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Symptomatic Unilateral Subdural Effusion as the First Presentation of Suprasellar Arachnoid Cyst

open access: yesIranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2017
Background and Importance: Arachnoid cysts are benign nontumoral lesions that are usually found incidentally in brain imaging. Suprasellar Arachnoid Cysts (SSACs) are rare.
Omidvar Rezaei   +5 more
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Widening of the pericerebral space in infants – consultative problems

open access: yesArchives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2019
The study was an attempt to characterize symptoms and factors suggesting a traumatic cause of pericerebral space widening in infants. This heterogeneous group of disorders, rarely observed in forensic pathological practice, poses consultative problems ...
Damian Kozubek
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Performance of fixed-pressure valve with antisiphon device SPHERA® in hydrocephalus treatment and overdrainage prevention

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2012
Patients with hydrocephalus and risk factors for overdrainage may be submitted to ventricular shunt (VS) implant with antisiphon device. The objective of this study was to prospectively evaluate for two years the clinical and tomographic results of the ...
Fernando Campos Gomes Pinto   +3 more
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Acute purulent meningitis associated with chronic subdural hematoma and subdural hygroma

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2007
A male infant aged nine months with meningeal irritation and +3.5SD expansion of the circumference of the head was admitted. Brain computed tomography (CT) detected right chronic subdural hematoma and contralateral subdural hygroma. Since the cell
George Imataka   +6 more
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Two cases of medically-refractory spontaneous orthostatic headaches with normal cerebrospinal fluid pressures responding to epidural blood patching: Intracranial hypotension versus hypovolemia and the need for clinical awareness

open access: yesAnnals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2013
The diagnosis of spontaneous intracranial hypotension or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hypovolemia syndrome requires a high index of suspicion and meticulous history taking, demonstration of low CSF pressure and/or neuroimaging features.
Kaukab M Hassan   +3 more
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Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis complicated by hygroma and vasculitis

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Hygroma and vasculitis are rare complications of meningitis, that are serious and potentially fatal. In this case report, we present a 71-year-old male diagnosed with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis who developed bilateral subdural hygroma and ...
Abdelkader Dib   +4 more
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First report of tethered cord syndrome in a patient with Sotos syndrome

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2020
Background Sotos syndrome is caused by a gene deletion with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. The Sotos syndrome was first described by Juan Sotos. Cole and Hughes identified the clinical characteristics of this syndrome.
Pelin Kuzucu   +2 more
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Subdural hygromas After Decompressive Craniotomies

open access: yesИнновационная медицина Кубани
Subdural hygromas occur after various brain interventions, are often asymptomatic but sometimes may require surgical treatment. They can develop in the immediate postoperative period, but they are more common a few weeks or even months after surgery ...
P. G. Shnyakin   +3 more
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The influence of decompressive craniectomy on the development of hydrocephalus: a review

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2014
Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is widely used to treat intracranial hypertension following traumatic brain injury (TBI) or cerebral vascular disease. Many studies have discussed complications of this procedure, and hydrocephalus is a common complication ...
Jun Ding, Yan Guo, Hengli Tian
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Outcome Determinants of Decompressive Craniectomy in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury; A Single Center Experience from Southern Iran [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2017
Objective: To investigate the determinants of outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) undergoing decompressive craniectomy (DC) in a large level I trauma center in southern Iran.Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was ...
Hosseinali Khalili   +4 more
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