Primary Spinal Intradural Extraosseous Ewing Sarcoma in a Pediatric Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

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：:Severe diffuse brain injury in children has a devastating influence on their physical and psychological development. This retrospective study was undertaken to analyse the factors that influence outcome in children with such injuries. The short-term outcomes (Glasgow outcome score) of 74 children (age < or =15 years) ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Pillai S,Praharaj SS,Mohanty A,Kolluri VR

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight myelodysplastic children developed isolated lateral ventriculomegaly following shunt insertion for progressive hydrocephalus after closure of a myelomeningocele. In all patients a low-pressure distal slit valve (Uni-shunt) system preceded development of an isolated contralateral ventricle. Six of 8 children requ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Berger MS,Sundsten J,Lemire RJ,Silbergeld D,Newell D,Shurtleff D

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Though detected with increasing frequency, intracranial carotid artery dissection remains less common in infancy. We report on 3 otherwise healthy children aged 8, 12 and 15 years who presented with focal headache and stroke secondary to intracranial carotid occlusive disease consistent with arterial dissection. In 2 ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Pozzati E,Galassi E,Godano U,Cordella L

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Breath-holding or reflex anoxic seizures predominantly occur in preschool children and usually resolve by late childhood, rarely persisting through adolescence and into adulthood. Investigations are generally unnecessary. Education and reassurance is the mainstay of management. In this report, the author describes a c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Udayakumaran S

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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：: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：:In order to describe the status of long-term survivors of brain stem glioma, neuropsychological and behavioral measures were obtained a median of 2.5 (range 1.5-5.6) years after diagnosis from 16 survivors of 51 consecutively diagnosed children with brain stem glioma between 1983 and 1991. Among 11 children with dorsa...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Mulhern RK,Heideman RL,Khatib ZA,Kovnar EH,Sanford RA,Kun LE

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：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：:Gastric perforation is a complication that can arise from ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunting. Careful examination of a newborn girl admitted to our department revealed several neurological problems. A VP shunt was inserted under direct visualization, leaving 20 cm of the catheter in the peritoneal cavity. The infant ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Alonso-Vanegas M,Alvarez JL,Delgado L,Mendizabal R,Jiménez JL,Sanchez-Cabrera JM

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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation (AARS) is an uncommon disease with a greater prevalence in children than adults. So far there has only been one report of AARS after surgery related to ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting. We present a new case of AARS closed reduction treatment after VP shunt removal in an 8-year-old ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hashide S,Aihara Y,Nagahara A,Mitsuyama T,Okada Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Spinal dysraphism is characterized by a lack of fusion of the vertebral arches that occurs in the absence of spinous processes with variable amounts of lamina. Here, we retrospectively present the importance of cutaneous lesions and their correlation with clinical presentation, radiological examination and urodynamic ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Sasani M,Asghari B,Asghari Y,Afsharian R,Ozer AF

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：: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：:Early diagnosis of skull fibrous dysplasia in children is relatively easy, based on a history of painless progressive bony bulging. The therapeutic approach is still controversial, due to the benignity of the lesion. However, the clinical course may be unpredictable, with sudden appearance of symptoms, some of which c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Di Rocco C,Marchese E,Velardi F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has gained wide popularity as a first-line treatment for obstructive hydrocephalus (OHC). We have been performing ETV since 1998. We report our experience with this technique in the management of OHC. METHODS:Between 1998 and 2007, we performed 49 ETV procedures in 46 ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Rahme R,Rahme RJ,Hourani R,Moussa R,Nohra G,Okais N,Samaha E,Rizk T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We sought to describe pediatric "big data" publications since 2000, their statistical output, and clinical implications. METHODS:We searched 4 major North American neurosurgical journals for articles utilizing non-neurosurgery-specific databases for clinical pediatric neurosurgery research. Articles we...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Oravec CS,Motiwala M,Reed K,Jones TL,Klimo P Jr

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present aspects of the skull base in trigonocephalic children. Different patterns on clinical anthropometric investigation, bidimensional computer tomography (CT) scan and three-dimensional (3D) CT scan were studied. We present a series of 27 cases of trigonocephaly operated on in the department of pediatr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Genitori L,Cavalheiro S,Lena G,Dollo C,Choux M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00