Childhood central nervous system tumour mortality and survival in Southern and Eastern Europe (1983-2014): Gaps persist across 14 cancer registries.

Aim: Childhood central nervous system (CNS) tumour registration and control programs in Southern and Eastern Europe remain thin, despite the lethal nature of the disease. Mortality/survival data were assembled to estimate the burden of malignant CNS tumours, as well as the potential role of sociodemographic survival determinants across 14 cancer registries of this region.

Methods: Average age-adjusted mortality rates were calculated, whereas time trends were quantified through Poisson and Joinpoint regressions.

Hydrocephalus due to Membranous Obstruction of Magendie's Foramen.

We report a case of non communicating hydrocephalus due to membranous obstruction of Magendie's foramen. A 37-year-old woman presented with intracranial hypertension symptoms caused by the occlusion of Magendie's foramen by a membrane probably due to arachnoiditis. As far as the patient's past medical history is concerned, an Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis was described.

Localisation of cervical spinal cord compression by TMS and MRI.

The authors set out to study the role of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in the pre-surgical assessment of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Central motor conduction time (CMCT) was calculated in 50 patients and 50 controls by recording muscle evoked potentials from upper limb muscles. The level of spinal cord compression was determined according to the pattern of CMCT prolongation and compared with the level disclosed by MRI.

Intraparenchymal myxopapillary ependymoma: case report.

Objective And Importance: Myxopapillary ependymoma is a histological variant of ependymoma found in the cauda equina region. The most characteristic histological feature of myxopapillary tumors is the abundance of intercellular and perivascular mucin and the arborizing vasculature, which tends to form papillae. Primary intracerebral myxopapillary ependymomas are extremely rare; only three cases have been reported in the previous literature.

Molecular cytogenetics of chromosome 11 in pituitary adenomas: a comparison of fluorescence in situ hybridization and DNA ploidy study.

Chromosome 11 abnormalities were detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique and compared with DNA ploidy in 24 surgically removed pituitary adenomas. The tumors were diagnosed and classified by histology, electron microscopy, and pituitary hormone immunocytochemistry. They included 2 densely granulated somatotroph (DG-SM) and 4 sparsely granulated somatotroph (SG-SM) adenomas, 3 SG lactotroph (LT), 2 mixed somatotroph-lactotroph (SM-LT), 4 functioning corticotroph (CRT), 1 silent CRT subtype 1, 1 thyrotroph, 1 mixed thyrotroph-somatotroph, 2 gonadotrophs, and 4 null cell adenomas.