...Paolo Priore; Filippo Giovannetti; Mirko Scagnet; Federico Mussa; Elena Arcovio; Danilo Di Giorgio; Marco Primavera; Valentino Valentini; Lorenzo Genitori Introduction: Cavernous malformations of the ventral brainstem are a challenging disease to treat. From an anatomical perspective, the best...

... the ventricular lining of the fourth ventricle as a solid mass, it rarely originates from the brainstem. Grade II ependymomas also infrequently appear as a cavitary ring-enhancing lesion. Case Presentation: We describe a case of a 6-year-old boy with an ependymoma arising within the medulla with imaging features...

... associated with pediatric brainstem gliomas. This retrospective study explores factors that may influence survival in this population. Methods: Utilizing the SEER database, the authors retrospectively assessed survival in histologically confirmed brainstem gliomas in patients aged 17 and younger. Survival...

...Howard L. Weiner; Diana Freed; Henry Woo; Ali R. Rezai; Richard Kim; Fred J. Epstein Until recently, intra-axial brainstem tumors were traditionally regarded as surgically inaccessible lesions with a uniformly poor prognosis. However, increasing data indicate that distinct subgroups of brainstem...

... in the brainstem with prominent neuroglial heterotopia in the subarachnoid space, and aplasia of the VI and VII cranial nerves. Two infants had abnormalities of the X and XII nerves together with neuronnal heterotopia and migration failure of the inferior olivary nuclei. In 1 infant diagnosed with Ondine’s curse...

... recovered to near normal neurologic function within several days of injury. We postulate a mechanism of injury based on focal contusion of perforating brainstem arteries resulting in the delayed onset of vasospasm. 5 3 2008 © 1988 S. Karger AG, Basel 1988 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer...

...Kazumichi Yamada; Masaki Miura; Haruhiko Miyayama; Naomi Sakashita; Masato Kochi; Yukitaka Ushio An autopsy case of a patient with diffuse brainstem glioma associated with Laurence-Moon-(Bardet-)Biedl syndrome is described. The subject was a 25-year-old woman who had been suffering from mental...

... and resection of the cyst. Cervical laminectomy to C 4 was performed. The dura was opened in the midline. At this point, greenish cyst material herniated through the brainstem. The remainder of an encapsulated cyst was evident anterior to the brainstem. Thick, greenish fluid drained upon cyst puncture...