Decompressive Hemicraniectomy for Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct.

Aim: Decompressive hemicraniectomy for a malignant middle cerebral artery infarct can be a life-saving surgical treatment. We aimed to investigate the surgical treatment results in cases that underwent decompressive hemicraniectomy for a malignant middle cerebral artery infarct in this study.

Material And Methods: The clinical condition, radiological findings and surgical treatment results of 42 cases that underwent decompressive hemicraniectomy for a malignant middle cerebral artery infarct were retrospectively evaluated in this study.

Calcified intracranial hydatid cyst: case report.

We present a 26-year-old patient who did farming related work had an asymptomatic intracranial hydatid cyst. A calcified intracranial cystic mass was found on radiological investigations and the patient underwent surgery. The mass was totally excised.

Spontaneus resolution of a traumatic vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm.

Injuries of the vertebral artery are rare and are usually seen after penetrating or blunt cervical trauma. Vertebral artery injuries (VAI) have been reported in 0.5% of blunt trauma cases.

Giant cell reparative granuloma of the axis.

Giant cell reparative granuloma (GCRG) is a rare, benign fibroosseous lesion. It typically arises in the mandible and maxilla, and less frequently in the skull bones. We report a case of GCRG of the axis, which is the first to be reported in the literature.

A new approach to the treatment of cerebral vasospasm: the angiographic effects of tadalafil on experimental vasospasm.

Background: The pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm is likely to be multifactorial. Strong evidence has indicated that decreasing levels of NO after SAH seem to be important. A PDE-V inhibitor, tadalafil, theoretically increases NO levels.

Intracranial foreign body.

Intracranial foreign bodies due to nonmissile intracranial penetrations occur rarely. Most of these penetrating injuries result from industrial accidents or criminal assaults. The complications which cause mortality in early stage are intracerebral hemorrhage, contusion, major vascular injury and meningitis.

Intramedullary spinal epidermoid associated with an intramedullary lipoma.

True intramedullary epidermoids and true intramedullary lipomas of the spinal cord are very rare lesions. To our knowledge, there has been no reported case associated with an intramedullary spinal lipoma. This is the first reported case with the association of these two lesions.

A rare cause of wound infection: Shewanella putrefaciens.

Shewanella putrefaciens has a wide geographical distribution, including all forms of sea water, fresh water, fish and soil. In humans, it is an unusual pathogen of wound infections. In this report, a wound infection was presented in a previously healthy man.