Lymphatic fistula following myelomeningocele repair

1976 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-454
Author(s):  
Lawrence C. Dempsey ◽  
Byron C. Pevehouse
Keyword(s):  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lymphatic Fistula ◽  
Myelomeningocele Repair ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The authors report a lymphatic fistula as a complication of myelomeningocele repair and discuss its pathophysiology and successful treatment.

Survival following gunshot wound of the pons: neuroanatomic considerations

1971 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Kline ◽  
Hector J. Leblanc
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Apnea ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Gunshot Wound ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Operative Findings ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The successful treatment of a civilian gunshot wound of the vermis and pons is described. A large missile fragment was removed from a depth of 2 cm within the pons at the level of the facial colliculus. Despite initial coma and subsequent irregular respiration with sleep apnea, the patient survived. Neurological, radiographic, and operative findings are correlated with the anatomy of the pons.

External carotid-cavernous fistula treated by arterial embolization

1974 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Stephen Mahalley ◽  
Stephan C. Boone
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Arterial Embolization ◽  
External Carotid Artery ◽  
External Carotid ◽  
Carotid Cavernous Fistula ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cavernous Fistula ◽  
Unusual Occurrence ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The unusual occurrence of a carotid-cavernous fistula supplied entirely by branches of the external carotid artery is presented, and its successful treatment by arterial embolization described.

Dermoid tumors occurring at the site of previous myelomeningocele repair

1986 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 779-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Michael Scott ◽  
Samuel M. Wolpert ◽  
Louis E. Bartoshesky ◽  
Seymour Zimbler ◽  
George T. Klauber
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Neurological Deterioration ◽  
Bladder Function ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Surgical Exploration ◽  
Myelomeningocele Repair ◽  
Tomography Scanning ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Four children with previously repaired myelomeningoceles presented toward the end of the first decade or early in the second decade of life with deteriorating lower-extremity and bladder function. Myelography and computerized tomography scanning demonstrated irregular filling defects at the area of the myelomeningocele repair, and surgical exploration disclosed dermoid tumors that were adherent to the placode and adjacent roots. Dermoid tumors should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurological deterioration in children with a repaired myelomeningocele.

Posterior atlantoaxial dislocation without fracture

2003 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Do Heum Yoon ◽  
Kook Hee Yang ◽  
Keung Nyun Kim ◽  
Sung Han Oh
Keyword(s):  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Open Reduction ◽  
Screw Fixation ◽  
Odontoid Process ◽  
Atlantoaxial Dislocation ◽  
Posterior Dislocation ◽  
Transarticular Screw ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transarticular Screw Fixation ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Posterior dislocation of the atlas onto the axis without related fracture of the odontoid process is a very rare traumatic condition of which five cases have been previously reported. The authors present a sixth case in which management was different from the others. The patient was successfully treated by open reduction of the dislocation and C1–2 transarticular screw fixation. The rarity of the lesion, the differences in diagnostic studies, and the successful treatment by safe intraoperative reduction and fixation are factors of interest in this case.

Treatment of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistulas by subarachnoid drainage

1975 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack McCallum ◽  
Joseph C. Maroon ◽  
Peter J. Jannetta
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The authors report the details of the successful treatment of 11 of 12 patients with postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistulas. Continuous lumbar or ventricular fluid drainage was used.

Spinal subdural empyema complicating pregnancy

1974 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 654-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Craig Heindel ◽  
J. Paul Ferguson ◽  
Thampu Kumarasamy
Keyword(s):  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Subdural Empyema ◽  
Subdural Space ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Spinal Epidural ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The authors report the successful treatment of a patient with empyema of the spinal subdural space during the eighth month of pregnancy. The characteristics that distinguish this uncommon lesion from spinal epidural empyema are discussed.

Intradural spinal bronchiogenic cyst

1973 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junkoh Yamashita ◽  
Anthony F. J. Maloney ◽  
Phillip Harris
Keyword(s):  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cervical Cyst ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The successful treatment of an intradural cervical cyst of apparent bronchial origin in a 14-year-old girl is recorded. Its possible relationship to enterogenous cysts and the split notochord syndrome is discussed.

Chiasmal osteoma following tuberculous meningitis

1984 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 184-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles G. Maitland ◽  
Dale W. Pcsolyar ◽  
William J. Morris ◽  
Bruce D. Ragsdale
Keyword(s):  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Tuberculous Meningitis ◽  
Pathological Examination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Surgical Exploration ◽  
Prior Infection ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Clinical and radiological signs of a chiasmal lesion developed in a man 25 years after successful treatment of tuberculous meningitis. Surgical exploration and pathological examination demonstrated a mature chiasmal osteoma. The bony growth may have been a sequela of the prior infection.

Meningioma of the frontal sinus

1972 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Balaparameswara Rao ◽  
I. Dinakar ◽  
C. R. R. M. Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Frontal Sinus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The authors report the successful treatment of two rare cases of primary meningioma of the frontal sinus.

Arteriovenous malformations of the transverse dural sinus

1976 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Kühner ◽  
Arno Krastel ◽  
Wolfgang Stoll
Keyword(s):  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Arteriovenous Malformations ◽  
Transverse Sinus ◽  
Dural Sinus ◽  
Occipital Artery ◽  
Adequate Treatment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Meningeal Arteries ◽  
Tinnitus Aurium ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Clinical, radioanatomical, and therapeutic aspects of dural arteriovenous malformations in the region of the transverse sinus are discussed on the basis of seven personal observations and the analysis of 72 reported cases. Common symptoms are headache and troublesome tinnitus aurium. More serious neurological deficiencies may occur as a result of disturbance in cerebral hemodynamics. A complete neuroradiological investigation is essential for adequate treatment. Most frequent arterial feeders are the occipital, tentorial, and middle meningeal arteries. Ligation of the occipital artery is not sufficient in most cases. Operative isolation of the transverse sinus by craniotomy and dural section is considered by far the most successful treatment and should be performed whenever ligations fail or are not indicated.

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