The Department of Neurosurgery, Grant Medical College and Sir J.J Group of Hospitals, Mumbai.

The Department of Neurosurgery was founded in the Grant Medical College, Mumbai, in the year 1958, and is celebrating its 60 anniversary. The history of Neurosurgery in this Institute is synonymous with the history of Neurosurgery in the state as this was one of the first government medical colleges to start a Neurosurgery Department within the state. The students after undergoing their rigorous training in the department, went on to establish advanced neurosurgical centers throughout Maharasthra and in several other parts of the country.

Congenital orbital teratoma up to posterior fossa.

Congenital orbital teratoma is a rare condition which presents as marked proptosis of eyeball in a newborn. It is rapidly progressive with secondary damage to eyeball due to pressure effect. This case presented by us is of interest due to radiological features and rarity of this tumor extending into posterior fossa.

Posterior fossa meningioma "our experience" in 64 cases.

Background: Posterior fossa meningiomas are 20% of all intracranial meningiomas. These are slow-growing tumors thus become large before presentation. Microsurgical resection is the treatment of choice for the majority of these lesions, but variable locations, large size at diagnosis, frequent encroachment of neural and vascular structures, and their potentially invasive behavior are some of the features of these tumors that make their resection challenging.

Cerebral astroblastoma: A case report and review of literature.

Astroblastomas are uncommon neuroepithelial tumors of uncertain origin. These occur predominantly in the cerebral hemisphere of young adults and children. They form only 0.

Tuberculous brain abscesses: Case series and review of literature.

Introduction: Tuberculous brain abscess (TBA) is a rare but serious condition. It resembles a pyogenic brain abscess clinically and radiologically and poses a problem in diagnosis and treatment. A final diagnosis is established by smear or culture demonstration of acid fast bacilli (AFB) within the abscess.

Utility of in vitro proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in aetiological characterisation of brain abscesses.

Purpose: Brain abscesses often present an aetiological dilemma. Microscopy is insensitive and culture techniques are time consuming. Hence, a new rapid technique in vitro Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1HMRS) was evaluated for its usefulness in the identification of aetiology of brain abscesses.

Current epidemiology of intracranial abscesses: a prospective 5 year study.

Intracranial abscesses remain a significant health-care problem in developing countries. In view of this, we undertook a comprehensive study to determine the demographics and bacteriological spectrum of brain abscesses in our hospital. Bacteriological profiles and antibiograms were studied by conventional microbiological methods.

Rapid identification of non-sporing anaerobes using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and an identification strategy.

Purpose: The non-sporing anaerobes cause a wide spectrum of infections. They are difficult to culture and their identification is tedious and time-consuming. Rapid identification of anaerobes is highly desirable.

Cerebrospinal acanthamebic granulomas. Case report.

The authors present the case of a previously healthy 26-year-old man who presented with cerebrospinal acanthamebic granulomas, and they review the literature on acanthamebic granulomas of the central nervous system (CNS). The appearance of the lesion on imaging studies suggested the presence of tuberculous granulomas, which are common in India, and antituberculosis treatment was started. Despite surgical excision of a granuloma located in the right temporoparietal region and an intramedullary granuloma at T7-8, the disease progressed and resulted in death.

Calvarial tuberculosis.

Objective: Tuberculosis is endemic in developing countries. However, calvarial tuberculosis is rare and only a few cases have been reported. In a review of the literature, we found only six cases of calvarial tuberculosis reported with computed tomographic findings.

Abscess formation in invasive pituitary adenoma: case report.

Objective And Importance: Pituitary abscess is rare, with few cases of secondary pituitary abscess reported. To our knowledge, only 14 cases of pituitary adenomas with abscess have been reported, and this is the first report to include a magnetic resonance image of a pituitary adenoma with abscess.

Clinical Presentation: A 22-year-old man presented with decreasing vision, headache, and vomiting.

Cranioplasty using silastic implants.

Twenty five cases of post operative cranial vault defects were repaired using tailor made silastic implants in the last three years. Twenty four patients are tolerating the implant without any problems. All of them had symptomatic, relief and achieved an excellent cosmetic skull contour.

Video endoscopic neurosurgery (VENS) : a prospective study of 55 patients.

Neurosurgery has undergone dramatic innovations in the last few decades. It now allows the use of a microchip camera mounted on to an endoscope, introduced through a key hole in the brain. The image is projected onto a TV monitor located next to theoperating table.