Surgical Management and Outcome of the Planum Sphenoidale Meningioma: A Single-Center Strobe Compliant Study.

Background: The resection of the jugum (planum) sphenoidale meningioma (JSM) is challenging, and there is a scarcity of available data in the literature. This study aimed to describe the surgical management and long-term outcome of jugum sphenoidale meningioma.

Methods: This was a retrospective, single-center, cohort study of 91 JSM patients treated in our department from 2005 to 2022.

Advocacy for Epilepsy Surgery in Africa: Moroccan Experience of 132 Cases.

Background: In Africa, epilepsy is a real burden. Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common drug-resistant focal epilepsy disorder, and temporal lobectomy is the most common effective treatment for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Objective: We aim to highlight the Moroccan experience in epilepsy surgery and to ascertain its long-term outcome.

Diagnosis, Management, and Outcome in 9 Children with Unilateral Posterior Synostotic Plagiocephaly.

Background: Posterior synostotic plagiocephaly represents a rare challenging type of craniosynostosis, often misdiagnosed as a simple posterior positional plagiocephaly. Underdiagnosed forms may result in delayed diagnosis and neurosurgical management, with potential ophthalmologic, cognitive, and aesthetic sequelae in children.

Methods: Here we retrospectively analyzed data of 9 posterior synostotic plagiocephaly infants treated in our center over a 10-year period (January 2000-December 2009).

Neurosurgical management of anterior meningo-encephaloceles about 60 cases.

Anterior meningo-encephaloceles (AME) are congenital malformations characterized by herniation of brain tissue and meninges through a defect in the cranium, in frontal, orbital, nasal and ethmoidal regions. The management of this complex congenital malformation is controversial according to whether use, an intracranial, extra-cranial or combined approach. This is the first largest series published in Africa, in which we present our experience in the operative management of AME; we share our recommendation in technical consideration for surgical approach with review of the literature.

A sacral hydatid cyst mimicking an anterior sacral meningocele.

Hydatid disease is a zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus. It is a progressive disease with serious morbidity risks. Sacral hydatid disease is very uncommon, accounting for < 11% of spinal hydatidosis cases.

Spinal intradural extramedullary hydatidosis: report of three cases.

Objective: Spinal hydatid cyst is a serious form of hydatid disease affecting fewer than 1% of all patients with hydatid disease. We report 3 healthy patients who presented with progressive paraparesis attributed to a histologically proven intradural hydatid cyst.

Methods: There were 2 children (1 boy, 1 girl) and 1 adult with a mean age of 12 years.

Management of intracranial arachnoid cysts: institutional experience with initial 32 cases and review of the literature.

Surgical indications and modalities in treatment of intracranial arachnoid cysts still remain controversial owing to limited understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanisms and natural history of this pathology. Current literature favours endoscopic interventions for arachnoid cysts. We retrospectively reviewed 32 intracranial arachnoid cysts managed over 11-year period in our institution.