Amniotic fluid brain-specific proteins are biomarkers for spinal cord injury in experimental myelomeningocele [PDF]
, 2005 Myelomeningocele (MMC), the most severe form of spina bifida (SB), causes neurological deficit. Injury to the spinal cord is thought to begin in utero. We investigated whether brain-specific proteins (BSPs) would enable us to monitor the development of ...
Copp, AJ, Petzold, A, Stiefel, D
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Spinal Cord Subependymoma: A Subanalysis of the Neurospinal Society of Japan’s Multicenter Study of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors [PDF]
Neurospine, 2023 Objective This study aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics, treatment strategies, and surgical outcomes of subependymoma patients from the 2022 Neurospinal Society of Japan multicenter intramedullary spinal cord tumor study.
Takashi Yagi +11 more
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Low-grade dorsal spinal cord astrocytoma presented with paraplegia following minor trauma
Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2014 Although they constitute about one third of spinal cord glial neoplasms, low-grade astrocytomas can present variably. Post-traumatic neurologic dysfunction due to low-grade spinal cord gliomas is an uncommon event. The authors report a case of paraplegia
Bander F Al-Dhafery +2 more
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Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2022 Background: Brenner tumor is a rare epithelial ovarian neoplasm that accounts for 2–3% of all ovarian neoplasms. Herein, we report the first case of thoracic spinal metastasis of recurrent Brenner tumor without local recurrence.Case Description.A 70-year-
Tomoaki Fujita +9 more
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The substrate of the biopsychosocial influences in the carcinogenesis of the digestive tract [PDF]
, 2016 Digestive cancer represents a severe public health problem, being one of the main causes of death. It is considered a multifactorial disease, with hereditary predisposition, environmental factors, and other factors involved in carcinogenesis.
Caragea, Daniel +5 more
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Emergency Diagnosis of Giant Cell Tumour (GCT) of Spine by Image Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Giant cell tumour (GCT) of spine is an extremely rare neoplasm accounting 0.5% to 1.5% of all cases. The patient usually presents with weakness of lower limbs. We describe a case of 25-year-old male who presented with sudden onset of paraplegia.
Prem Singh +2 more
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for cancer pain in adults. [PDF]
, 2008 Background Cancer-related pain is complex and multi-dimensional but the mainstay of cancer pain management has predominately used a biomedical approach. There is a need for non-pharmacological and innovative approaches.
Bennett, Michael I. +4 more
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Nondysraphic Intramedullary Cervical Cord Lipoma with Exophytic Component: Case Report
Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports, 2015 Introduction Spinal intradural lipoma is a rare condition, accounting for
Osama Ahmed +3 more
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Primary multifocal gliosarcoma of the spinal cord
Rare Tumors, 2016 Gliosarcoma (GS) is a rare and exceedingly malignant neoplasm of the central nervous system. It displays clinical features similar to glioblastoma, yet is histologically unique as it harbors both gliomatous and sarcomatous cellular components ...
Ramesh M. Kumar, Michael Finn
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대한영상의학회지, 2015 Hemangioblastoma is a benign vascular neoplasm of the central nervous system that occurs frequently in the cerebellum and other areas of the central nervous system including spinal cord and brainstem.
Ok Hwa Kim
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