Rare Infratentorial and Supratentorial Localization of Juvenile Angiofibroma: A Case Report.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cephalocele is a central nervous system (CNS) birth defect. Various CNS and extra-CNS anomalies, as well as prognostic factors have been reported with cephalocele. The aim of this study was to discuss prognostic factors and current possible theories explaining associated anomalies seen in a series of 55 patie...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Baradaran N,Nejat F,Baradaran N,El Khashab M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prepontine arachnoid cysts are rare developmental anomalies that occur almost exclusively in children. The symptomatic child typically suffers from hydrocephalus, visual impairment, endocrine dysfunction and/or cranial neuropathies. Some cysts, however, are discovered incidentally upon prenatal or postnatal imaging fo...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Dodd RL,Barnes PD,Huhn SL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculous infection of the cavernous sinus and Meckel's cave is extremely rare. In this report, we describe a patient with tuberculoma of the cavernous sinus and Meckel's cave, extending to the petrous apex. The patient underwent microsurgical excision of the lesion and antitubercular chemotherapy resulting in a goo...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kumar VR,Madhugiri VS,Verma SK,Barathi SD,Yadav AK,Bidkar P

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Cerebral sparganosis in childhood is very rare. Until 1996, 2 cases in children up to 15 years of age had been described. We report a case of cerebral sparganosis in a 6-year-old girl who presented with seizures. Sequential brain magnetic resonance imaging scans spaced over 4 months showed a lesion which migrated from...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kim CY,Cho BK,Kim IO,Hwang YS,Wang KC

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:The optimal treatment for Dandy-Walker malformation is still controversial. Ventriculoperitoneal shunting, cystoperitoneal shunting or combinations are the most common surgical options in the management of this clinical entity. Endoscopic procedures like ventriculocystostomy, 3rd ventriculostomy or endoscopy-assisted ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Unal OF,Aras Y,Aydoseli A,Akcakaya MO

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature separation of the neuroectoderm from the ipsilateral surface ectoderm allowing mesenchymal tissue to invade into the central canal, or "premature dysjunction" theory, was proposed for the pathogenesis of dorsal type lumbosacral lipoma. To test this theory, the unilateral neural fold was incised using Hamburg...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Li YC,Shin SH,Cho BK,Lee MS,Lee YJ,Hong SK,Wang KC

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：: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：:Hyponatremia is a common complication of intracranial disease or surgery. An evaluation should be undertaken to determine whether cerebral salt wasting (CSW) or inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone is present as a cause. Since the treatment principles are completely different in the two pathological states,...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kinik ST,Kandemir N,Baykan A,Akalan N,Yordam N

更新日期：2001-10-01 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

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：: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：: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：:A 4-year-old child with AIDS developed encephalitis 2 months prior to death. Adenovirus was cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid. At autopsy, sections of the brain revealed complete sloughing of the intracranial ependyma, with marked gliosis and edema of the periventricular white matter. Cells with large, dark, smudg...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Anders KH,Park CS,Cornford ME,Vinters HV

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal intracranial infections due to Salmonella are rare. So far, around 80 cases have been reported in the world literature. The authors present their experience of 6 cases of intracranial Salmonella infections, mainly subdural empyema in 5 and effusion in 1. In 1 case, subdural empyema was bilateral, and in another ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Mahapatra AK,Pawar SJ,Sharma RR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histiocytoses are rare diseases affecting mainly children and can occur in any organ of the body. They are divided into Langerhans type and non-Langerhans type. Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) mainly affects skin, bones, and lymph nodes but can also affect the hematopoietic system. Bone lesions can be cr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Champaneri H,Banerjee AD

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:Over 170 years ago, traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis or hangman's fracture was described. Most descriptions of this entity have focused on adult presentations. METHODS:We review the literature on pediatric cases of hangman's fracture emphasizing the embryological as well as presentation aspects. RESULT...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Montalbano M,Fisahn C,Loukas M,Oskouian RJ,Chapman JR,Tubbs RS

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Attempts at radical excision of craniopharyngioma has been made increasingly possible by the advent of neuroradiological imaging and the use of microscopic technique. Between 1977 and 1993, 62 patients of The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, have undergone surgical excision of craniopharyngiom...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Symon L

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encephaloceles arise from developmental defects in neural tube formation. These lesions contain brain and meninges which herniate through a defect in the skull. These may present as isolated malformations or rarely be associated with brain tumors. We hereby discuss a case of an unusual association of an occipital ence...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Rumana M,Khursheed N,Ramzan A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although unilateral epidural hematomas are well known, bilateral presentation, especially at the confluens sinuum, is uncommon, and its diagnosis may be delayed, thus causing morbidity. We report a case of acute posttraumatic cortical blindness due to epidural hematoma at the confluens sinuum caused by venous sinus te...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Yilmazlar S,Taskapilioglu O,Aksoy K

更新日期：2003-03-01 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