Newborn with sebaceous nevus of jadassohn presenting as exophytic scalp lesion.

abstract：:A case of an intracerebral juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) producing complex-partial seizures in a 13-year-old boy is presented. Although the child had no history of JXGs or a systemic histiocytic proliferative disorder, the histopathological and immunocytochemical studies of this lesion were identical to that of a cut...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Schultz KD Jr,Petronio J,Narad C,Hunter SB

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The majority of the present distraction osteogenesis techniques involve local site expansion that only produces localized decompression and affords limited decompression and cosmetic results. We designed a new surgical procedure, total calvarial transsutural distraction osteogenesis (TSuDO). METHODS:We pe...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Park DH,Yoon SH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse pontine tumors are highly lethal and conventional therapy with irradiation provides long-term survival to a very small proportion of the patients. We have reported promising results using high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell rescue in patients with recurrent high-grade astrocytomas in other anatomi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Dunkel IJ,O'Malley B,Finlay JL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The object of this report is to review the management of patients having the composite type of aplasia cutis congenita in the context of the relevant literature on this condition. METHODS:Clinical records, neuroimaging and photographic documentation of identified cases of composite type aplasia cutis c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Winston KR,Ketch LL

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:The use of temporal lobectomy for the treatment of intractable complex partial seizures of temporal lobe origin has a long and successful history. When appropriately applied in children, excellent seizure control and neurodevelopmental progress are expected. This article reviews patient selection, evaluating the surgi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Adelson PD

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ongoing research in the etiology of neural tube defects is increasingly being directed towards the molecular mechanisms at work in the formation of these complex lesions. We undertook to review the family history of patients in a large myelomeningocele/spina bifida clinic in an effort to identify genetic trends in the...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Partington MD,McLone DG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-month-old boy was evaluated after a fall from a height of 3 feet and found to have right parietal skull fracture as well as right and left frontal traumatic hemorrhage. Ten days after the injury, he represented with a persistent left gaze preference. Further workup including MRI and EEG determined that this findin...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Bourne SK,Duhaime AC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aicardi syndrome is an X-linked dominant disorder primarily defined by the triad of corpus callosum agenesis, infantile spasms and a pathognomonic lacunar chorioretinopathy. Papillomas of the choroid plexus have been reported in affected patients. We report an Aicardi syndrome patient who had three separate choroid pl...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Taggard DA,Menezes AH

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the head injury in children caused by an unusual projectile, a tear gas cartridge. The study is the only one on this subject which has been done in a teenage population. METHOD:This was a prospective study conducted over a period of 4 years in which all the patients aged ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Wani AA,Zargar J,Ramzan AU,Malik NK,Qayoom A,Kirmani AR,Nizami FA,Wani MA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several groups have begun to explore the feasibility and utility of intrauterine closure of myelomeningocele. A subset of these fetuses have defects which fall into the category of myeloschisis, and therefore have inadequate skin to enable primary closure. After considerable discussion, it was decided to utilize biped...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Mangels KJ,Tulipan N,Bruner JP,Nickolaus D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the outcome and recurrence in supratentorial anaplastic ependymoma. METHODS:Sixteen cases of supratentorial anaplastic ependymoma were reviewed. The average age of presentation was 8.2 years ranging from 1 to 16 years of age. The mean duration between the onset of first symptoms to time of presentation wa...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kumar R,Singhal N,Jaiswal SK,Mahapatra AK

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurological complications occur commonly in children with meningomyelocele and can cause significant morbidity and mortality. An earlier study suggested that acute changes in grip and pinch strength could be used to identify individuals at increased risk for developing a neurological complication. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Liptak GS,Fried R,Baltus-Hebert E,Eyer Tierney S,Fucile S,Doremus TL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initial therapy for craniopharyngioma remains controversial. Population-based datasets indicate that traditional algorithms [gross total resection (GTR) vs. subtotal resection (STR) +/- radiation therapy (XRT)] are often not employed. We investigated neurosurgical practice patterns. METHODS:A ten-question s...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hankinson TC,Palmeri NO,Williams SA,Torok MR,Serrano CA,Foreman NK,Handler MH,Liu AK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：: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：: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：BACKGROUND:The failure rate following endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in infants younger than 2 years of age has been reported to be higher compared with that of older children, and it is unclear whether ETV might be superior to shunt placement in this age group. METHODS:Between 2003 and 2009, 23 patients young...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Gallo P,Szathmari A,De Biasi S,Mottolese C

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:An international multicenter randomized trial comparing standard pressure differential valves, Orbis Sigma valves and PS Medical Delta valves, for children with newly diagnosed hydrocephalus failed to show a difference in the time to first shunt failure (power 80%). In order to avoid observer bias, the pri...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kestle J,Milner R,Drake D

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18th century report of a device for repeated extracranial drainage of cerebrospinal fluid in the treatment of congenital hydrocephalus is reviewed. On 15th October 1744, the French surgeon Claude-Nicolas Le Cat (1700-1768) introduced a specially invented canula into the lateral ventricle of a newborn boy with hydro...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kompanje EJ,Delwel EJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical pathology of the pediatric cranial base is uncommon, but in affected children, traditional operative techniques and management philosophies predominate. While the creation of multidisciplinary skull base teams synergistically pools the talents of individual specialties, a better understanding of the developme...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Gruber DP,Brockmeyer D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pineal region lesions consist of a wide variety of rare tumor types, including deep midline cysts, intrinsic pineal tumors, germ cell tumors and vascular lesions. Advances in microsurgical, endoscopic and stereotactic techniques have helped to lower morbidity and mortality in the care of patients harboring these lesio...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Knierim DS,Yamada S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic gangliogliomas with an oligodendroglial component are exceedingly rare tumors of uncertain growth potential. We report a 17-year-old female with a massive ganglioglioma containing anaplastic oligodendroglioma apparently arising from the thalamus. Two weeks after partial resection, she was started on a regim...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Johnson MD,Jennings MT,Toms ST

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：: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：:The aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of water-transporting proteins that are broadly expressed in mammalian cells. Two AQPs in the central nervous system, AQP1 and AQP4, might play a role in hydrocephalus and are thus potential drug targets. AQP1 is expressed in the ventricular-facing membrane of choroid plexus epitheli...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Verkman AS,Tradtrantip L,Smith AJ,Yao X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sylvian arachnoid cysts pose considerable management dilemmas. Surgical options include cyst fenestration, either endoscopically or microsurgically, and cysto-peritoneal shunt. One of the rare complications after rapid decompression of the arachnoid cysts is haemorrhage in the surrounding brain as well as in remote ar...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ramachandran GM,Nair RP,Kongwad LI,Shanthakumar G

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00