World Neurosurg
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Case Reports
Occipital Sinus Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting with Cerebellar Hemorrhage: A Case Report.
Occipital sinus (OS) dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) is extremely rare, and we are aware of no case accompanied by cerebral hemorrhage. We present a case of OS DAVF presenting with cerebellar hemorrhage, treated successfully by transvenous embolization. ⋯ This is the first report of OS DAVF presenting with cerebellar hemorrhage. Transvenous embolization of the affected OS appears ideal when transvenous access is feasible, and the OS is not involved in normal venous drainage of the cerebellum.
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Transthyretin wild-type (ATTRwt) amyloidosis is a systemic process resulting in deposition of misfolded transthyretin protein in several different tissues throughout the body. It is known to be a cause of progressive, life-threatening cardiomyopathy and lumbar spinal stenosis and carpal tunnel syndrome. ⋯ Knowing that extracardiac symptoms may occur first, we propose that sending ligamentum flavum and flexor tenosynovium for pathologic evaluation may be a unique opportunity to screen and treat a population of patients at risk for developing CA and heart failure.
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The purpose of the present study was to compare the surgical site infection (SSI) rates between resorbable plates and titanium plates used for adult patients with intractable epilepsy who had undergone epilepsy surgery after subdural electrode placement. ⋯ For epilepsy surgery of adult patients after subdural electrode placement surgery, the SSI rate for cranioplasty was greater with resorbable plates than with titanium plates.
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Several intracranial pathologies present as a ring-enhancing lesion on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), creating diagnostic difficulty. We studied the characteristics of the anatomical border of gadolinium enhancement on T1-weighted imaging (WI) and hypointensity on T2WI to employ a simple technique of histogram-profile analysis of MRI for differentiation of various ring-enhancing intracranial lesions. ⋯ Tumefactive MS and a subset of glioblastomas show specific patterns in histogram-profile analysis. The difference in anatomical border also determines difference in survival in glioblastoma. Histogram-profile analysis is a simple and efficient technique to differentiate these pathologies.
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Intraorbital and intracerebral cavernous malformation (CM) lesions are considered independent entities. Purely cerebral CMs have variable biology with recent evidence depicting inflammation as an important player and a risk factor for aggressiveness. We describe a case of concomitant left intraaxial and extraaxial CMs, linked by the ipsilateral basal vein, where the extraaxial component has developed an aggressive behavior. ⋯ A case of intraorbital and extracranial cavernomatous mass, connected to a cerebral intraventricular CM through a large basal vein, has presented with an aggressive course. A complete histopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of the orbital mass has pictured a clear immune-cellular inflammatory reaction adding to the amounting evidence of association between inflammation and site aggressiveness in the setting of CMs.