Chordoid Glioma With Dot-Like Immunoreactivity for Synaptophysin.

Chordoid gliomas arise near the third ventricle and commonly present around 40 years of age. These rare tumors are non-invasive and often present with headaches and visual disturbances. Contrast enhancement on MRI is typical for these tumors and immunohistochemical (IHC) staining is positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).

Hypothalamic Cavernomas: Pediatric Case Report with 8.5-Year Follow-up and Review of the Literature.

Background: Cavernous malformations (cavernomas) are angiographically occult vascular lesions that can present symptomatically or be discovered incidentally. Rarely, they present in the hypothalamus or in children.

Case Description: We describe the case of a 14-year-old male patient who presented with headaches and fever and was found to have a hypothalamic cavernoma that hemorrhaged.

Paradoxical Vocal Cord Motion Presaging Bilateral Vocal Cord Paresis in an Infant.

Paradoxical vocal cord motion (PVCM) is a condition characterized by inappropriate adduction of the vocal cords during respiration. Usually seen in children and adolescents, PVCM presentation in infants is uncommon. Once thought to be a product of psychiatric disease, there are now several other proposed etiologies including irritant-induced and secondary to neurologic disease.

Fusion patterns of major calvarial sutures on volume-rendered CT reconstructions.

Objective: Recently, the authors investigated the normal course of fusion of minor lateral calvarial sutures on "3D" volume-rendered head CT reconstructions in pediatric trauma patients. While evaluating these reconstructions, they found many more fused sagittal sutures than expected given the currently accepted prevalence of sagittal craniosynostosis. In the present study, using the same set of head CT reconstructions, they investigated the course of fusion of the sagittal as well as the lambdoid, coronal, and metopic sutures.

Unilateral Frontosphenoid Craniosynostosis: Case Report and a Review of the Literature.

Plagiocephaly is a common condition that affects infants. It can be broadly grouped into positional and non positional plagiocephaly Positional plagiocephaly frequently resolves without intervention. Non positional plagiocephaly resulting from craniosynostosis often requires surgical intervention.

Patterns of care for craniopharyngioma: survey of members of the american association of neurological surgeons.

Background: Initial therapy for craniopharyngioma remains controversial. Population-based datasets indicate that traditional algorithms [gross total resection (GTR) vs. subtotal resection (STR) +/- radiation therapy (XRT)] are often not employed.