Solitary fibrous tumour of the IV ventricle.

abstract：:Analysis of the management of 7 cases of extradural arachnoid cyst is presented. A brief review of the literature on the subject is presented. Seven cases of extradural arachnoid cysts were treated surgically between the years 1996 to 2002. These patients were analysed retrospectively. The average follow-up period was...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kulkarni AG,Goel A,Thiruppathy SP,Desai K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroid plexus xanthogranulomas are uncommon lesions that occur almost exclusively in adults; most of them constitute incidental autopsy findings. A case of symptomatic bilateral xanthogranulomas of choroid plexus in a 6 year-old girl with progressive visual loss is reported. Theories on the pathogenesis of this entit...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mendez-Martinez OE,Luzardo-Small GD,Cardozo-Duran JJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Cerebral developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) very rarely cause massive haematoma, but should be included in the differential diagnosis of atypical massive intracerebral haematoma (ICH). We describe a case of massive ICH caused only by a DVA and successfully treated by haematoma evacuation with surgical rese...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nagatani K,Osada H,Takeuchi S,Otani N,Wada K,Mori K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subdural empyema with a Salmonella species as the likely causative organism is presented. We believe that this is the first reported case of such an infection in an HIV positive patient. The difficulties in treatment and diagnosis are discussed. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： J Parker S P Harland A S Protheroe P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: to present evidence for the use of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in the treatment of holocord syrinx.Methods: ETV has been used in the treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus and syringomyelia secondary to Chiari 1 malformation. However, there have been no reports of ETV being utilised in the management o...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rose L,Aldridge W,Henderson D,Cox M,Sinha S

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the unique case of a 51-year-old lady who developed a contralateral lumbosacral plexopathy two days after a lumbar microdiscectomy. This is the first report to date of this complication occurring following this procedure. We review the literature regarding lumbosacral plexopathy and discuss the evidence ba...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tulloch I,Ali R,Papadopoulos MC

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term outcome of 78 patients with spinal meningiomas operated on over 20 years at a single neurosurgical unit was analysed. Age, sex and tumour location were similar to those reported by others. Overall, 95% of our patents were independently mobile postoperatively, despite 25% of the group being unable to walk...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： King AT,Sharr MM,Gullan RW,Bartlett JR

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevation of a depressed skull fracture (DSF) overlying a venous sinus is generally avoided due to risk of sinus injury. Rarely, the sinus may be compressed by the fractured segment, causing intracranial hypertension (IH) or encephalopathy and can only be diagnosed with cerebral angiography or MR imaging techniques. T...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sundaram PK,Jain PK

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A true human tail is a rare occurrence and is defined as a caudal, vestigial, midline protrusion with skin covering connective tissue, muscle, vessels and nerves. We report a case of true human tail in a child, which is a very rare happening in humans. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chauhan SP,Gopal NN,Jain M,Gupta A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a 35-year-old man, who suffered intermittent hydrocephalic attacks due to a large subependymoma arising within the left lateral ventricle. The sparse literature on this rare tumour is reviewed. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Iqbal Z,Sutcliffe JC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience with five lesions exclusively involving the entire cavernous sinus in which an essentially extradural surgical approach was used. There were two cases of cavernous haemangioma, two cases of meningioma and one case of fungal granuloma. The dural cover of the superior orbital fissure, and mandib...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary melanocytic tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are rare lesions, but primary sellar tumors are rarer. Only 10 cases have been reported, and they are often misdiagnosed as pituitary macroadenoma. We report the case of a 54-year-old Chinese man who developed progressive bitemporal hemianopsia and visual ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhou HJ,Zhan RY,Ma YH,Cao F,Zheng XJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of high thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) causing a partial Horner's syndrome. A 57-year-old man developed a walking disorder, as well as right-sided miosis and anhidrosis. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a spinal cord compressing T2-T3 OLF. The patient improved after surger...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim DH,Lee SH,Lee JS,Song GS,Son DW

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) of the posterior fossa in cases of acoustic neurinoma is very rare. The authors present the clinical, neuroradiological and histological findings of an acoustic neurinoma presenting with SAH. The literature regarding this subject is reviewed and the pathogenesis of haemorrhage from neuri...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gavra M,Thanos L,Pomoni M,Batakis N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim is to present a typical case of IgG4-related hypophysitis, which will offer insight into the aetiology and pathogenesis of this relatively newly described disease. IgG4 Related Disease is a protean systemic condition that mimics inflammatory, infectious, and malignant processes. Biopsy of affected organs will ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Murphy AN,Hannon AM,Brett FM,Agha A,Javadpour M,Looby S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with von Recklinghausen's disease presented with a right sixth nerve palsy. Investigations demonstrated unilateral dolichoectasia of the intracranial carotid artery and sphenoid wing dysplasia. This case demonstrates an association not previously documented, that of unilateral fusiform dilatation of the caro...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Steel TR,Bentivoglio PB,Garrick R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE. To effectively combine functional MRI (fMRI), diffusion tensor tractography (both guided by neuronavigation) along with cortical stimulation (CS) for surgery of eloquent cortex (EC) lesions. MATERIALS AND METHOds. Fifteen patients with lesions adjacent to the eloquent motor and sensory cortex were included....

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kumar A,Chandra PS,Sharma BS,Garg A,Rath GK,Bithal PK,Tripathi M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver-Russell syndrome is a rare genetically heterogeneous disorder in which patients demonstrate intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, triangular facies, excessive sweating during early childhood, late closure of the anterior fontanelle and skeletal asymmetry. An association with malignancy exists and only ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fenton E,Refai D,See W,Rawluk DJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the investigation was to document the clinical presentations of a group of patients with neurofibromatosis type two syndrome (NF2), and took the form of a retrospective case note review. The investigation took place in the tertiary referral skull base unit. The dominant presentation of patients with N...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： da Cruz MJ,Hardy DG,Moffat DA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma recurring after 20 years and representing with subarachnoid haemorrhage is described. Evidence in favour of a neoplastic pathogenesis is presented. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stapleton SR,Wilkins PR,Bell BA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a symptomatic case in which the whole intracranial blood supply was provided by a single vertebral artery as both internal carotid arteries were occluded and the contralateral vertebral artery was severely hypoplasic. The patient was treated by a flow-augmentation extracranial-intracranial bypass. Preoper...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Esposito G,Della Pepa GM,Sabatino G,Gaudino S,Puca A,Maira G,Marchese E,Albanese A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early postoperative mental changes are the most frequent problem after bilateral subthalamic electrode implantation. The study aims to find an association between them and factors related to patient, disease and surgery, including the size of the third ventricle as brain atrophy marker. MATERIAL AND METHO...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hrabovsky D,Balaz M,Rab M,Feitova V,Hummelova Z,Novak Z,Chrastina J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms increasingly supersedes surgical repair. This study focuses on the management and results in 109 individuals treated surgically when both treatment modalities were available. The management principles were immediate identification of the origin of haemorrhage, ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sorteberg W,Slettebø H,Eide PK,Stubhaug A,Sorteberg A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 344 patients with posterior fossa tumours treated from 1979 to 1986 a ventriculoperitoneal, or, less commonly, a ventriculatrial shunt was inserted in 164 cases pre-operatively. Haematoma following the insertion of a shunt was found to be an important cause of deterioration. While the occurrence of cerebrospinal...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Patir R,Banerji AK

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior sacral meningocele is a rare congenital condition. Among 177 individuals familial occurrence was reported only seven times. In this report a family in which five members had anterior sacral meningoceles is presented and an autosomal dominant inheritance is suggested. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Andersen C,Tange M,Bjerre P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1976, 133 patients treated by posterior fossa microvascular decompression (MVD) for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) have been followed-up prospectively to determine the incidence of recurrent TN. The follow-up period was between 6 months and 15 years, with 60 patients having been follow-up for more than 5 years. Of th...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mendoza N,Illingworth RD

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four patients having an extremely rare and hitherto unreported clinical condition of spondyloptosis of the atlas over axis. Between the year 1999 and 2004, four patients with spondyloptosis were retrospectively analysed. The age of the patients ranged from 12 to 31 years. In three patients, the aetiology of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A,Muzumdar D,Dange N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a series of 14 patients who underwent partial or complete trigeminal nerve root section for chronic unremitting migrainous neuralgia. They had all suffered attacks with severe pain for over 18 months without remission (mean duration 5.5 years). Symptoms were refractory to extended medical intervention and ha...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kirkpatrick PJ,O'Brien MD,MacCabe JJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic fungal inflammatory disease prevalent in India and Sri Lanka. Its manifestations are mostly nasal and extranasal lesions are relatively rare. Occasional atypical presentations of this disease lead to diagnostic dilemma. Herein we report on a case of nasopharyngeal rhinosporidiosis having ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dutta G,Singhal GD,Singh D,Singh H,Srivastava AK,Jagetia A

更新日期：2018-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nowadays the endoscopic endonasal approach is increasingly being used to remove craniopharyngiomas, tuberculum sellae meningiomas and other presellar and parasellar lesions and its value in anterior skull base surgery is undisputed. Herein, we assess the relative advantages, disadvantages and feasibility of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Peraio S,Chumas P,Nix P,Phillips N,Tyagi A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00