...Olivia E. Gilbert; John M. Wilson; Jerome M. Volk Introduction: Cavernous malformations in the pediatric population are exceedingly rare, especially in infants. Giant cavernous malformations (GCM) are even more rare and have a diameter >4 cm. The onset of symptoms predominantly occurs...

...Aysha AlSahlawi; Gillian Morantz; Caroline Lacroix; Christine Saint-Martin; Roy W. R. Dudley Introduction: Multiple skull fractures, including bilateral parietal skull fractures (BPSFs) in infants are considered to be suspicious for abusive head trauma (AHT). The aim of this report is to describe...

...Nuri Serdar Baş; Murat Karacan; Ebru Doruk; Feyza Karagoz Guzey Aim and Background: Traumatic epidural hematoma (EDH) is a rare but possibly fatal complication of head trauma in infants. In this study, infants who were younger than 1 year and followed up and treated for TEDH in our clinic were...

... an infrequent location of this tumor in the pineal region in a 5-month-old infant. Also, the lesion was non-enhancing which was highly atypical of an ATRT. It was near-totally excised with the child placed in sitting position. However, within a short interval, a tumor recurrence was noted. Conclusion: The case...

... ]. In this report, we describe an unusual case of spinal cavernous malformation (CM) in an infant who presented primarily with urological complaints, the related clinico-diagnostic pitfalls and management. The case had a significant dilemma with the radiological features of commonly encountered congenital inclusion...

... infant with sellar craniopharyngioma who presented with acute total vision loss. To increase the chances of visual recovery, an endoscopic endonasal optic nerve decompression was performed as an urgent procedure. After decompression, which resulted in improvement of his visual disturbance, gross total...

.... Salivary gland anlage tumor Skull base Infant • Salivary gland anlage tumor (SGAT) is a benign nasopharyngeal mass of infancy. • Patients typically present in the neonatal period with respiratory distress due to nasal obstruction. • Extension of an infantile nasopharyngeal mass through...

... of giant interfrontal encephalocele in the literature. Anterior encephaloceles are more prevalent in South-East Asia and some northern parts of India. Giant encephalocele poses a great challenge to neurosurgeons and neuroanesthetists during surgery, as these infants usually have a low birth weight...

...Manjul Tripathi; Amit Dattatraya Padwal; Bharat Shinde Pandit; Dhaval Shukla; Dhananjaya Ishwar Bhat; Bhagvatula Indira Devi Timely management of hydrocephalus in infants is critical as the initial treatment can have lifelong implications for survival and neurological outcome. In the developing...

... for controlling intractable hemispheric epilepsy. Less invasive procedures are desirable for surgery on infants with low body weight. This study compared our experience with interhemispheric vertical hemispherotomy (IVH) and peri-insular lateral hemispherotomy (PIH). Methods: Thirteen consecutive patients...

...Natan Gadoth; Liana Benni; Shlomi Constantini; Yuval Karmon A 4-week-old healthy infant failed to make eye contact when approached from the left. When evaluated by us at the age of 11 weeks, left tonic conjugate gaze deviation was noted. Brain MRI showed a left frontotemporal large tension...

... and infants, a depressed fracture forms an inward buckling of the bones forming a ‘cup shape', termed a ‘ping-pong fracture'. In neonates, spontaneous elevation of a ping-pong fracture after birth trauma is well documented. However, in infants, spontaneous elevation of a ping-pong fracture following head...

...Seung-Ho Yang; Kwan-Sung Lee; Jae Hoon Sung; Byung Chul Son; Sin-Soo Jeun; Joon-Ki Kang Background: There has been much debate about the optimal surgical management of arachnoid cysts in infants younger than 1 year of age. The authors present the clinical and neuroimaging findings in pediatric...

... and no reaccumulation of the hematomas. We conclude that the endoscopic washout is a safe, uncomplicated treatment for chronic subdural hematomas in infants; is more effective than treatment with conventional burr holes alone, and eliminates the need for shunting or craniotomy. 21 01 1998 12 02 1998 7 3...

...Ann-Christine Duhaime; Cindy Christian; Rocco Armonda; Jill Hunter; Richard Hertle Subdural hematomas in infants and young children are uncommon, usually occurring from nonaccidental trauma in infants or from trauma associated with motor vehicles. We report 4 children with apparent unilateral...

...Loch Macdonald; Harold J. Hoffman; John R.W. Kestle; James T. Rutka; G. Weinstein This report documents the ability of acute subdural hemorrhage to be easily and completely aspirated percutaneously through the open sutures of infants, obviating the need for open drainage. The technique has recently...

...T. Picht; J. Jansons; A. van Baalen; A. Harder; T.A. Pietilae Choroid plexus papillomas are one of the most common tumors of the nervous system in infants. The most frequent early symptoms, megalocephalia and vomiting, caused by elevated intracranial pressure often lead to a diagnosis only...

...Toru Fukuhara; Yoichiro Namba; Hideyuki Kuyama We report a case of reservoir migration into the lateral ventricle through an enlarged endoscopic tract. A full-term female infant with a myelomeningocele, which was repaired surgically after birth, came to us with hydrocephalus, and a reservoir...

..., Queloz JM, Kirkpatrick JA: Intrathoracic mesenchymoma: Observations in two infants. Radiology 1972;104:107–109. 3. McDermott MB, Ponder TB, Dehner LP: Nasal chondromesenchymal hamartoma: An upper respiratory tract analogue of the chest wall mesenchymal hamartoma. Am J Surg Pathol 1998;22:425–433...

...Thad Jackson We present a case of an infant born with an open thoracic meningocele secondary to an amniotic band. Although there have been several case reports of encephalocele, anencephaly, closed meningocele and a case of tethered cord associated with amniotic band syndrome (ABS), there has yet...