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A rare case of primary high cervical intramedullary cysticercosis: Uncomplicated surgery but a preoperative diagnostic predicament

Indian Spine Journal, 2021
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic infection involving the central nervous system. The involvement of spine by this disease is extremely uncommon.
Sunit Mediratta
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Low-field magnetic resonance imaging and multislice computed tomography for the detection of cervical syringomyelia in dogs [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Syringomyelia (SM) is defined as the presence of fluid- containing cavities within the parenchyma of the spinal cord. Sagittal magnetic resonance (MR) images have been described as the preferred technique for visualizing SMin dogs and humans.
Akiyama, Barone, Bland, Bou-Haider, Brodfelt, Capello, Carruthers, Costa, Couturier, Cross, Dennis, Dewey, Doyon, Drees, Driver, Driver, Feliu-Pascual, Fishbein, Freeman, Greitz, Hecht, Kirberger, Kitagawa, Klekamp, Kromhout, Landis, Lee, Levine, Loderstedt, Olby, Parker, R Core team, Rusbridge, Rusbridge, Rusbridge, Todor, Trigylidas   +36 more
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Fracture healing following high energy tibial trauma: Ilizarov versus Taylor Spatial Frame [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction: The optimal treatment of high energy tibial fractures remains controversial and a challenging orthopaedic problem. The role of external fi xators for all these tibial fractures has been shown to be crucial. Methods: A fi ve-year consecutive
AS Rigby, CU Menakaya, E Barron, Edwards CC, Fleming B, H Sharma, Helfet DL, Inan M, Kakar S, Sarmiento A, Woll TS, Y Hadland   +11 more
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Cervical intramedullary neurofibroma [PDF]

Journal of Korean Medical Science, 1990
Intramedullary spinal neurofibroma is extremely rare. A case of cervical intramedullary neurofibroma is presented in a 21-year-old man. Only 20 case have been previously reported in the literature. The site of origin is discussed with various hypotheses.
V, Sharma, G, Newton
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Intramedullary mature teratoma in an adult: A case report

Indian Spine Journal
Intraspinal mature teratomas rarely occur in adults. There is little published information about the diagnosis and prognosis of adult-onset intradural spinal teratoma due to its rarity. We describe a rare case of adult intramedullary mature teratoma.
Ahmet Gökyar, Sinan Bahadır, Cengiz Çokluk   +2 more
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Pediatric high-grade astrocytoma with piloid features of the spinal cord: A report of two cases and literature review

Glioma, 2021
Although the 2021 World Health Organization classification update of the central nervous system tumors redefined "pilomyxoid astrocytoma" as high-grade astrocytoma with piloid features (HGAP), the craniocerebral HGAP exhibits poorer clinical outcomes ...
Beibei Yu, Yang Lu, Linkai Jing, Guihuai Wang   +3 more
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Case Report: A Review of the Literature on Spinal Intradural Hemangiopericytoma With Spinal Cord Infiltration and a Case Report

Frontiers in Surgery, 2020
Purpose: Primary spinal intradural hemangiopericytoma (HPC) with spinal cord infiltration is rare. The purposes of this study were to investigate the clinical features of intradural HPC with spinal cord infiltration and to explore the related factors ...
Liu Chunyang, Zhu Huiqin, Sun Mo, Wang Yubo, Zhang Xianfeng   +4 more
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Tumor-targeting Salmonella typhimurium A1-R inhibits human prostate cancer experimental bone metastasis in mouse models. [PDF]

, 2015
Bone metastasis is a frequent occurrence in prostate cancer patients and often is lethal. Zoledronic acid (ZOL) is often used for bone metastasis with limited efficacy.
Bouvet, Michael, Hoffman, Robert M, Hu, Cameron, Matsumoto, Yasunori, Miwa, Shinji, Nakanishi, Hayao, Toneri, Makoto, Yano, Shuya, Zhang, Yong, Zhao, Ming   +9 more
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Does rigid intramedullary nailing through open growth plates cause harm? A scoping review

EFORT Open Reviews
Purpose: This scoping review aimed to map the literature on the effects of growth plate violation with intramedullary locking nail (IMN) at the knee in skeletally immature patients.
Maria Tirta, Søren Kold, Ali Yalcinkaya, Jan Duedal Rölfing, Ole Rahbek   +4 more
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Intramedullary metastasis to conus medullaris

Journal of Spinal Surgery, 2017
Although intramedullary spinal cord tumors are predominantly primary tumors like ependymomas and astrocytomas, the intramedullary spinal cord metastatic tumors account for 4 to 9% of all such tumors.
Sarbjit S Chhiber, Altaf U Ramzan, Jangbahuder Singh, Sajad H Arif, Udhay S Raswan   +4 more
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