influen ...
Purpose Ventricular catheter drainage holes of shunt systems used to treat hydrocephalus obstruct with tissue commonly comprising monocytes/macropha ...
Common genetic polymorphisms in ...
Purpose Moyamoya is the most common cerebrovascular disease in children in Japan. The disease's etiology is still widely unknown. Several publicatio ...
Cognitive and social functionin ...
Purpose The aim of this study is to assess cognitive, emotional and social functioning in children and adolescents after the removal of craniopharyn ...
Detection of RASA1 mutations in ...
Objective The aim of this study was to identify RASA1 mutation in Chinese population with sporadic Sturge– Weber syndrome (SWS). Methods Genomic DN ...
Increased expression of L-amino ...
Objects Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a dysgenetic syndrome involved in multiple organs, and the pathognomonic cortical tuber act as an epilep ...
Diffuse postoperative cerebella ...
Background We report two cases of diffuse cerebellar swelling with upward transtentorial herniation following medulloblastoma resection. We present ...
Intracranial aneurysms in adole ...
Purpose Intracranial aneurysms are extremely uncommon in adolescents. This study was undertaken to assess the clinical and radiological characterist ...
Single burr hole endoscopic bio ...
Objective In cases of non-communicating hydrocephalus, a combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and tumor biopsy might be necessary. We sug ...
Galectin-3 expression: a useful ...
Objective Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a glycan-binding protein highly expressed in several tumors, including brain neoplasms. This protein has been demons ...
Observed magnetic resonance ima ...
Purpose This study seeks to characterize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes following stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) of pediatric brain malig ...