Supratentorial dorsal cistern epidermoid cyst in childhood.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to elucidate surgical risk factors in neuromuscular scoliosis (NMS) with respect to wound site infection after spinal fusion. METHODS:A retrospective review was performed of all patients treated surgically for NMS between January 2008 and December 2016 (minimum 6 months' follow-up). A sub-coh...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Janjua MB,Toll B,Ghandi S,Sebert ME,Swift DM,Pahys JM,Samdani AF,Hwang SW

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermoids and epidermoids found at reoperation for tethered cord following myelomeningocele repair have been attributed to inadequate excision of cutaneous elements and 'implantation' in the repair site. This study reviews the pathological findings in excised placodes from fresh myelomeningoceles and specimens from tet...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Storrs BB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic pseudocyst formation is a rare intra-abdominal complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. The presence of an intracranial tumor and a history of central nervous system infection are major risk factors for the development of this complication. Hepatic pseudocysts secondary to ventriculoperitoneal shunts can b...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kaplan M,Ozel SK,Akgun B,Kazez A,Kaplan S

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:An infant sustained a significant depressed skull fracture from a fall. Before the planned surgical repair of the fracture could be carried out, the child sustained a second fall that led to the complete resolution of the depressed fracture. Mechanisms to explain this unusual phenomenon are discussed. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Cohen AR,Bahuleyan B,Robinson S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lateral meningocele syndrome (LMS) is an exceedingly rare connective tissue disease with phenotypic anomalies similar to those seen in Marfan syndrome, Ehler-Danlos syndrome, and Loeys-Dietz syndrome. However, this syndrome is invariably associated with the presence of multiple lateral thoracolumbar spinal m...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Cuoco JA,Klein BJ,Busch CM,Gosnell HL,Kar A,Marvin EA,Apfel LS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Gorham-Stout disease is a rare entity characterized by vascular proliferation causing local destruction of bone tissue. Owing to its low incidence and variable clinical presentation, the diagnosis requires a high degree of awareness by the clinician. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We present the case o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hernández-Marqués C,Serrano González A,Cordobés Ortega F,Alvarez-Coca J,Sirvent Cerda S,Carceller Lechón F,Azorín Cuadrillero D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The perception of a surgical complication may differ between surgeons and patients. In pediatric spine surgery, the perception of the parent or primary caregiver may also differ. In order to better define these relationships, we performed a pilot study surveying a convenience sample of pediatric spinal ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Fulkerson DH,Vachhrajani S,Brayton A,Kulkarni AV,Jea A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed 16 children with extradural spinal tumors, both benign and malignant, treated from 1998 to 2006 in Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. The duration of symptomatology, clinical signs, radiological investigations, surgical approach, outcome and histopathological var...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kumar R,Giri PJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with hydrocephalus who were treated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts became refractory to serosal absorption of CSF. All were subsequently treated with ventriculo-gallbladder shunts. The surgical technique and long-term results were evaluated by retrospective review of the hospital records. Detailed ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Novelli PM,Reigel DH

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Intracranial congenital arachnoid cysts are benign intra-arachnoidal fluid collections with a wall composed of arachnoid cells encompassing a cavity containing a fluid similar to cerebrospinal fluid. This cavity frequently communicates with the subarachnoid space. Arachnoid cysts are reported to account for about 1% o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kabil MS,Shahinian HK

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Composite-type split spinal cord malformation (SCM) is very rare and results from 2 separate foci of ectoendodermal adhesions and endomesenchymal tracts leading to the development of SCM with an intervening normal cord in the same patient. Posterior spurs are even rarer. We report a unique case of composite ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ailawadhi P,Mahapatra AK

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：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：: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：: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：:Brainstem gliomas (BSG) with intrinsic and extensive brainstem involvement continue to have a poor outlook despite current treatment approaches. Neuroimaging studies have aided in the differentiation of malignant brainstem tumors from more 'benign' subgroups. A Children's Cancer Group protocol evaluating outcome in ch...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kaplan AM,Albright AL,Zimmerman RA,Rorke LB,Li H,Boyett JM,Finlay JL,Wara WM,Packer RJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the transsphenoidal approach offers a narrow operative field and poor visual control through a small sellar opening, this approach has the advantage of being associated with minimal surgical trauma, especially in children. We share our experience of good surgical outcome achieved by the transsphenoidal approa...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Im SH,Wang KC,Kim SK,Chung YN,Kim HS,Lee CH,Cho BK

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the surgical outcome for intractable, MRI-negative infantile spasms (IS), and to identify diagnostic targets in the focal epileptogenic area by methods other than MRI. METHODS:We retrospectively studied 9 patients who had had surgery for intractable IS, and whose lesions did not appear on MRI. We...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hur YJ,Lee JS,Kim DS,Hwang T,Kim HD

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Tumours of the choroid plexus are rare tumours of neuro-ectodermal origin, accounting for less than 1% of all intracranial tumours. Most cases present in children less than 2 years of age. While choroid plexus carcinomas (CPC) are reported to have an extremely poor prognosis, choroid plexus papillomas (CPP) a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： McEvoy AW,Harding BN,Phipps KP,Ellison DW,Elsmore AJ,Thompson D,Harkness W,Hayward RD

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the current patterns of head trauma associated with child abuse. We reviewed the records of all patients admitted to our medical center between 1995 and 1997 with a primary diagnosis of head trauma, and analyzed the clinical presentation, mechanism of injury, socioeconomic stat...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Dashti SR,Decker DD,Razzaq A,Cohen AR

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:A rare case of a patient with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome associated with hypothalamic hamartoma is described. The English-language literature contains no cases of patients with this association. The clinical manifestations of this syndrome, those of hypothalamic hamartomas, and the appearance of the tumors on magnet...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Diaz LL,Grech KF,Prados MD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00