Spontaneous thrombosis of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation.

abstract：:Arachnoid cysts are collections of cerebrospinal fluid covered by arachnoidal cells and collagen. They may have a congenital or acquired origin. We present the case of a 7-year-old boy with a cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cyst harbouring a portion of neuroglia. Microscopically, the cyst wall consisted of a delicate...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ariai S,Koerbel A,Bornemann A,Morgala M,Tatagiba M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation (AARS) is an uncommon disease with a greater prevalence in children than adults. So far there has only been one report of AARS after surgery related to ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting. We present a new case of AARS closed reduction treatment after VP shunt removal in an 8-year-old ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hashide S,Aihara Y,Nagahara A,Mitsuyama T,Okada Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial capillary hemangiomas are very rare, though several spinal capillary hemangiomas have recently been reported. We report here a case of intracranial capillary hemangioma with multiple cysts and review the current literature of similar cases. A 4-month-old girl was referred to our hospital for treatment of ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Uyama A,Kawamura A,Akiyama H,Nakamizo S,Yamamoto K,Nagashima T,Uetani T,Takeda H,Yoshida M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrocephalic (n = 19) and normal (n = 20) children in two age groups (averaged at 10 and 14 years old) were asked to learn 5 predetermined timing rhythm interval tasks (including timing duration and relative timing pattern) by pressing keys on a computer keyboard. In the acquisition phase, visual and auditory goal ti...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ding Y,Lai Q,McAllister II JP,Canady AI

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the initiation and development of a comprehensive multidisciplinary and multi-institutional program for the evaluation and management of youth with spasticity. A descriptive step-by-step process of the administrative and organizational sequence of the development of the program is delineated. The Spasticit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： James HE,Hofrichter PB,Spierre LZ,Aldana PR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a neonatal case in whom a large interhemispheric cyst associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum was revealed by fetal ultrasonography and demonstrated by MRI to be multilobulated. Endoscopic fenestration of cysts was initially designed in view of the development of the patient's brain and s...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Uematsu Y,Kubo K,Nishibayashi T,Ozaki F,Nakai K,Itakura T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of a patient with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome associated with hypothalamic hamartoma is described. The English-language literature contains no cases of patients with this association. The clinical manifestations of this syndrome, those of hypothalamic hamartomas, and the appearance of the tumors on magnet...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Diaz LL,Grech KF,Prados MD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients underwent endoscopic biopsy of a tumor involving the third ventricle. Nine patients had no significant medical history while 3 had a history of cancer. Unique characteristics of each case dictated the optimal surgical technique. Endoscopic tumor biopsy was combined with additional procedures in 9 cases...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Souweidane MM,Sandberg DI,Bilsky MH,Gutin PH

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors of the pineal region in children often belong to 2 categories, namely germ cell tumors and pineal parenchymal tumors. Very rare pathologies have previously been reported in this region. Most of these tumors may be similar radiologically, while their management differs. The present series reports 2 children with...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Maiti TK,Arimappamagan A,Mahadevan A,Yasha TC,Pandey P,Santosh V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the prevalence of pathological visually evoked potentials (VEP) before the appearance of papilledema or other signs of elevated intracranial pressure in children suffering from craniosynostosis. In 52 children (19 girls, 33 boys, median age 7.6 months, mean age 7.6 months, range from 3 to 34 months) preop...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Mursch K,Brockmann K,Lang JK,Markakis E,Behnke-Mursch J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts employed in the treatment of hydrocephalus include in their designs a pump mechanism that has been used in office practice as an indicator of whether the shunt is functioning properly; however, the pumping characteristics of shunts have been shown to correlate poorly with clinical...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Piatt JH Jr

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schimmelpenning syndrome is a rare, well-defined constellation of clinical phenotypes associated with the presence of nevus sebaceous and multisystem abnormalities most commonly manifested as cerebral, ocular, and skeletal defects [1]. A single nucleotide mutation in the HRAS or...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Chiang MC,McDowell MM,Weaver K,Broniscer A,Greene S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ewing sarcoma (ES) is an aggressive, primary bone malignancy with occasional soft tissue extension. Purely extra-osseous ES is rare. A primary intraspinal, intradural ES without bone involvement is exceedingly rare. ES may be differentiated from other primitive neuroectodermal tumors by molecular analysis. The authors...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Scantland JT,Gondim MJ,Koivuniemi AS,Fulkerson DH,Shih CS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the older infant with a marked skull deformation from sagittal synostosis a midline craniectomy will not produce an optimal cosmetic result as the brain grows at a much reduced rate and cannot provide the impetus for passive correction of the deformity. An operative technique is described whereby the occipital prom...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： McComb JG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Holocord intramedullary low-grade astrocytomas in children and adolescents - involving most or all of the cervical and thoracic spinal cord - are a rare finding. Most of the tumors seem to be pilocytic astrocytomas. Surgical management strategies might not be as clear as in small and circumscribed intramedullary tumor...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ebner FH,Schittenhelm J,Roser F,Scheel-Walter H,Tatagiba M,Schuhmann MU

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven patients with Dandy-Walker malformation were treated between 1959 and 1989. Eighty percent of patients became symptomatic by 3 years of age, with 70% presenting within the 1st year of life. Hydrocephalus was present in 91% of patients at the time of diagnosis. Clinical presentation was most often heralded...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Osenbach RK,Menezes AH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old boy with chronic papilledema, bilateral coronal synostosis and Pfeiffer syndrome underwent an orbitofrontal advancement. One month postoperatively, his papilledema had resolved, however, his vision progressively deteriorated over the ensuing 3 months to legal blindness. He had no symptoms or signs of incr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Campbell JW,Albright AL,Losken HW,Biglan AW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors located in the region of the foramen of Monro often present with signs and symptoms of obstructive hydrocephalus. Various types of lesions occur in this location. We describe a case of a dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor of the septum pellucidum presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus and its successful ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Harter DH,Omeis I,Forman S,Braun A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Modern neuroimaging and intensive care permit precise delineation and specific treatment of head injury. Children sustaining cranial trauma associated with epidural hematoma (EDH) represent a heterogeneous group with a variety of clinical outcomes. Treatment consists of simple observation or surgical evacuati...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Bejjani GK,Donahue DJ,Rusin J,Broemeling LD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The evolution and severity of hydrocephalus in animal models varies in the species and mode of induction. This makes comparisons of the physiological system under investigation difficult between models. We noted that injection of kaolin into neonatal rats results in a dichotomous outcome into either an acute or ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ishizaki R,Tashiro Y,Inomoto T,Hashimoto N

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss the surgical approach used for and outcome in 11 infants (< or =3 years) who were treated at our institution for ependymomas arising in the cerebellar-pontine (C-P) angle. The median age of the group was 19 months (range: 6-26 months). Of these 11 patients, the initial surgery for 8 was performed at our cen...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Sanford RA,Kun LE,Heideman RL,Gajjar A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty consecutive children are described with spastic cerebral palsy treated with selective functional lumbar and sacral rhizotomy and followed for a minimum of 6 months. In all patients, spasticity improved postoperatively, but this was not necessarily accompanied by a functional improvement. Eighteen children who co...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Steinbok P,Reiner A,Beauchamp RD,Cochrane DD,Keyes R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Gorham-Stout disease is a rare entity characterized by vascular proliferation causing local destruction of bone tissue. Owing to its low incidence and variable clinical presentation, the diagnosis requires a high degree of awareness by the clinician. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We present the case o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hernández-Marqués C,Serrano González A,Cordobés Ortega F,Alvarez-Coca J,Sirvent Cerda S,Carceller Lechón F,Azorín Cuadrillero D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young patient with a large left hemisphere porencephalic cyst underwent neuroimaging investigation (functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), EEG-fMRI, DTI tractography) during presurgical evaluation for intractable epilepsy. The functional workup showed that (a) the healthy hemisphere had undertaken language pr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kokkinos V,Garganis K,Kontogiannis K,Zountsas B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignancy potential of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas (PXAs) has rather been an underestimated reality. We report the case of a 13-year-old boy who presented with signs of increased intracranial pressure. The child had been epileptic since the age of 2. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance scans revealed a huge...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Tekkök IH,Sav A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Traumatic posterior fossa extradural hematomas (PFEDH) are rare lesions constituting <10% of all extradural hematomas. Reliance on clinical findings alone is not recommended as these are nonspecific; for all suspicious cases, it is advisable to conduct a CT scan. Only a handful of pediatric studies have be...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Prasad GL,Gupta DK,Sharma BS,Mahapatra AK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of the study are 126 children with internal hydrocephalus treated within the period 1978-1990. The children were preoperatively divided into six groups according to the etiology of the hydrocephalus. Disorders of the visual functions accompanying elevated intracranial pressure (setting sun 51, syndrome of t...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Tzekov C,Cherninkova S,Gudeva T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial metastasis without pulmonary involvement of Wilms' tumor is very rare, and most previously reported metastatic sites have been in the cerebral parenchyma. We experienced a rare case of metastasis of Wilms' tumor in the tectal plate without pulmonary involvement. A 3-month-old boy was admitted to our hospi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Harada K,Nishizaki T,Kwak T,Fujisawa H,Nishikawa M,Ito H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PSPNET) is extremely rare and only 25 cases have been reported in the world literature so far. Three patients of 8, 9 and 18 years of age, who presented with variable grades of neurological deficit were diagnosed as having a dorsal intramedullary lesion, a holocord lesio...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kumar R,Reddy SJ,Wani AA,Pal L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of pediatric brain tumor was studied in a 10-year period from 1986 to 1995 in Yamaguchi prefecture. The total number of pediatric brain tumors was 83, and the incidence was 2.5/100, 000/year, which did not change during the period. The sign most frequently seen was intracranial hypertension, whereas f...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Nomura S,Nishizaki T,Yamashita K,Ito H

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00