E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2002)
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Original Investigation
Pages: 065-073
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy is becoming more popular as an alternative to shunting in the management of obstructive-type hydrocephalus. The goal of this procedure is to fenestrate the floor of the third ventricle between the mamillary bodies and the infundibular recess, and thus establish flow ...
Pages: 081-088
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate retrospectively the results of 37 patients who underwent anterior cervical corpectomy due to cervical spine fractures and fracture-dislocations.
Methods: Skeletal traction with skull tongs was applied in 24 patients who had fracture-dislocations prior...
Pages: 089-094
Objective: The prognostic value of initial computed tomography (CT) findings in cases of traumatic acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate relationships between initial CT findings and outcome in this patient group.
Methods: Sixty-five cases of traumatic ...
Objective: In order to study clinical, histomorphological, histochemical and immunohistochemical characteristics in hyperproloactinemic patients, we undertook a comparative study of 30 pituitary adenomas.
Methods: We used a group of nuclear, cytoplasmic and staining parameters for the evaluation o...
Pages: 095-101
Objective: Many cases of large hemispheric infarction are associated with early death due to massive edema, increased intracranial pressure, and subsequent uncal herniation. If medical therapy fails to lower intracranial pressure in a stroke patient, surgical decompression by large craniectomy may b...
Case Report
Objective: Langerhans' cell histiocytosis is a disease that can involve many organs or remain localized to one organ. The hypothalamus is the most common site of solitary involvement of the central nervous system, and other locations have only been reported rarely. This report describes an unusual c...
Pages: 107-112
Fibrous dysplasia is a congenital, benign and progressive disease of bone. It is characterized by the replacement of normal bone by fibro-osseous tissue and when craniofacial region is involved enlargement of the affected bones, neurovascular compression and facial deformities can be seen. Complete ...
Pages: 113-115
Objective: Medulloblastoma is one of the most common primary tumor of the central nervous system in childhood and is uncommon in adulthood. They are usually unilocular. Multifocal localization in cerebellum is very rare and only 3 cases were found to be reported in the literature. The aim of this re...
Primary hydatid disease of the rib is very rare, even in endemic areas. We describe a patient who presented with recurrent costal hydatid disease that caused spinal cord compression and progressive paraparesis 7 years after the initial cyst removal surgery. In the first operation, cysts were removed...
Objective: Ectopic meningiomas are rare tumors. In this paper, we describe a patient with lumbosacral meningeal hamartoma and hypertrichosis.
Methods: An 18-year-old female with a red-violet skin lesion on her lower back was determined spina bifida at L5-S1 by x-ray. Magnetic resonance imaging sequ...
Pages: 124-127
The superior orbital fissure syndrome (SOFS) is a very rare condition, especially due to trauma and it's therapeutic managements are still controversial. We present a case of SOFS and discus the timing and variety of surgical approaches.
Although in most cases, a partial to complete spontaneous rec...
Pages: 128-134
Three cases of posttraumatic internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysms presenting with epistaxis and associated direct carotid cavernous fistulae in two of the patients are presented. The rare association of the two types of posttraumatic internal carotid artery damage as well as the method and outcom...
Missile injuries to the head account for the majority of penetrating wound of the brain. Low-velocity penetrating cranial injuries excluding gunshot wound are seen infrequently in civilian practice. Most cases result from industrial accidents, criminal assaults and self-inflicted injury.
This repor...
Pages: 138-139