Einstein (Sao Paulo)
November 2012
Objective: The authors show their experience with brainstem cavernomas, comparing their data with the ones of a literature review.
Methods: From 1998 to 2009, 13 patients harboring brainstem cavernomas underwent surgical resection. All plain films, medical records and images were reviewed in order to sample the most important data regarding epidemiology, clinical picture, radiological findings and surgical outcomes, as well as main complications.
Objective: Meningiomas arising purely from the falx below the longitudinal sinus represents a surgical challenge for the neurosurgeon. The authors discuss the new aspects of surgical details that may avoid complications and determine the prognosis.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated our surgical experience from June 2004 to January 2010.
Background: Tentorial meningiomas represent about 5% of intracranial meningiomas. This article reviews our recent institutional series of patients with tentorial meningiomas, proposes a simplified classification and analyzes postoperative evolution, discussing the salient features in the management of these patients.
Methods: From 1998 to 2005, 30 patients (22 female and 8 male) with tentorial meningiomas were operated at our institution.
Olfactory groove meningiomas (OGM) account for 4.5% of all intracranial meningiomas. We report 21 patients with OGMs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPetroclival meningiomas are technically challenging lesions. They have a tendency to grow slowly, involve cranial nerves and compress the brainstem and basilar artery, pushing them to the opposite side. Their natural history is marked by clinical deterioration and fatal outcome.
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