Gliofibroma

1991 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Jackson Snipes ◽  
Gary K. Steinberg ◽  
Barton Lane ◽  
Dikran S. Horoupian
Keyword(s):  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Case History ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Microscopic Description ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tomography Appearance ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The case history of an infant with a large gliofibroma is presented. Gliofibromas are rare mixed glialmesenchymal tumors that have been poorly characterized. The computerized tomography appearance and a detailed light and electron microscopic description are presented, along with immunoperoxidase studies of this tumor. This case is compared with gliofibromas described elsewhere in the literature.

Growing fracture of the skull and the role of computerized tomography

1981 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 470-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Lye ◽  
J. V. Occleshaw ◽  
John Dutton
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Case History ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Leptomeningeal Cyst ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Growing fracture of the skull is a rare complication following head injury. The case history of a child with such a fracture, who developed a leptomeningeal cyst, is presented. The unusual features of this case are discussed in the light of previous reports. The usefulness of computerized tomography in obviating the need for more invasive preoperative investigations is demonstrated.

Spinal epidural venous angioma causing foraminal enlargement and erosion of vertebral body

1978 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Decker ◽  
Winston San Augustin ◽  
Joseph A. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Contrast Enhancement ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Vertebral Body ◽  
Case History ◽  
Venous Angioma ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Radicular Symptoms ◽  
Spinal Epidural ◽  
Fine Print

✓ A case history of a segmental epidural venous angioma is presented. Findings included foraminal enlargement and vertebral body erosion. Routine computerized tomography with contrast enhancement should be helpful in diagnosis of vascular anomalies in patients with radicular symptoms.

Penetrating intracranial wood wounds: clinical limitations of computerized tomography

1988 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 752-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Hansen ◽  
Steven K. Gudeman ◽  
Richard C. Holgate ◽  
Richard A. Saunders
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Body ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Case History ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wooden Foreign Body ◽  
Type Of Injury ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The case history of a patient with a periorbital penetrating wooden foreign body is presented. The computerized tomography (CT) densities of several different sources of wood were compared using an experimental model. The clinical usefulness and practical limitations of CT in the evaluation of intracranial foreign bodies is discussed, and the management of this type of injury is reviewed.

Cystic meningiomas

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Parisi ◽  
Rosario Tropea ◽  
Salvatore Giuffrida ◽  
Maria Lombardo ◽  
Francesco Giuffrè
Keyword(s):  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Metastatic Tumor ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Radiological Evaluation ◽  
Presumptive Diagnosis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cystic Meningioma ◽  
Tomography Appearance ◽  
Fine Print ◽  
Cystic Meningiomas

✓ Seven patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computerized tomography appearance of these meningiomas may mimic that of a glial or metastatic tumor with cystic or necrotic changes, and lead to an incorrect presumptive diagnosis. Radiological evaluation and recognition are important for the surgical removal of these potentially curable neoplasms.

Cerebral endometriosis

1987 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee L. Thibodeau ◽  
George R. Prioleau ◽  
Elias E. Manuelidis ◽  
Maria J. Merino ◽  
Michael D. Heafner
Keyword(s):  
Histological Examination ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Parietal Lobe ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fine Print

✓ A 20-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of intermittent focal headaches and a generalized seizure. Computerized tomography demonstrated a hypodense ring-enhancing cystic right parietal lobe lesion. At operation, a chocolate-colored cyst was excised which on histological examination proved to be endometriosis.

Intracerebral myiasis from Hypoderma bovis larva in a child

1989 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 929-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Müfit Kalelioğlu ◽  
Gönül Aktürk ◽  
Fadiil Aktürk ◽  
Sezer Ş. Komsuoğlu ◽  
Kayhan Kuzeyü ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Ct Scans ◽  
Intracerebral Hematoma ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
First Case ◽  
Hypoderma Bovis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Exact Identification ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Cerebral myiasis with a 10-day history of convulsions due to an intracerebral hematoma caused by a Hypoderma bovis larva is reported in an 8-year-old child. Computerized tomography (CT) showed the hematoma in a right parieto-occipital location. The H. bovis larva and the extensive intracerebral hematoma were discovered during surgery. Among human parasitoses, cerebral myiasis is rare: a review of the literature revealed only two reports, one published in 1969 and one in 1980. This is the first case that has been diagnosed as cerebral myiasis with exact identification of the Hypoderma bovis larva both from the CT scans and at surgery in a patient during life.

Sudden hemorrhage in an acoustic neuroma

1982 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reynaldo Castillo ◽  
Clark Watts ◽  
Morris Pulliam
Keyword(s):  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Acoustic Neuroma ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
Pathological Findings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Spontaneous Hemorrhage ◽  
Tomography Appearance ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The authors present a case of acoustic neuroma associated with spontaneous hemorrhage. The sudden onset of new symptoms was noted and appears to be common to all such cases. The computerized tomography appearance of the mass underwent changes consistent with the clinical, surgical, and pathological findings.

Complete embolization of artery of Adamkiewicz to obliterate an intramedullary arteriovenous aneurysm

1975 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Decker ◽  
Harry L. Stein ◽  
Joseph A. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Bleeding Episode ◽  
Thoracolumbar Junction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Artery Of Adamkiewicz ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fine Print

✓ A case history of an intramedullary arteriovenous aneurysm of the thoracolumbar junction is presented, and an unusual 14-year follow-up after the original sub-arachnoid bleeding episode is detailed. Embolization of anterior and mixed angiomas involving the artery of Adamkiewicz may be feasible when the artery is large and shunting is present.

Iatrogenic pneumocephalus secondary to intravenous catheterization

1999 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 878-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd P. Thompson ◽  
Elad Levy ◽  
Emanuel Kanal ◽  
L. Dade Lunsford
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Radiographic Finding ◽  
Altered Mental Status ◽  
Motor Deficit ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Intravenous Catheterization ◽  
Fine Print

✓ The presence of pneumocephalus in a patient without a history of undergoing intracranial or intrathecal procedures is a significant radiographic finding that portends a violation of the dural barrier or the presence of infection. The authors report a case of iatrogenic pneumocephalus that confounded the evaluation of a patient with unrelated neurological disorders, resulting in unnecessary transfer of the patient and utilization of medical resources. A review of 100 sequential computerized tomography scans obtained in patients for any indication in the emergency department revealed a 6% incidence of iatrogenic intravenous pneumocephalus. Computerized tomography scans revealing pneumocephalus had been obtained for altered mental status, focal motor deficit, seizure, and trauma. More careful intravenous catheterization and recognition of the condition on imaging may avoid similar problems.

Sedimentation level in chronic subdural hematoma visible on computerized tomography

1983 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Chien Kao
Keyword(s):  
Computerized Tomography ◽  
Subdural Hematoma ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Chronic Subdural Hematoma ◽  
Ct Scans ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ct Examination ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chronic Hematoma ◽  
Fine Print

✓ A clear interface dividing subdural hematoma into an upper hypodense and a lower hyperdense part was seen on computerized tomography (CT) scan in seven of 140 patients with chronic subdural hematoma. All except one of the seven patients had a definite history of head trauma more than 1 month before they developed acute disturbances of consciousness and pronounced hemiparesis. Consequently, they remained bed-ridden until they underwent drainage of the subdural hematoma. This group was compared to seven chronic subdural hematoma patients with mild clinical manifestations who were selected and intentionally confined to bed for a period before CT examination and craniotomy. The CT scans in this latter group did not show the clear interface in the subdural hematoma seen in the first group. Based on this study, it is hypothesized that this sedimentation level occurred as a result of rebleeding into a chronic hematoma that was sufficiently old to result in its contents being homogenous prior to the rebleed. In cases of rebleeding, a sufficient period of bed confinement in the brow-up position before CT examination allows development of a gravitational sedimentation in the hematoma. This clear level of sedimentation is seen in only a small portion of patients, but this finding may be specific for a significant amount of rebleeding and may herald acute deterioration.

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