An unusual case of spinal dysraphism with four splits including three posterior spurs.

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：:Holoprosencephaly is a rare congenital malformation resulting from an impaired midline division of the prosencephalon into distinct cerebral hemispheres. Hydrocephalus is a frequent problem among the few survivors with alobar holoprosencephaly (aHPE), its most severe form. The literature about neurosurgical management...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Sarica C,Yucetas C,Ozen A,Ucler N,Konca C,Akar S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The placement of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is the most common form of treatment for hydrocephalus.The distal end of the VP shunt is commonly placed in the peritoneal cavity. Various complications of the distal end of the shunt have been described in the literature.We report an unusual case of perforation of th...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ramana Murthy KV,Jayaram Reddy S,Prasad DV

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Intracranial schwannomas not arising from a cranial nerve are very rare. Schwannomas of the dura are even rarer; in the literature, we found only two cases: a schwannoma of the falx and one of the torcula. We report a third case of a 9-year-old girl with a schwannoma of the tentorium cerebelli. The different theories ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Jabbour P,Rizk T,Lahoud GA,Hourani R,Checrallah A,Samaha E,Nohra G,Moussa R,Okais N

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermoid cysts (ECs) are rare developmental lesions occurring anywhere along the central nervous system. Usually affecting adult patients, the occurrence of supratentorial dorsal cistern ECs has been reported in only 1 certain case of pediatric age. An additional pediatric case is presented. An 11-year-old boy had a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Caruso G,Germanó A,Caffo M,Belvedere M,La Torre D,Tomasello F

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:The unified theory, proposed by Pang et al., explains the embryogenetic mechanisms of all variants of split cord malformations (SCMs). All SCMs originate from one basic error occurring around the time when the primitive neurenteric canal closes. The basic error is the formation of an accessory neurenteric canal betwee...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Erşahin Y,Demirtaş E,Mutluer S,Tosun AR,Saydam S

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：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：:Between June 1989 and January 1994, 14 patients with recurrent (n = 11) or posttreatment residual (n = 3) medulloblastoma were enrolled in a program to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of stereotactic radiosurgery (SR). Initial treatment consisted of subtotal surgical resection in 12 patients and complete surgical r...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Patrice SJ,Tarbell NJ,Goumnerova LC,Shrieve DC,Black PM,Loeffler JS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-year old girl who initially presented at 16 months with epistaxis from an anterior skull base vascular anomaly returned with near-fatal epistaxis despite embolization of the internal maxillary artery at the time of initial presentation. Repeat angiography demonstrated blood supply to the vascular lesion coming...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Koebbe CJ,Horowitz M,Levy EI,Adelson D,Jungries C

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cavum veli interpositi (CVI) usually is a small CSF-containing abnormality of septum pellucidum, asymptomatic and rare after the age of 3 years. When symptomatic, it is large and can be related to psychiatric disorders, syndromic association of mental retardation and seizures or to hydrocephalus. METHOD...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Giussani C,Fiori L,Trezza A,Riva M,Sganzerla EP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Delta valve is a pressure differential valve with a siphon control device. The valve mechanism is normally closed, but is designed to open in response to positive ventricular pressure, thereby avoiding overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). As a result, the incidence of subdural fluid collections as w...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Davis SE,Levy ML,McComb JG,Sposto R

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computed tomographic (CT) scanning characteristics of a case of intra-fourth-ventricle mature teratoma in a 15-month-old child are described and correlated with intraoperative findings. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Srinivasan US,Joseph T

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:In order to determine the optimal valve pressure setting during the first weeks in neonates after implantation of programmable Hakim valves and to analyze the benefits and possible side effects of a new treatment protocol in this age group, we performed this prospective study. In 20 consecutive newborns less than 5 we...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Korinth MC,Gilsbach JM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a coagulase-negative staphylococcus first described in 1988, has gained recognition as an organism with considerable pathogenic capability in adults. In contrast to the indolent presentation characteristic of other coagulase-negative staphylococci, S. lugdunensis infections resemble the agg...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Elliott SP,Yogev R,Shulman ST

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:Spinal cord injuries are a well-known cause of neurological bladder and a well-known complication of high-velocity trauma. They can, however, be difficult to diagnose in young children, in whom the absence of initial neurological symptoms and normality of the radiological workup can be falsely reassuring. Management o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Abbo O,Mouttalib S,L'Kaissi M,Sauvat F,Accadbled F,Harper L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied 58 patients, under 12 years of age, admitted to the Emergency Room of the Sao Paulo University Hospital between September 1987 and November 1991 with the diagnosis of traumatic extradural hematoma. Emphasis was given to the etiology of injury, the time interval from head injury to emergency room ev...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： dos Santos AL,Plese JP,Ciquini Júnior O,Shu EB,Manreza LA,Marino Júnior R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital dermal sinus tract of the spine is an unusual developmental defect which represents a failure of the surface ectoderm and dermal elements to separate from the neuroectoderm. A 15-month-old female presented with high fever, severe right hemiparesis, difficulty breathing and cranial nerve deficits. Magnetic r...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Papaevangelou G,Tsitsopoulos PP,Flaris N,Iliadis C,Tsonidis C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE/AIM:Hydrocephalus is defined as an incapacitating neurological disorder characterized by ventricular enlargement in children, but the effects of melatonin on this hydrocephalus have not yet been fully elucidated. In the present experiment, we attempted to investigate the effects of exogenous melatonin adminis...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Turgut M,Baka M,Uyanıkgil Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：: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：:The epidemiology of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting in the United States is not well known; however, with recent national surveys, the prevalence, incidence, and cost of these procedures can be estimated. The prevalence of CSF shunts in the United States appears to be greater than 125,000, though this is likely an ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Bondurant CP,Jimenez DF

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：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：: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：:A great majority of growing skull fractures occur in infancy and earlychildhood. Since the growth of brain is necessary as a driving force for these lesions to occur, almost all reported cases have been before the first 3 years of life. Although a number of uncommon locations, such as basiooccipital and skull base are...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Colak A,Akbaşak A,Biliciler B,Erten SF,Koçak A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00