Bilateral post-traumatic hygromas in patient with frontotemporal dementia.

Background: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a highly disabling neurologic disorder characterized by behavioral alterations and movement disorders, involving patients with a mean age of 58 years. We present a unique case of a patient suffering from FTD who developed post traumatic bilateral hygromas.

Case Description: A 52-year-old male patient, with an history of head trauma 3 months before, was admitted to our department for recurrent motor seizures.

Spinal cord compression from cutaneous malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor metastasis in a patient with neurofibromatosis Type 1.

Background: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF-1) and previous irradiation are two common risk factors that can result in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs), extremely rare soft-tissue sarcomas. Here, a 63-year-old male with NF-1 presented with diffuse spinal metastases from a subcutaneous MPNST.

Case Description: A 63-year-old male with NF-1 presented acutely with paraplegia and urinary incontinence.

Delayed brain reexpansion in schizophrenic patient affected by trabecular type chronic subdural hematoma.

Background: Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) represents a complex and unpredictable disease, characterized by high morbidity and mortality, especially in elderly patients. Factors affecting the postoperative brain reexpansion along to cSDH recurrence have not been yet adequately investigated. The authors presented the case of a schizophrenic patient affected by trabecular type cSDH that presented a delayed brain reexpansion despite a craniotomy and membranotomy.

Dural splitting reconstruction in retethering after lipomeningocele repair: Technical note.

Background: Tethered spinal cord syndrome (TCS) can occur after the surgical repair of lipomeningoceles (LMCs). In these cases, the tethering results from postoperative adhesions between the spinal cord and the overlying repaired dura. A watertight dural closure using the residual dura and/or the surrounding tissues does not always provide enough space for the spinal cord and risks retethering.