Pineal tumors and associated lesions: the effect of ethnicity on tumor type and treatment.

abstract：BACKGROUND:An 11-month-old boy with autosomal recessive infantile osteopetrosis presented, 7 months after bone marrow transplantation, with normal ventricular size and life-threatening intracranial hypertension due to pansynostosis. METHODS:The cranial vault was expanded by using jackscrew distracters to upwardly adva...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Dowlati D,Winston KR,Ketch LL,Quinones R,Giller R,Frattini A,van Hove J

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:As prior studies analysed predictive factors for various post-laminectomy spinal deformities in mixed spinal regions, age groups or pathologies, their validity and conclusions were unclear. The objective of this study was to determine predictive factors for worsened cervical or thoracic spinal sagi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Yeh JS,Sgouros S,Walsh AR,Hockley AD

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although extra-axial hematomas are a well-known complication of ventricular shunting, epidural hematomas are uncommon in this setting. We report an unusual case of multiple epidural hematomas in a patient with hydrocephalus treated by ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The patient became symptomatic 5 days after shunting and...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kalia KK,Swift DM,Pang D

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：:There have been numerous reported cases of diffuse intravascular coagulation (DIC) or defibrination syndrome associated with head trauma, but very few reported cases associated with primary brain tumor. This report concerns the findings in a case of DIC associated with brain tumor surgery in an infant. The patient die...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Huang PS,Koo KE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermoids and epidermoids found at reoperation for tethered cord following myelomeningocele repair have been attributed to inadequate excision of cutaneous elements and 'implantation' in the repair site. This study reviews the pathological findings in excised placodes from fresh myelomeningoceles and specimens from tet...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Storrs BB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal treatment for hydrocephalus related to Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS) remains elusive. Patients with DWS-related hydrocephalus often require combinations of shunting systems to effectively drain both the supratentorial ventricles and posterior fossa cyst. We describe an endoscopic technique, whereby a frontally p...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Sikorski CW,Curry DJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skull defects in children may be congenital or acquired after trauma, infection or tumor. For defects that do not close spontaneously a variety of repair (cranioplasty) materials are available including bone, metals and acrylic. Where possible calvarial autogenous bone is preferred, particularly in younger infants, bu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hockley AD,Goldin JH,Wake MJ,Iqbal J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The cumulative incidence of radiation-induced second malignancy is 1-2% per decade after radiotherapy (RT). Radiation-induced malignant glioma (RIMG) is a rare complication of cranial RT. CASE PRESENTATION:We herein describe a case of left frontal glioblastoma arising 5 years after prophylactic cranial ir...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Biswas A,Kashyap L,Bakhshi S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two children with hemihypertrophy and Chiari I malformation (CIM) and review the extant medical literature regarding CIM and overgrowth disorders. We propose that these two entities do not represent a spurious association but rather share a common dysembryology of mesoderm. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Smyth MD,Wellons JC 3rd,Oakes WJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant tumors arising within dysrhaphic malformations are very rare and are mostly teratomas; so far, only one rhabdomyosarcoma has been reported in this context. We report another case of a girl with lipomyelomeningocele who developed a lumbar rhabdomyosarcoma 2 years after birth and primary closure of the neural ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Wagner W,Koch D

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:Eighteen children under the age of 1 year underwent surgery for lipomeningocele at our institution between 1983 and 1991. All the patients had neurologic exams and urodynamic studies (UDS) including a cystometrogram and electromyography of the external urethral sphincter pre- and postoperatively. The surgical procedur...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Sathi S,Madsen JR,Bauer S,Scott RM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chiari I malformation is associated with a hydromyelic cavity in 55-75% of patients. In the author's series (1977-1991), hydromelia occurred in 111 of 131 patients (85%). There were 35 children. Posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty and fourth ventricle to subarachnoid shunt was made in all patients with C...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Menezes AH

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:For over 60 years congenital kyphotic deformities of the spine have been categorized into two distinct groups, depending on the developmental defect. Those arising from a failure of formation of the vertebral bodies were classified as type 1, while those arising from a failure of segmentation were referred to as type ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Philips MF,Dormans J,Drummond D,Schut L,Sutton LN

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The perception of a surgical complication may differ between surgeons and patients. In pediatric spine surgery, the perception of the parent or primary caregiver may also differ. In order to better define these relationships, we performed a pilot study surveying a convenience sample of pediatric spinal ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Fulkerson DH,Vachhrajani S,Brayton A,Kulkarni AV,Jea A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Composite-type split spinal cord malformation (SCM) is very rare and results from 2 separate foci of ectoendodermal adhesions and endomesenchymal tracts leading to the development of SCM with an intervening normal cord in the same patient. Posterior spurs are even rarer. We report a unique case of composite ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ailawadhi P,Mahapatra AK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and pattern of cervical spinal fusions have been assessed in 59 cases of Apert syndrome (acrocephalosyndactyly type 1). Radiological evidence of vertebral fusion either in progress or completed was observed in 37 (63%) of the cases. Fusion was limited to a single vertebral level in 18 cases and multiple...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Thompson DN,Slaney SF,Hall CM,Shaw D,Jones BM,Hayward RD

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The treatment of symptomatic cranio-vertebral junction (CVJ) instability in children affected by CVJ abnormalities is a challenge. A series of severely symptomatic children has been reviewed to understand the controversial long-term effectiveness of the aggressive management of CVJ abnormalities, in terms of...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Giussani C,Roux FE,Guerra P,Pirillo D,Grimaldi M,Citerio G,Sganzerla EP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital dwarfisms can be associated with a variety of vascular anomalies. Here, we describe 2 patients with congenital dwarfisms who presented with moyamoya syndrome and underwent indirect intracranial revascularization. The pathogenesis of moyamoya syndrome in this population is not well understood, but it is a ma...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Moftakhar P,Smith ER,Choulakian A,Scott RM,Danielpour M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanotic breath-holding spell is a benign and self-limiting disease of young children but occasionally associated with sudden, unexpected death. The authors report a rare case in a 2-year-old girl with a severe form that started after radical resection of a cervicomedullary ganglioglioma. She was admitted to our hospi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Fujisawa H,Yoshida Y,Niida Y,Hasegawa M,Yamashita J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniopharyngiomas can be divided into sellar, prechiasmatic, retrochiasmatic and giant tumors. The initial approach to a craniopharyngioma should be an attempt at its removal. Only if surgical therapy fails to deal with the tumor should more conservative approaches utilizing radiotherapy be used. The use of intracyst...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hoffman HJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Achondroplasia is the commonest form of human dwarfism. The authors report atlanto-axial instability, in consequence to os odontoideum in this subgroup of patients. METHODS:Two achondroplastic dwarfs harboring atlanto-axial dislocation are described along with radiological findings. RESULTS:Both children u...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Mohindra S,Tripathi M,Arora S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of neuroendoscopic third ventriculostomies in children less than 1 year old is reported. Twenty-seven patients underwent the procedure with 21 (77%) failing within a mean of 1.36 months of the procedure. Nineteen were subsequently shunted. The presence or absence of flow through the ventriculostomy and the si...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Buxton N,Macarthur D,Mallucci C,Punt J,Vloeberghs M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningeal melanocytoma is an infrequent neoplasm of the central nervous system (CNS), especially in childhood and infancy. It was first described as an entity different from pigmented meningiomas and schwannomas in 1972, and few cases have been published so far. In this article, a 5-month-old male patient with meninge...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Oruckaptan HH,Soylemezoglu F,Kutluk T,Akalan N

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, hemispherectomy is a well-established procedure for the treatment of some sorts of catastrophic epilepsies. This, however, has not always been the case. The technique was developed to deal with brain tumors; however, the initial results were not remarkable. Moreover, when its morbidity became evident, it was al...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： de Almeida AN,Marino R Jr

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00