Clinical-laboratory findings of bone metabolism in healthy premature and full-term neonates: preliminary results.

Premature infants are a major risk group for bone metabolic disorders. The purpose of this study is to clarify certain aspects of bone metabolism in healthy preterm and full-term neonates. Forty neonates (20 preterm and 20 full-term) were the material of the study.

[Metastatic plexus papilloma in the paediatric age: a case report and review of the literature].

Introduction: Tumours of the choroid plexus are uncommon, with a peak incidence in the early years of life. Clinically they usually produce intracranial hypertension. Histologically, they can be divided into papillomas and carcinomas.

Craniectomy in herpetic encephalitis.

The morbidity and mortality of herpes simplex encephalitis have decreased since the 1980s with the use of antivirals, but have remained stable in the last couple of years. One cause of morbidity is the development of focal hemorrhagic necrosis and edema in the temporal lobe, giving rise to space-occupying lesions, with a subsequent elevation of intracranial pressure. In some cases, the necrosis and edema can be refractory to medical treatment, with fatal outcome.

Clinical course of high-grade glioma patients with a "biopsy-only" surgical approach: a need for individualised treatment.

Introduction: 'Biopsy-only' high-grade glioma (HGG) patients get limited benefit from post-operative treatments, and as a group, negatively impact median survival outcomes.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated clinical characteristics, treatment and overall survival of HGG patients with a 'biopsy- only' surgical approach diagnosed between 1997 and 2005 at a University Hospital in Spain.

Results: In 31% of 294 suspected gliomas, only a diagnostic biopsy was undertaken.

Medulloblastoma in young adults. Must we give adjuvant chemotherapy?

Medulloblastoma is a rare entity in adult patients. All data about treatment are from children, where this disease is the most common cerebral tumour. Reports of medulloblastoma in adults are scarce but in all of them the prognosis seems similar to the prognosis of children.