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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023 Background Idiopathic intracranial hypertension can lead to dural defects and spontaneous leakage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the skull base. Skull base CSF leaks are rarely reported in pregnancy but pose unique challenges for obstetricians and ...
Lauren Michelle +3 more
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Optimum imaging and diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea [PDF]
, 2000 Imaging is an important component in the investigation of unilateral watery rhinorrhoea suspicious of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Whilst the demonstration of the presence of beta 2 transferrin confirms that CSF is present it may prove difficult to ...
Howard, D, Lloyd, G, Lund, VJ, Savy, L
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2016 Magnetoencephalography (MEG) signals are influenced by skull defects. However, there is a lack of evidence of this influence during source reconstruction. Our objectives are to characterize errors in source reconstruction from MEG signals due to ignoring
Stephan eLau +11 more
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The Use of Layered Freeform Fabrication Technologies to Produce Tissue Engineering Scaffolds for Skull Patches [PDF]
, 2007 Congenital skull defects in infants are difficult to correct using metal plates due to the growth of the skull. Tissue engineering of bone patches could be the answer to help such patients.
Cansizoglu, Omer +4 more
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Journal of International Medical Research, 2022 Localization of defect sites is a major challenge for surgical repair of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks. Here, we report a case in which we applied a 3-dimensional (3D) printed model to accurately identify the defect sites and facilitate the successful ...
Hao Duan +7 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 ObjectivesComplex lateral skull base defects resulting from advanced or recurrent oral cancer resection are continuously challenging reconstructive surgeons.
Zhaojian Gong +4 more
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Subtotal petrosectomy and cerebrospinal fluid leakage in unilateral anacusis [PDF]
, 2014 Objective This study presents a group of patients experiencing recurrent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage associated with ipsilateral anacusis who underwent subtotal petrosectomies with the goal of stopping the CSF leak and preventing meningitis ...
Iannella, Giannicola, Magliulo, Giuseppe
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Challenging, giant occipital encephalocele in a pediatric saipanese male
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message Giant occipital encephalocele is a rare form of congenital anomaly that involves protrusion of brain tissue (greater in size than the patient's cranial cavity) from a defect in the skull.
Joshua Loya +3 more
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Interictal 18F- FDG PET/computed tomography brain in a case of frontoethmoidal encephalocele
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2021 Encephaloceles, also known as meningoencephaloceles, are a group of neurological disorders characterized by herniation of the cerebral parenchyma along with overlying meninges through openings in the skull bone.
Vankadari Kousik +3 more
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Intraoperative Extracorporeal Irradiation for the Treatment of the Meningioma-Infiltrated Calvarium. [PDF]
, 2015 Objectives Complete removal of infiltrated bone is required to achieve a Simpson Grade 1 meningioma resection. Reconstruction of the resulting bone defect is typically achieved with a nonnative implant that can result in poor cosmesis, foreign body ...
Fragoso, Ruben +3 more
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