An unusual form of superficially disseminated glioma in children: report of 3 cases.

Three children, aged 4, 5, and 9 years, had an insidious onset of ataxia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed hydrocephalus and countless foci of high T2 signal coating the cerebellum, basilar cisterns, brainstem, and fourth ventricle. Similar lesions were present in the spinal cord.

Management of CNS mucormycosis in the pediatric patient.

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis (RM) is a rare, rapidly progressive disorder caused by fungi from the Mucoraceae family. With extensive central nervous system involvement, this disease is uniformly fatal within weeks. Mucormycosis normally presents in poorly controlled diabetics, intravenous drug abusers and immunocompromised patients.

Management of complex pediatric and adolescent spinal deformity.

Object: The authors sought to analyze prospectively the outcome of surgery for complex spinal deformity in the pediatric and young adult populations.

Methods: The authors evaluate all pediatric and adolescent patients undergoing operative correction of complex spinal deformity from December 1997 through July 1999. No patient was lost to follow-up review (average 21.

Multilevel thoracic pedicle aplasia causing congenital thoracic kyphosis: case report.

Objective And Importance: Congenital thoracic kyphosis is a rare cause of treatable myelopathy. Multilevel thoracic pedicle aplasia as a cause of this deformity has not been previously reported in the literature. We report a case and describe the surgical management and outcome.