Effects of continuous intrathecal baclofen infusion and selective posterior rhizotomy on upper extremity spasticity.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Myxopapillary ependymomas (MPEs) in children are rarely reported low-grade glial tumors; however, MPEs sometimes possess malignant characteristics such as spinal seeding/drop metastasis (SSM). We aimed to present 3 pediatric MPE cases that experienced SSM at 2 neurosurgical centers. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Abdallah A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We report a special type of skull fracture in children - internal open brain injury (IOBI). We summarize its clinical characteristics and propose a treatment strategy based on our experience. METHODS:Eight patients between 2 and 5 years old were identified to have IOBI. Preoperative computed tomography (CT) scann...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Yang CH,Li Q,Li GP,You C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniopharyngiomas are the most common pediatric suprasellar tumor. While they are benign by histology, their location in the brain predisposes craniopharyngiomas to be associated with both acute and chronic neurologic, endocrine, visual, neuropsychologic and psychosocial problems. Because of the complexity of problem...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Shiminski-Maher T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy pediatric patients with brain and spinal cord tumors had cytogenetic analysis of 99 samples of their tumors. Successful analysis was accomplished in 95%. Tumors included 43 gliomas, 9 medulloblastomas and a variety of other lesions. Forty-three patients had normal chromosomes; 28 of these had benign tumors and...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Chadduck WM,Boop FA,Sawyer JR

更新日期：1991-01-01 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:Traumatic posterior fossa extradural hematomas (PFEDH) are rare lesions constituting <10% of all extradural hematomas. Reliance on clinical findings alone is not recommended as these are nonspecific; for all suspicious cases, it is advisable to conduct a CT scan. Only a handful of pediatric studies have be...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Prasad GL,Gupta DK,Sharma BS,Mahapatra AK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachnoid cysts (ACs) are relatively common intracranial mass lesions, which occur most often in the middle cranial fossa. While these lesions can present as a mass lesion, many are asymptomatic. Rarely, posttraumatic or spontaneous rupture of ACs can result in intracystic hemorrhage, subdural hematoma or subdural hyg...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Donaldson JW,Edwards-Brown M,Luerssen TG

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:Thirty-six cases of pilocytic astrocytomas treated at the Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles from 1984 through 1995 were reviewed. The mean age at initial presentation was 8 years (range 15 months to 14 years). These patients were followed for an average of 5.5 years. No patient was given chemotherapy or radiation ther...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Krieger MD,Gonzalez-Gomez I,Levy ML,McComb JG

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten children with a tethered cord and also an anorectal malformation are reported in this document. The anorectal malformations comprised 5 vesicointestinal fissures, 2 cloacal exstrophies, 2 rectovesical fistulas and 1 rectobulbar fistula. All of the patients underwent colostomy in advance of surgery for untethering ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Morimoto K,Takemoto O,Wakayama A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old boy presented with headaches, vomiting, lethargy and papilledema. Communicating hydrocephalus along with transependymal fluid absorption and meningeal contrast enhancement was identified on CT. The enhancement was initially thought to be the result of a partially treated meningitis (child was previously o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Vassilyadi M,Michaud J

更新日期：2005-01-01 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

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：: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：: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：:A 3-month-old female patient presented with a meningomyelocele at the lumber region associated with congenital hydrocephalus. She underwent ventriculoperitoneal (V-P) shunt surgery using the Sophy system. The shunt system was replaced due to a malformation. Following replacement, the patient presented with cerebrospin...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Tanaka T,Ikeuchi S,Yoshino K,Isoshima A,Abe T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular genetic analysis of several common cancers has yielded information concerning their etiology and prognosis. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) studies showing consistent loss of specific DNA sequences in tumor tissue have identified genes, known as tumor suppressors, associated with the etiology...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Cogen PH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The cumulative incidence of radiation-induced second malignancy is 1-2% per decade after radiotherapy (RT). Radiation-induced malignant glioma (RIMG) is a rare complication of cranial RT. CASE PRESENTATION:We herein describe a case of left frontal glioblastoma arising 5 years after prophylactic cranial ir...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Biswas A,Kashyap L,Bakhshi S

更新日期：2020-01-01 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

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：:A case of a 16-year-old male with both a nasal dermoid sinus cyst (NDSC) and a third ventricle colloid cyst is presented. The NDSC was excised via a single-stage combined intracranial-extracranial approach and the third ventricle colloid cyst was resected endoscopically. The pathogenetic theories of NDSC and third ven...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Cheng ML,Chang SD,Pang D,Adler JR

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：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：:We report two children with hemihypertrophy and Chiari I malformation (CIM) and review the extant medical literature regarding CIM and overgrowth disorders. We propose that these two entities do not represent a spurious association but rather share a common dysembryology of mesoderm. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Smyth MD,Wellons JC 3rd,Oakes WJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：: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：: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：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Complications arising from the placement of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are well documented. A case of infertility is presented that was thought to result from factors related to the distal end of a VP shunt residing within a patient's abdomen. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 30-year-old female w...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： White JB,Raffel C,Blackwell RE

更新日期：2007-01-01 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