Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome after Removal of an Unusual Extensive Parasagittal Meningioma: Analysis of Twelve Reported Cases.

: Supplementary motor area (SMA) syndrome is a common post-operation complication in intra-axial brain tumors, such as glioma. Direct damage to parenchyma or scarification of the major vessels during an operation are the main causes. However, it is rarely reported as a postoperative complication in extra-axial tumors.

Unusual location of developmental venous anomaly within fourth ventricle causing obstructive hydrocephalus - A case report.

Developmental venous anomaly (DVA) is now considered common and benign disease within the field of cerebral vascular malformation. Though symptomatic DVA is uncommon, further management is necessary to alleviate the symptoms and signs induced by symptomatic DVA, such as parenchymal hemorrhage, venous infarction, brain edema, obstructive hydrocephalus, and nerve root compression. From the viewpoint of obstructive hydrocephalus, mostly resulted from obstruction of aqueduct of Sylvius.

Increased risk of osteoporosis in patients with erectile dysfunction: A nationwide population-based cohort study.

In this study, we aimed to investigate the risk of osteoporosis in patients with erectile dysfunction (ED) by analyzing data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). From the Taiwan NHIRD, we analyzed data on 4460 patients aged ≥40 years diagnosed with ED between 1996 and 2010. In total, 17,480 age-matched patients without ED in a 1:4 ratio were randomly selected as the non-ED group.

Intramedullary spinal glioblastoma metastasis from anaplastic astrocytoma of cerebellum: A case report and review of the literature.

Cerebellar anaplastic astrocytoma is infrequently encountered even nowadays, and drop metastasis with progression into spinal glioblastoma is not reported in the English literature. We report a case of cerebellar anaplastic astrocytoma receiving operation and subsequent concurrent chemoradiotherapy. One year later, progressive weakness of both lower limbs and unsteady gait occurred.

Laparoscopic resection of a giant solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of uncinate process of the pancreas in a child.

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas in children is rare, and the most common localization of the tumor is the tail. The authors encountered such a case in a 10-year-old girl with a giant solid pseudopapillary neoplasm at the uncinate process of the pancreas. Imaging examination showed there was a distinct distance between the neoplasm and the main pancreatic duct.