Epilepsy, headache, and quality of life after resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformations.

Background: In ruptured and unruptured arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), bleeding and re-bleeding rate and efficacy of microsurgical, endovascular, and radiosurgical treatment to prevent hemorrhage are well known. Uncertainty exists concerning the benefit of therapy with regard to headache, epilepsy, and quality of life (QoL) in unruptured AVMs. The objective of the present study was to gain long-term follow-up information after microsurgical AVM resection, in particular with regard to epilepsy, headache, and QoL.

Giant dumbbell-shaped intra- and extracranial nerve schwannoma in a child presenting with glossopharyngeal neuralgia syncope syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.

Lower cranial nerve schwannomas are benign tumors of the neurolemmocytes of the cranial nerves. Among children, cranial nerve schwannomas are extremely rare and are predominantly associated with neurofibromatosis (NF) type 2. The purpose of the current case report is to describe a unique giant extra- and intracranial foramen jugular schwannoma in a young boy with lower cranial nerve deficits and glossopharyngeal neuralgia syncope syndrome and to review the pertinent literature.

[Cerebral perfusion computerized tomography in vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: diagnostic value of MTT].

Purpose: Analysis of the value of the perfusion parameter mean transit time (MTT) for the diagnosis of cerebral vasospasm after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH). Comparison with other perfusion parameters. An MTT threshold indicating the necessity of conventional angiography will be defined.

[Computerized analysis of brain perfusion parameter images].

Purpose: The development of a computerized method which allows a direct quantitative comparison of perfusion parameters. The display should allow a clear direct comparison of brain perfusion parameters in different vascular territories and over the course of time. The analysis is intended to be the basis for further evaluation of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).

[From the concept of guilt to the value-free notification of errors in medicine. Risks, errors and patient safety].

The number of liability cases but also the size of individual claims due to alleged treatment errors are increasing steadily. Spectacular sentences, especially in the USA, encourage this trend. Wherever human beings work, errors happen.