The pursuit of a cholesteatoma by harvey cushing: staged approach to a complex skull base tumor [PDF]
, 2014 Objective The evolution of neurosurgical techniques during Harvey Cushing's practice was immense. The authors illustrate this evolution using archived historical records from Harvey Cushing.
Cohen-Gadol, Aaron A., Malekpour, Mahdi
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Delayed Cerebral Metastasis of Breast Cancer: Case Report and Molecular Review
Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2019 Breast cancer (BC) is a prevalent disease, and its incidence of brain metastasis (BM) varies from 5 to 30% according to the literature. We present the case of a delayed isolated cerebral metastasis in a female patient following a period of 16 years after
Leonardo Dessesards Olijnyk +5 more
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BMC Medical Genomics, 2022 Background Hereditary hearing loss is a heterogeneous class of disorders that exhibits various patterns of inheritance and involves many genes. Variants in the EYA4 gene in DFNA10 are known to lead to postlingual, progressive, autosomal dominant ...
Weixun Zhang +6 more
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Spontaneous Occlusion of Several Cerebral Venous Sinuses Mimicking Parkinson Disease
Acta Medica Iranica, 2020 Idiopathic occlusion of nearly all cerebral venous sinuses in association with the widespread formation of dural arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) is an extremely rare condition. The cause-and-effect relationship between thrombosis and AVF is not known, but a
Amin Jahanbakhshi +3 more
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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2023 Objective: Craniopharyngiomas are tumors derived from the remains of epithelial cells that are attributed to incomplete closure of the pituitary or cricopharyngeal ducts.
Kaveh Ebrahimzadeh +9 more
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The Epigenetic Funnel and the Cranial Base: How Cranial Bone Growth Helps Integrate Interactions between the Face and the Brain to Constrain Overall Skull Shape [PDF]
, 2007 Understanding the developmental and genetic bases for evolutionarily important variations in complex phenotypes such as the skull is a challenge because of the complexity of the factors involved.
Hallgrimsson, Benedikt +2 more
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Dosimetric Analysis of Neural and Vascular Structures in Skull Base Tumors Treated with Stereotactic Radiosurgery. [PDF]
, 2017 Objective To examine the relationship between the prescribed target dose and the dose to healthy neurovascular structures in patients with vestibular schwannomas treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).
Bhatt, Jay M +6 more
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Skull Base Reconstruction [PDF]
Skull Base, 2007 Various surgical techniques for extirpation of anterior skull base tumors have been established over the past few years. Tumors that are located in this anatomical area may invade both soft and hard tissues of the skull base. In such cases, an en bloc tumor resection may create extensive skull base defects and produce a free conduit between the ...
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Proton beam therapy in the management of skull base chordomas: systematic review of indications, outcomes, and implications for neurosurgeons [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Chordomas are rare tumours affecting the skull base. There is currently no clear consensus on the post-surgical radiation treatments that should be used after maximal tumour resection.
Choi, D, Matloob, SA, Nasir, HA
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ICAR: endoscopic skull‐base surgery
International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, 2019 Endoscopic skull‐base surgery (ESBS) is employed in the management of diverse skull‐base pathologies. Paralleling the increased utilization of ESBS, the literature in this field has expanded rapidly.
E. Wang +42 more
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