Neurosurgery Cases and Reviews is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal that deals with the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders affecting portions of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.
All the published articles are permanently archived without any restriction barriers to access under terms of creative commons attribution license. The submitted manuscripts undergo thorough double blind peer review process and are accepted only by recommendation of editorial experts. The journal invites various type of articles covering but not limited to ablative surgery, astroglias, brain hemorrhages, cervical spinal stenosis, cranial/peripheral nerve pain, deep brain stimulation surgery, drug-resistant epilepsy, glioblastomas, hydrocephalus infections, intracerebral hemorrhage, intractable psychiatric disorders, invasive stereotactic neurosurgery, lumbar spinal stenosis, movement disorders, moyamoya disease, skull fractures, spinal cord trauma, spinal disc herniation, traumatic injuries of peripheral nerves, tumors of the spine, spinal cord and peripheral nerves, vascular malformations, etc.
Journal Information
Title: Neurosurgery - Cases and Reviews
ISSN: 2643-4474
Editor-in-chief: Francesco Maiuri
NLM title abbreviation: Neurosurg Cases Rev
ISO abbreviation: Neurosurg Cases Rev
Other titles: NCR
Category: Neurosurgery/ Medicine
DOI: 10.23937/2643-4474
Peer review: Double blind
Review speed: 3 weeks
Fast-track review: 10 days
Publication format (s): Electronic and print
Publication policy: Open Access; COPE guide
Publication type(s): Periodicals
Publisher: ClinMed International Library
Country of publication: USA
Language: English
Contact email: contact@clinmedjournals.org
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710053 Use of Acetazolamide in the Postoperative Care of Endoscopic Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Closure J Nuyts, J Demeestere, M Jorissen and L Van Gerven Article Type: Case Report and Literature Review | First Published: December 31, 2020 Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are defined as leaks without identifiable etiology, often presenting as spontaneous rhinorrhea. This is thought to be a variant of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). Spontaneous CSF leak closure often requires surgery, which has proven to be less successful than their non-spontaneous counterparts. There is growing evidence that active intracranial pressure (ICP) management in the postoperative care can improve success rates. We aim to give an ...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710052 Segmental Spinal Dysgenesis: Case Report and Literature Review Alejandro Vargas-Moreno, María Fajardo-Montes, Diego Miguel Rivera-Mariño and Juan Carlos Acevedo-González Article Type: Case Report and Literature Review | First Published: December 26, 2020 Full-term female-neonate, delivered by cesarean section without complications, with prenatal ultrasound documentation of bilateral congenital talipes equinovarus and suggestive imaginological signs of a non-specific thoracolumbar spine malformation. At the time of birth, the physical examination reflected the presence of a dorsal complex cutaneal appendix covered by skin, associated with lower limbs hypertonia and bilateral talipes equinovarus. There were no respiratory alterations. MRI images o...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710051 Spontaneous Resolution of Sub-Acute Subdural Haematoma Krishan Kumar Sharma and Asgar Ali Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 26, 2020 As per Guidelines for surgical management of Traumatic Brain Injury by Brain Trauma Foundation & The Congress of Neurological surgeons, surgery is indicated in Acute subdural haematoma if CT scan shows midline shift > 5 mm, or haematoma thickness > 10 mm regardless of patient’s Glasgow coma scale score. However, nothing specified separately for sub-acute subdural haematoma. Mostly same criteria are being followed for selecting patients for surgery in sub-acute and chronic subdural haematoma. S...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710050 De Novo Cavernoma in the Sensory Cortex Causing Cervicobrachialgia Dhruv Jain, MS, Michael Broduhn, MD, Sophie Rosahl and Steffen K Rosahl, MD, PhD Article Type: Case Study and Review of Literature | First Published: December 17, 2020 A 32-year-old female presented with neck pain radiating to the ulnar forearm along with occasion-al tingling sensations. Three years earlier, she had suffered from left-sided cerebellar infarction caused by dissection of the left vertebral artery. The dissection was provoked by manual therapy administered by a certified physiotherapist. Antiplatelet treatment with Aspirin 100 mg/day was established. One year later, she experienced tingling in the left side of her face. At the time, intracerebral...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710049 Orbital Apex Syndrome and Carotid Artery Injury Associated with Transorbital Stab Injury Dimitri Laurent, MD, Brian Corlis, MD and Gregory JA Murad, MD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 09, 2020 Transorbital penetrating injuries are particularly rare in the adult population. We present a case of TOPI sustained in an assault using a ballpoint pen-with concomitant transmaxillary injury due to a pencil stab wound-and a review of the literature. Transorbital penetrating injuries (TOPI) are particularly rare in the adult population, accounting for 0.096% of all head injuries. In the setting of TOPI, there should be a high index of suspicion for damage to the intracranial vascular and neural ...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710048 Carlos Roberto Massella, MD, Yasmeen Elsawaf, BS, Sabino Luzzi, MD, Paulo Mácio Porto de Melo, MD and Samer K Elbabaa, MD, FAANS, FAAP, FACS Article Type: Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review | First Published: December 06, 2020 Resection of a cavernous sinus tumor may be performed utilizing three primary approaches: The middle cranial fossa epidural approach, the combined transsylvian- subtemporal approach, and the medial transsphenoidal approach. Herein, we describe an exceedingly rare cavernous sinus chondroma in an 18-year-old male who presented with a history of binocular diplopia and trochlear nerve palsy. Brain CT scan detected a left sided cavernous sinus calcified mass and the MRI confirmed an enhancing lesion ...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710047 Crystal N Adams, MD, Mohamad Z Koubeissi, MD, Aalap Herur-Raman and Donald C Shields, MD, PhD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 28, 2020 Deep brain stimulation of the anterior thalamic nucleus for treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsy is a surgical option for patients who are not candidates for resective surgery. One of the challenges of this technique relates to the small size of the anterior thalamic nucleus (approximately 10 mm × 5 mm × 5 mm). Stimulation several millimeters outside the intended target provides suboptimal seizure control. One option for achieving accurate stimulation includes the use of virtual reality sof...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710046 Case Report: A Rare Case of Penetrating Trauma of Frontal Sinus with Anterior Table Fracture Himanshu Raval, Mona Bhatt and Nihar Gaur Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 25, 2020 Head injury is common component of any road traffic accident injury. Injury involving only frontal sinus is uncommon and unique as its management algorithm is changing over time with development of radiological modalities as well as endoscopic intervention. Frontal sinus injuries may range from isolated anterior table fractures causing a simple aesthetic deformity to complex fractures involving the frontal recess, orbits, skull base, and intracranial contents. Only anterior table injury of front...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710045 Chordoid Meningioma: Case Report and Review of the Literature Marek Prokopienko, Teresa Wierzba-Bobrowicz, Wiesława Grajkowska, Tomasz Stępień and Michał Sobstyl Article Type: Case report and Review of the Literature | First Published: November 16, 2020 Chordoid meningioma is an uncommon histopathological type of meningioma, frequently associated with Castleman’s syndrome. Histologically, chordoid meningiomas are similar to chordomas. Because of their high proliferative index, they present aggressive biological behavior and high risk of postoperative recurrence. We report a case of choroid meningioma in adult patient without Castleman’s syndrome manifestation. As its chordoid features is related with a rapid recurrence after incomplete remo...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710044 A Case of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage from the Posterior Pial Artery of the Medulla Oblongata Takahiro Ogishima, MD, PhD, Takashi Sugawara, MD, PhD, Shoko Hara, MD, Tadashi Nariai, MD, PhD, and Taketoshi Maehara, MD, PhD Article Type: Case report and Case Series | First Published: October 29, 2020 We present a case with localized subarachnoid hemorrhage in cisterna magna. The patient exhibited re-bleeding after admission. Repeated angiography couldn’t find the bleeding cite. Surgical exploration revealed that the responsible artery was a tiny pial artery on the posterior surface of medulla oblongata. Even though the artery was too small to be delineated in angiogram, subarachnoid hemorrhage and re-bleeding did occur. In this report we discuss the cause of the small artery rupture and po...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710043 Chondromyxoid Fibroma of Lumbar Vertebrae: Case Report and Literature Review İsmail KAYA, MD Article Type: Case Report and Literature Review | First Published: October 01, 2020 Chondromyxoid fibroma is a benign tumor of long bone metaphysis. In this article, we reported L4 laminar attachment of chondromyxoid fibroma case and made extensive literature revive. A 56-year-old Caucasian female unable to walk without pain at her right leg diagnosed with chondromyxoid fibroma at right l4 lamina. Complete excision of the lesion via routine lumbar disc surgery with 6 months follow up without pain. Her Hypoesthesia cured also muscle weakness totally recovered. Chondromyxoid fibr...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710042 Zhanna Semenova, MD, PhD and Andrei Marshintsev Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 21, 2020 In the absence of autogenous bone due to various reasons, the choice of an implant becomes an important problem of reconstructive surgery. With introduction of computer modelling and development of prototyping technologies the issues of cosmetic reconstructive operations are becoming less relevant. In late cranioplasty implant production and installation is complicated by the presence of significant bone growth along the perimeter of cranial defect. The ability to adjust implant to a bone window...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710041 Multiple Spinal Metastases from a Malignant Paraganglioma Chrystal Calderon, MBBS, MRCS, Alberto Perez Villafuerte, Arianne Lalla, MBBS and Sandeep Maharajh, MBBS Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 16, 2020 A malignant paraganglioma is a rare form of cancer that depicts varying symptomatology on presentation. This case serves to highlight an aggressive form of the disease, with considerable metastasis to the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. This case was reliant on histopathological analysis to confirm the diagnosis. A 34-year-old male of Afro-Caribbean descent presented with a 1-month history of shortness of breath, body pains and lower limb weakness. On investigation for a pulmonary embolus,...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710040 Reconstruction of Cranial Defect With Individualized PEEK Implant: Case Report Cristopher Mayer O, Tomás Donoso H, Roberto García B, Claudio Huentequeo M and Francisco Pampin L Article Type: Case Report | First Published: August 12, 2020 Cranioplasty has numerous indications, and its main objective is to support the underlying noble structures, along with restoring shape and aesthetics. The treatment of choice is controversial, and is mainly related to the type of material to be used. There were no complications in the perioperative period, nor were there rejection reactions, infection or exposure of the implant in the postoperative period, with satisfactory aesthetic (improvement of the cranial contour) and functional results d...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710039 Velázquez Domínguez Héctor Eduardo, Guerrero Jazo Francisco Javier, Velázquez Santana Héctor, Pozos Ochoa Luis Iván, López Rodríguez Christopher Josué, Salcedo Hernández Missael de Jesús and Fraga González Rodrigo Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 27, 2020 Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) is a rare tumor with favorable prognosis, classified as grade II in the World Health Organization (WHO) and accounts for less than 1% of all astrocytic neoplasm. It is commonly found in childhood and young adults. This tumor has been described as part of the spectrum of Long-Term Epilepsy Associated Tumors (LEAT). The most common location is supratentorial, involving predominantly the temporal lobe. Here we present the case of a 6-year-old female with long-ter...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710038 Axis Metastasis, Atlantoaxial Dislocation and Cervical Syringomyelia: A Case Report Ismail Latifaci, MD, Selcuk Gozcu, MD and Ahmet Celal Iplikcioglu Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 19, 2020 Syringomyelia associated with atlantoaxial dislocation is usually described in patients with complex craniovertebral junction anomaly. However, atlantoaxial dislocation without craniovertebral junction bony anomaly very rarely causes syringomyelia. In this report, we describe a case of syringomyelia associated with atlantoaxial dislocation secondary to metastatic tumour of the axis vertebra. Syringomyelia is characterized by the presence of a fluid filled cystic cavity within the spinal cord. Ce...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710036 Ossified Cephalhematoma: How to Differentia it from Intradiploic Hematoma: Case Report Selçuk Gözcü and Ahmet Celal İplikçioğlu Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 18, 2020 Ossified cephalhematoma is rare and usually occur in newborns due to birth injury. Some ossified cephalhematomas can resorb spontaneously while others require surgery because of cosmetic reasons. Simple excision of new bone is usually sufficient. It should be also differentiated from another clinical entity called intradiploic hematoma which requiers surgery. In reported cases, of infant intradiploic hematoma cases clinical and radiologicial findings are similar to those of ossified cephalhemato...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710037 Cerebral and Cerebellar Ischaemia in Pituitary Apoplexy: A Case Report Nimetullah Alper Durmus, Iddi Kassım Mkopi and Ali Kurtsoy Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 19, 2020 Pituitary apoplexy followed by cerebral ischaemia is very rare and life-threatening clinical syndrome. Ischemia is a rare complication after pituitary apoplexy. Cerebral ischemia due to pituitary apoplexy has been linked to two mechanisms; this can occur through one of two mechanisms- direct compression of the artery or vasospasm caused by vasoactive factors/agents released from haemorrhagic or necrotic material of the pituitary adenoma....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710034 Management and Outcome of Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia in a Tertiary Neurosurgical Centre, Nigeria Nasiru Jinjiri Ismail, Ali Lasseini, Aliyu Muhammad Koko and Bello B Shehu Article Type: Research Article | First Published: May 16, 2020 Fibrous dysplasia is an aberration in normal bone development that results from a defect in osteoblastic differentiation and maturation originating in a mesenchymal precursor; it’s characterized by foci of abnormal fibro-osseous proliferation that can affect any area of the calvaria. Craniofacial fibrous dysplasia is a rare condition that can presents with craniofacial swelling and disfigurement. Usually, cranial computerised tomography scan is needed for radiological evaluation and excision a...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710035 Dura Based Rhabdoid Glioblastoma Masquerading as Meningioma: A Rare Case Report Baliga V, Ganapathy S and Pandey P Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 16, 2020 There are quite a few entities which can present as dura- based masses. Most common being meningioma, others are gliosarcomas, solitary fibrous tumor, leiomyosarcoma, haemangiopericytomas and melanocytomas. Recently, a number of neoplastic and non-neoplastic entities have been reported that radiographically and clinically mimic meningiomas. This is a rare case of glioblastoma with rhabdoid features presented as dura-based tumor. Even though the imaging helps to narrow down the diagnostic possibi...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710033 The Imaging Features of AIDS-Related Primary CNS Lymphoma; Case Series and Literature Review Shunsuke Yanagisawa, Yuya Sakakura, Shota Ozaki, Ryuichi Noda, Yuta Tamai, Makiko Fujitani, Masato Inoue and Tetsuo Hara Article Type: Case Series and Literature Review | First Published: May 01, 2020 Primary CNS lymphoma is rare primary brain tumor. Meanwhile there are given number of acquired immune deficiency syndrome related primary CNS lymphoma. This brain tumor was reported that it showed ring enhancement in contrast MRI or CT. Here we analysed six acquired immune deficiency syndrome related primary CNS lymphoma cases. All cases showed ring enhancement in contrast MRI. The central low uptake and peripheral high uptake were observed in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET, and these imaging featur...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710032 Management Options in Patients with Trapped Temporal Horn: Case Report and Critical Review Joel Caballero-García, Carlos Aparicio-García, Misael López-Sánchez and Jhohana Linares Benavides Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 18, 2020 A 58-year-old woman with a previous history of partial resection for a parietal glioblastoma in another center and trapped temporal horn is presented. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was done with completely resolution of the temporal lobe entrapment. Trapped temporal horn is a rare condition, and many different surgical approaches have been described. Ventriculoperitoneal shunting remains the standard treatment and has some particularly advantages in patients with malignant tumors. The ideal treat...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710031 Cranial Intraosseous Angiolipoma: Case Report and Literature Review Katherine M Morgan, MD, PhD, Simon Hanft, MD and Zhenggang Xiong, MD, PhD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 08, 2020 Angiolipomas are slow-growing, soft tissue tumors consisting of mature adipocytes and thin-walled blood vessels. While most Angiolipomas are subcutaneous lesions in the trunk and upper extremities, intraosseous angiolipomas are rare at cranial site. We present the case of a 61-year-old female with an enlarging lesion in the left frontoparietal skull following minor head trauma. Radiography confirmed an expansile, enhancing, spiculated bony lesion in the left frontoparietal calvarium with extensi...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710030 An Unusual Case of Paraspinal Schwannoma Causing Undiagnosed Low Back Pain Ismail Kaya, MD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 24, 2020 Paraspinal schwannomas are relatively common but hardly classified subject of spinal neurosurgery. We present a rare and unclassified case of paravertebral schwannoma that causes non-discogenic low back pain. A 45-year-old Caucasian female came to our clinic with low back pain. Her pain steadily worsened for two years. Her physical exam showed right straight leg raise positivity at 45-degree angle but provocation test negative. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass in the paravertebral muscle...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710029 AA Sufianov, SM Karasev, RR Khafizov and RA Sufianov Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 04, 2019 Carotid - cavernous fistulas (CCF) are spontaneous or acquired communications between the internal carotid artery (ICA) and the cavernous sinus, which can be classified as direct or indirect. Direct fistulas between the internal carotid artery and the cavernous sinus can occur due to trauma, ruptures of intracavernous carotid artery aneurysms, collagen deficiency syndromes, stratification of arteries, fibromuscular dysplasia, and direct surgical trauma. Symptoms caused by CCF are associated with...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710028 A Review of Radiographic Imaging Findings of Ependymal Tumors Maria Habib Hanna, MD, Bansal A, MD and Belani P, MD Article Type: Review Article | First Published: October 24, 2019 Ependymomas are glial tumors that typically arise from the lining of the ventricles or the central canal of the spinal cord. The most common site of occurrence is within the posterior fossa. Subtypes of ependymomas include anaplastic ependymoma, myxopapillary ependymoma, and subependymoma. Its characteristic imaging features include findings of a heterogeneous mass with necrosis, calcifications, cystic changes, and hemorrhage. Treatment options includes partial resection with or without irradiat...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710027 AA Sufianov, SM Karasev, RR Khafizov and RA Sufianov Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 21, 2019 Arteriovenous abnormalities of cerebral vessels are quite common. One of the main manifestations of this pathology are arteriovenous malformations. Also, a combination of malformations with aneurysmal expansion of the vascular wall of various localization is not rare. The frequent localization of such aneurysms are afferents going to the malformation site; therefore, such aneurysms are also called proximal flow-related aneurysms. As a rule, a combined approach is used mainly for endovascular tre...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710026 Cerebellar Liponeurocytoma Presenting with Fatal Tumor Hemorrhage Elia Guadagno, MD, Lorenzo Ugga, MD, Annarita Gencarelli, MD, Valentina Orlando, MD, Sergio Corvino, MD, Maria Rosaria Cervasio, MD, Sara Pignatiello, MD, Andrea Elefante, MD, Francesco Maiuri, MD and Maria Laura Del Basso De Caro, MD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 18, 2019 Liponeurocytoma is a very rare tumor of the nervous system, with only 63 reported cases, mainly in the cerebellum and ventricular system. The key-points for the diagnosis are the histological findings of neurocytic cells with lipidic accumulation, with positivity for S-100 and synaptophysin and negativity for IDH-1, and the MR finding of hyperintensity areas on T1Wi corresponding to fatty tissue within the tumor. This article reports a case of cerebellar liponeurocytoma presenting with acute ict...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710025 Pharyngeal Perforation after Anterior Cervical Fusion Surgery Munibe Busra Erdem, MD, Emrah Celtikci, MD, Utku Aydil, MD, Mesut Emre Yaman, MD and Hakan Emmez, MD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 07, 2019 Pharyngeal perforation is a serious complication of anterior cervical fusion surgery. If it is not diagnosed in the early period and the treatment is delayed, catastrophic consequences may occur which may cause death such as septicemia, mediastinitis, pneumonia and meningitis. We shared the presentation of our two cases. In the first case, pharyngeal perforation and spontaneous extrusion of the C2-C3 fixation device occurred after eight years from surgery. The fixation device removed and the pha...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710024 Ibiwari Pepple and Debasish Hajra Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 05, 2019 Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for 10-20% of all lung cancers and is characterised by early and rapid spread. Ten percent of patients already have cerebral metastases at time of presentation. We report a case of a 37-yr-old female whose pre-operative CT and MRI brain revealed multicentric left frontal and temporal lesions which mimicked intracerebral abscess intraoperatively and confirmed on gram stain as moderate growth of white cells. The patient was commenced on prolonged antimicrobia...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710023 Tension Pneumocephalus Causing Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Nissar Shaikh, Gulzar Hussain, Adnan Khan, Muhammad Mohsin Khan, Mamdouh Al Mustafa, Moad Ehfeda, Muhammad Zubair and Umais Momin Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 13, 2019 A 38-year-old Asian male had craniotomy with excision of a left frontal mass which extended into the lateral ventricles. External ventricular and subdural drains were inserted at the end of the procedure. He received mannitol and furosemide intraoperatively. Immediately after surgery he developed tension pneumocephalus, diabetes insipidus and fever. Two days after surgery, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed transverse, sagittal sinus thrombosis extending into the right internal jugular vein...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710022 Hu Liang Low and Ahsan Taqvi Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 05, 2019 Post-traumatic conus medullaris syndromes (CMS) such as after L1-burst fractures are uncommon, being encountered in only 1.7% of patients with spinal cord injuries. These injuries are almost invariably associated with bladder, erectile or bowel dysfunction, disturbance of perineal sensation and varying sensorimotor deficits in the legs. To date, there are only 6 reported cases of CMS after a L1-burst fracture without sensory or motor deficits in the lower limbs. In this case report, we describe ...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710021 Andrea Bianco, Riccardo Fornaro, Christian Cossandi, Sara Forgnone, Emanuela Crobeddu and Piergiorgio Car and Gabriele Panzarasa Article Type: Commentary | First Published: July 05, 2019 Pregnancy can change the behavior of brain gliomas with increased growth rate, increased frequency of seizures, and anaplastic transformation. Very rarely the presentation may be hyperacute due to intratumoral hemorrhage. We report and discuss them a management of the hemorrhagic infarction of a newly diagnosed postcentral anaplastic astrocytoma in a pregnant woman. A first MRI discovered the glioma; two days later, after acute neurological deterioration, a second MRI showed a dramatic increase ...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710020 Caring for Meningiomas: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach Uri P Hadelsberg, MD and Nevo Margalit, MD Article Type: Commentary | First Published: June 29, 2019 This patient was admitted to our department and eventually underwent surgery with gross total resection after pre-operative endovascular embolization of the tumor. The patient underwent a successful recovery and was discharged without major neurological deficits to rehab. On follow up the patient is doing well and is back home with her children. On the day of surgery the patient was intubated and underwent cerebral embolization with occlusion of several tumor-feeding arteries. The patient was th...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710019 Multidirectional Spontaneous Migration of Intracranial Bullet: A Case Report and Literature Review Matías Negrotto, MD, Ramon Figueroa, MD and Katherine Sotomayor, MD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 26, 2019 Although gunshot injury to the head is usually mortal, survivors frequently show retained metal shrapnel or full bullet intracranially. An important though uncommon complication of retained bullet is that of spontaneous migration. A migrating intracranial bullet is a dilemma to neurosurgeons, as its management is challenging, since the removal of a deep-seated bullet may cause additional neurological deficit. Migration of a retained bullet may cause damage to vital structures and cranial nerves,...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710018 Clinical Performance of a Novel Fully Synthetic Dura Substitute Umang Khandpur, BS, Wilson Z Ray, MD and Matthew R MacEwan, PhD Article Type: Case Series | First Published: June 17, 2019 A retrospective case series was performed to evaluate the efficacy of a novel, fully synthetic dura substitute. Clinical outcomes (e.g. infectious, reoperation rates, cerebrospinal fluid leak) and surgeon experiences with the dura substitute intraoperatively were collected. All methods were approved by the Institutional Review Board at Washington University School of Medicine....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710017 The Role of Neurosurgery Mission Trips in Third World Countries Emil Zhalmukhamedov Article Type: Review Article | First Published: June 17, 2019 A summary of available data on neurosurgical mission trips has been collected from PubMed and Google Scholar on the following mesh keywords: Neurosurgery trips, mission neurosurgery, and neurosurgery in third world countries. We gathered our information that was closely related to neurosurgical education such as proficiency, equipment, ethics and outcomes....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710016 Psychogenic Hemiplegia after Cervical Spine Discectomies and Fusion Siavash S Haghighi Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 08, 2019 A case report of psychogenic hemiplegia following a two level anterior cervical discectomies and fusion was contradicted by a thorough electrophysiological findings. To report an unusual case of post-operative hemiplegia in spite of normal electrophysiological and noncompromising radiographic findings. Conversion disorder with sensory or motor system symptoms is a subtype which includes symptoms such as impaired motor balance, paraplegia, muscle weakness, and urinary retention....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710015 Delayed Quadriplegia after Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Surgery Siavash S Haghighi, MD, Bertha Ramirez, MD and Richard Zhang, MD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 08, 2019 Acute or delayed paraplegia or quadriplegia following anterior cervical discectomies and fusion are not common. We report this single case report of delayed quadriplegia following an anterior cervical discectomies and fusion without any change of sensory or motor evoked potentials during the operation. The intraoperative somatosensory (SSEPs) were performed by stimulation of tibial nerves or the median (MN). Motor evoked potentials (TcMEPs) were recorded from intrinsic hand or foot muscles after...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710014 Thierry Patrice, MD, PhD, Romain Bourcier, MD, Hubert Desal, MD, PhD, Bertrand Rozec, MD, PhD and Yvonnick Blanloeil, MD Article Type: Case Study | First Published: April 26, 2019 Oxidative stress (OS) could be involved during intracranial aneurysms (ICA) progression but knowledge about comorbidities likely to induce OS is poor. We studied the medical and surgical history of patients with an ICA discovered after a subarachnoidal haemorrhage (SAH) or unruptured (UIA). 175 patients, 58 with a UIA, had been successively recruited from a single centre. Their medical history, comorbidities and treatments had been gathered from hospital files, general practitioners, relatives a...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/NCR-2017/1710013 Self Manipulated Cervical Spine Leads to Posterior Disc Herniation and Spinal Stenosis Wyatt McGilvery, BS, Marc Eastin, MD, Anish Sen, MD and Maciej Witkos, MS, MD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 05, 2019 The authors report a case in which a 38-year-old male who presented himself to the emergency department with a chief complaint of cervical neck pain and paresthesia radiating from the right pectoral region down his distal right arm following self manipulation of the patient's own cervical vertebrae. Initial emergency department imaging via cervical X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without contrast revealed no cervical fractures; however, there was evidence of an acute cervical disc her...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/NCR-2017/1710012 Cerebello-Pontine Angle Glioblastoma with Cervical Spine Metastasis: A Case Report Giuseppe Mariniello, MD, Carmela Peca, MD, Maria Laura Del Basso De Caro, MD, Sergio Corvino, MD, Valentina Orlando, MD, Elia Guadagno, MD and Francesco Maiuri, MD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 14, 2019 This article reports a left cerebellopontine angle glioblastoma presenting with two week history of rapidly progressive hearing loss and trigeminal pain, treated by subtotal resection and radiotherapy with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide. At one year, local tumor control and diffuse neoplastic seeding in the cervical spinal cord were evidenced. Glioblastomas involving the cerebellopontine angle are exceptional with only 10 reported cases. The possibility of a glioblastoma should be conside...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710011 Pouya Entezami, MD, Emad Nourollahzadeh, MD, Adedamola Adepoju, MD, David Michael Jones, MD and John Dalfino, MD Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 11, 2019 As our patient population grows older with improved health care technology and resources, chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is an increasingly common disease faced by the modern neurosurgeon. Despite good results with burr-hole irrigation and evacuation - the gold standard treatment for CSDH - recurrence rate remains high. Recent advancements in endovascular management of this diagnosis via embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA), either alone or in conjunction with surgical evacuation,...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710010 Delayed Revascularization of Basilar Artery Occlusion due to Symptomatic Progression Pouya Entezami, M Reid Gooch, Emad Nourollahzadeh and John Dalfino Article Type: Case Report | First Published: January 21, 2019 The basilar artery is the main arterial contributor to the posterior circulation. Interruptions of this flow can cause devastating strokes and neurological demise. While most patients with a basilar artery occlusion suffer from a high rate or morbidity and/or mortality, a small subset survive but have progressive symptomatic decline. Delayed revascularization of these patients with chronic basilar artery occlusions based on symptomatic progression may provide a favorable risk-benefit ratio, but ...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710009 Alexandra Benouaich-Amiel, Shlomit Yust-Katz, Suzana Fichman and Tali Siegal Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 20, 2018 Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) is a rare, Epstein barr virus (EBV) associated, angiocentric B cell proliferation, which usually involves the lung but may also involve, more rarely, the central nervous system. Its malignant potential is uncertain, and seems to be linked to the number of EBV positive B cells. We report the case of a 32-years-old patient, with an antecedent of LYG grade 2, involving lung, who presented with a brain mass lesion one year later, which appears to be a grade 1 LYG wi...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710008 Multimodal MRI of Extracranial Glioblastoma Dissemination Alice Venier, Luca Roccatagliata, Alessandro Cianfoni and Emanuele Pravata Article Type: Case Report | First Published: December 15, 2018 Glioblastoma scalp dissemination is uncommon. Infiltration may occur through the craniotomy, suggesting diffusion from the surgical site as the most likely mechanism. At Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), features of the metastatic tissue resemble those of the primary tumor. We show multimodal MRI appearance of a glioblastoma disseminating to the scalp. The patient presented with a stiff, non-tender palpable mass within the extracranial soft tissues, five months after surgery. Distinctive finding...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710007 A Giorgianni, P Veiceschi, G Agresta, S Balbi and D Locatelli Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 19, 2018 We report a case of right internal carotid artery pseudo-aneurysm, arising in the aspects of a giant macroadenoma in a 57-years-old man, presented with right severe temporal orbital headache and vomiting. Computed tomography scan (CT) revealed a destructive skull base mass extended from sellar region to clivus. Pre and post-gadolinium brain magnetic resonance (MRI) confirmed the lesion, characterized by an encasement of optic nerves and carotid siphons bilaterally, with a pseudo-aneurysm of cave...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710006 Adriana Rodrigues Liborio dos Santos, Gabriel Mufarrej, Priscila Oliveira da Conceicao, Paulo Luiz da Costa Cruz, Daniel Dutra Cavalcanti, Leila Chimelli and Paulo Niemeyer Filho Article Type: Original Article | First Published: November 19, 2018 Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy (SAH) is a widespread technique for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (MTLE) treatment. Dr. Niemeyer was the first to describe SAH using transventricular approach technique in 1958. In 2018, we celebrate 60 years of the original description of Niemeyer's approach. This study reviews the approach in light of currently technology and shows the results achieved with patients submitted to SAH following Niemeyer's approach at Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710005 Frazier Suction Cannula Fluid Control Technical Note Manuel Dujovny, Channan Kositzke, Pablo Sosa and Fabian Cremaschi Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 10, 2018 Suction capability in neurosurgery is a critical tool utilized to clear the field and improve visualization of anatomical structures. It is also used for fragmentation and debulking of pathological tumor masses. Prior to the Frazier cannula, there was no orifice bent pressure relief valve associated with suction; this tool provides independent dual suction force. The Frazier cannula has the capability to reach absolute suction or zero suction instantaneously. In this article, we introduce a new ...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710004 Vaner Koksal Article Type: Case Report | First Published: November 05, 2018 Acute peritentorial subdural hematoma (APSDH) is an extremely rare intracranial bleeding, which generally occurs due to a trauma. And, It usually regresses spontaneously without the need for a surgical intervention. However, it is difficult to determine the surgical method when it is life-threatening. A 15-year-old boy was brought to the hospital after a crash with a car whilst on a motorcycle. No significant intracranial bleeding was detected following an isolated severe head trauma; however, G...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710003 What Should Guide Decision-Making Process in Urgency? A Curious Case of Right Acute Hemiparesis Francesco Restelli, Gianluca Agresta, Tommaso Alfiero, Alessandro Dario and Davide Locatelli Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 31, 2018 As physicians and neurosurgeons, our daily practice in Emergency Departments sometimes calls us to manage patients and to take decisions in sub-optimal conditions, maybe with partial anamnesis, incomplete neurological examinations or with lacks in routine radiological and laboratory exams. Such eventuality, although it may sometimes lead to misdiagnose and to confound some pathological conditions, fortunately is not always linked to bad repercussions for patients. This is especially true when de...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710002 A Giant Cell Granuloma of the Temporal Bone: A Case Report Giyas Ayberk, Selen Isık Adiloglu, Aylin Kılıc Yazgan, Mahmut Ferhat and Mehmet Faik Ozveren Article Type: Case Report | First Published: June 15, 2018 A giant cell granuloma (GCG) rarely occurs in the skull bones. Although it has destructive character, the GCG is used as the synonym of giant cell reparative granuloma (GCRG) in the literature. Differentiation from other osteolytic lesions quite difficult. The first case of GCG in the temporal bone was reported by Hirschl and Katz in 1974. Even though the GCG is not a true neoplasm, the locally aggressive behavior of this tumor necessitates surgical excision whenever possible....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/ncr-2017/1710001 Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Differential of Midline Crossing Lesions Renu Pokharna, Miles W Reese, Souvik Sen and Tushar Trivedi Article Type: Case Report | First Published: January 11, 2018 Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare non-Hodgkin type neoplasm, which crosses the midline. We report an unusual case of a 71-year-old Caucasian female who was shown to have PCNSL by a tissue biopsy after the brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) showed Central Nervous System (CNS) lesions crossing the corpus callosum....
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