Postoperative Textiloma Mimicking Intracranial Rebleeding in a Patient with Spontaneous Hemorrhage: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

During craniotomy, hemostatic materials such as oxidized cellulose and cotton pads, commonly used to control bleeding, may cause a granulomatous reaction that may produce space-occupying mass lesions termed textiloma (or gossypiboma). We present a 46-year-old female who underwent a right frontotemporal craniotomy and surgical removal of intraparenchymal cerebral hemorrhage, and who developed a textiloma during the postoperative period causing seizures. Granulomatous reactions due to hemostatic agents have been reported experimentally, as well as after cranial and spinal operations.

Falcine meningioma in Von Hippel-Lindau disease: An unusual association.

Background: Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by formation of multiple benign and malignant tumors. In this disease supratentorial lesions are rare and no falcine meningioma has been previously reported. Differential diagnosis is very difficult and the histopathological examination is the definitive method for diagnosis.

Surgical case series of multiple aneurysms: A single-centre experience of 16 years.

Introduction: Multiple aneurysms are present in 10% in patients with intracranial aneurysms. An analysis of the literature, focusing on the different treatments, and a description of our experience are performed.

Presentation Of Case Series: A surgical series with multiple intracranial aneurysms from 2000 to 2016, describing demographic, radiological and clinical features, is showed.

Acute onset of paraganglioma of filum terminale: A case report and surgical treatment.

Introduction: Paragangliomas of filum terminale are rare benign tumors, arising from the adrenal medulla or extra-adrenal paraganglia. These lesions usually present with chronic back pain and radiculopathy and only two cases of acute neurological deficit have been reported in literature.

Presentation Of Case: A case with an acute paraplegia and cauda equina syndrome due to an hemorrhagic paraganglioma of the filum terminale is described.