...) Large Infratentorial Multilocular Arachnoid Cyst Junichi Kuratsu, Yasuhiko Matsukado, Takafumi Kodama Department o f Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, Kumamoto, Japan Key Words. Congenital abnormality Arachnoid cyst Hydrocephalus Posterior fossa Métrizamide CT Abstract. Clinical...

...V.A. Fasano; G.F. Lombard; R.M. Ponzio The authors present 5 cases of posterior fossa tumors in childhood operated on using three laser sources: CO 2 , Nd: YAG and Argon. Each laser source is used as required during the different steps of the operation: CO 2 for cutting and vaporizing, Nd: YAG...

...Michael S. Edwards; Victor A. Levin; Charles B. Wilson Results of chemotherapy of recurrent posterior fossa tumors in children are presented. Cerebellar astrocytoma, ependymoma, and brain stem glioma have all shown objectively determined responses to treatment with nitrosourea compounds (BCNU...

...Koreaki Mori; Hajime Handa; Hirofumi Munemitsu; Yoshifumi Oda; Nobuo Hashimoto; Masayuki Kojima The authors report 3 cases of epidural hematoma of the posterior fossa in children. The clinical signs and symptoms are discussed. Onset of symptoms is not necessarily acute. The radiological findings...

...D. Barba; H.E. James The occipital transtentorial approach to the high posterior fossa has been previously described for the adult neurosurgical patient. In this presentation 5 pediatric patients with differing pathology in the posterior fossa are reported following successful occipital...

... of the posterior fossa. Correct diagnosis was not obtained by means of pneumoencephalography, with apparently normal repletion of the fourth ventricle being visualized. 2 of the 3 patients died after application of the ventnculoperitoneal shunt and before extirpation of the tumor. All 3 patients soon presented...