Expansion cranioplasty with jackscrew distracters for craniosynostosis and intracranial hypertension in transplanted osteopetrosis.

abstract：:Although some complications have been reported when using endoscopic techniques, epidural hematoma (EDH) has rarely been caused. The authors report a case of EDH complicating a concomitant endoscopic biopsy procedure with ventricular shunt placement in a young, 14-year-old boy harboring a third ventricle tumor with a ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hamlat A,Heckly A,Doumbouya N,Seigneuret E,Brassier G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the surgical outcome for intractable, MRI-negative infantile spasms (IS), and to identify diagnostic targets in the focal epileptogenic area by methods other than MRI. METHODS:We retrospectively studied 9 patients who had had surgery for intractable IS, and whose lesions did not appear on MRI. We...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hur YJ,Lee JS,Kim DS,Hwang T,Kim HD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in spinal curvature, scoliosis, kyphosis and lordosis are associated with the growth of patients with myelomeningocele. Previous investigators have stated that progressive developmental scoliosis is related to tethered spinal cord. In order to investigate the relationship of tethered spinal cord release to pro...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Reigel DH,Tchernoukha K,Bazmi B,Kortyna R,Rotenstein D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With an incidence of less than 1-3 per million, pediatric aneurysms are rare clinical entities. A traumatic etiology is implicated in a large proportion of these cases, leading to the formation of both 'false' and 'true' aneurysms. These occur most often in the distal circulation, but have also been described in the s...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Haji FA,Boulton MR,de Ribaupierre S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery has had an increasing role in the treatment of selected intracranial lesions in pediatric patients. In our first 44 months experience, 60 of the patients (9%) treated were less than or equal to 18 years of age. Current indications for radiosurgery include primary treatment of high-risk arteri...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kondziolka D,Lunsford LD,Flickinger JC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetus in fetu (FIF) is an extremely rare congenital anomaly in the pediatric age group. It is defined by the presence of an axial skeleton and well-formed internal organs in a fetiform mass. Only about 15 cases of intracranial FIF have been reported in the literature worldwide. We report a case of temporo-occipitocerv...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Padwal AD,Devi BI,Ramachandran S,Bhat DI,Shukla D,Ramu R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Meckel-Gruber syndrome is a rare, congenital, and lethal malformation characterized by typical manifestations such as encephalocele, polycystic kidneys, and polydactyly. Herein, we present a case of a patient with the typical triad as well as facial, ocular, liver, and genital abnormalities who lived for almost 5 ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Aydin Ozturk P,Asena M,Katar S,Ozturk U

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflicted traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a frequent consequence of physical child abuse in infants and children. Twenty-eight children who were 2-42 months of age when hospitalized for moderate to severe TBI were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal study of neurobehavioral outcome following acquired brain injury....

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ewing-Cobbs L,Prasad M,Kramer L,Landry S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy has remained the mainstay of treatment for children with intrinsic, diffuse pontine tumors in spite of over 20 years of clinical trials attempting to validate the additional role of chemotherapy. Conventional phase II clinical trials conducted in patients with recurrent or progressive brainstem gliomas us...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Allen JC,Siffert J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous malformations (CMs) of the central nervous system are benign, angiographically occult vascular lesions and are diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging techniques. Giant CMs do not differ from smaller-sized CMs in their clinical, surgical or histopathological presentation but may be radiologically different. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ozsoy KM,Oktay K,Gezercan Y,Cetinalp NE,Olguner SK,Erman T

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:The case of a child with Apert syndrome is presented in which the development and rupture of an intracranial mycotic aneurysm occurred secondary to multiple infectious complications following craniofacial surgery. An endovascular procedure was utilized in an attempt to embolize the aneurysm and parent vessel. The pati...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Uchiyama CM,Brockmeyer DL,Cherny WB,Jacobs JJ,Walker ML

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic acute subdural hematoma is associated with high mortality in the pediatric population, yet the pathophysiology remains poorly understood. The objective of this study was to develop a pediatric model of acute subdural hematoma, and to evaluate the resultant histopathological changes in the brain. Ten 3-week-o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Shaver EG,Duhaime AC,Curtis M,Gennarelli LM,Barrett R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posterior fossa syndrome (PFS), also known as cerebellar affective syndrome, is characterized by emotional lability and decreased speech production following injury or surgery to the cerebellum. Rarely, oculomotor dysfunction has been described in association with PFS. Here, we report a case of complete ocular paresis...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Afshar M,Link M,Edwards MS,Fisher PG,Fredrick D,Monje M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 7-year-old child with a cranial deformity secondary to a craniotomy for an intracranial hematoma. He suffered from an acute epidural hematoma with a lineal fracture of the right temporal bone following a severe head injury. A large question mark-shaped skin flap with the periosteum and temporal m...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Arishima H,Akazawa A,Kikuta KI

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial and intraspinal ependymomas are uncommon tumors of the central nervous system. These tumors have a variety of imaging characteristics, some of which are fairly specific for ependymoma. We discuss the MRI features of ependymomas for each of the typical locations within the neuraxis, and provide MR imaging ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Lefton DR,Pinto RS,Martin SW

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Meningiomas are very rare in children comprising only 0.44.1% of pediatric age tumors and only 1.5-1.8% of all intracranial neoplasms. We analyzed the clinical, pathological and management profile of these rare tumors and elucidated their differences from meningiomas in adults. METHODS:From 1990 to 2005, 33 patien...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Arivazhagan A,Devi BI,Kolluri SV,Abraham RG,Sampath S,Chandramouli BA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with colloid cysts were identified among approximately 1,400 patients with brain tumors seen at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto between 1952 and 1992. These and 34 previously published cases of colloid cysts in children were reviewed. Colloid cysts are rare causes of headaches and papilloedema...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Macdonald RL,Humphreys RP,Rutka JT,Kestle JR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nondysraphic intramedullary lipomas of the spinal cord are rare lesions. They are most commonly seen in the second or third decade of life. Their occurrence in the pediatric age group is even rarer. CASE REPORT:The authors describe a 14-month-old child who presented with delayed motor milestones involving...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kumar A,Chandra PS,Bisht A,Garg A,Mahapatra AK,Sharma MC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several treatment modalities for Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) of bone, formerly usually referred to as eosinophilic granuloma, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In spinal lesions, surgery is not recommended generally, because of the potential for reconstitution of vertebral height. We...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Karagoz Guzey F,Bas NS,Emel E,Alatas I,Kebudi R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interictal 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission topography (FDG-PET) hypometabolism is routinely used in the presurgical workup of children with medically intractable epilepsy (MIE). FDG-PET hypermetabolism, however, is rarely seen, and the significance of this finding in the epilepsy workup is not well ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Schur S,Allen V,White A,Mirsky D,Stence N,O'Neill B,Handler M,Dudley R,Laoprasert P

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：: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：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：: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：:A retrospective study of fractures of peritoneal catheters of ventriculoperitoneal shunts is described. Fracture of the peritoneal catheter accounts for 21.2% of shunt revisions. During the time period of January 1985 through July 1993, 401 PS Medical peritoneal catheters were installed and 23 fractures occurred. The ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Cuka GM,Hellbusch LC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade, rapid progress has been made in understanding the molecular pathways underlying the proliferation of both normal and neoplastic cells. The processes by which messages to initiate protein synthesis, cell cycle progression, and even cell death are transmitted from the cell surface or the cytoplas...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Pollack IF,Bredel M,Erff M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) provides a physiological restoration of cerebrospinal fluid and a shunt-free option for hydrocephalus children. Continuous developments in techniques and instruments have improved ETV as the first-line treatment. This paper focuses on the recent advances in surgical techniques, i...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Feng Z,Li Q,Gu J,Shen W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the central nervous system are dynamic lesions that can change with time. One of the most clinically important concerns is the development and potential rupture of AVM-associated aneurysms. In this report, we review pediatric cases of de novo development of AVM-associated aneurysm...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Koch MJ,Mahal BAV,Hadzipasic M,Fehnel KP,Chapman PH,Loeffler JS,Orbach DB,Smith ER

更新日期：2019-01-01 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