Sinonasal renal cell-like adenocarcinoma: Easily misdiagnosed sinonasal tumor.

Background: Sinonasal renal cell-like adenocarcinoma is rare and exhibits unique pathological and clinical manifestations. Correct diagnosis and treatment of this newly described entity are challenging for both clinicians and pathologists.

Methods: We report a female patient with sinonasal renal cell-like adenocarcinoma who initially presented with right intermittent epistaxis.

Effects of antiepileptic drugs on thyroid hormone function in epilepsy patients.

Purpose: Patients with epilepsy are frequently required to take antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for a long period of time. Many studies have shown that AEDs have a negative influence on endocrine function including the thyroid gland, however the risk factors for the development of low thyroid function in these patients are unclear. This study aimed to determine the potential risk factors of low thyroid function in patients with epilepsy.

Predictors and outcomes of shunt-dependent hydrocephalus in patients with aneurysmal sub-arachnoid hemorrhage.

Background: Hydrocephalus following spontaneous aneurysmal sub-arachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is often associated with unfavorable outcome. This study aimed to determine the potential risk factors and outcomes of shunt-dependent hydrocephalus in aneurysmal SAH patients but without hydrocephalus upon arrival at the hospital.

Methods: One hundred and sixty-eight aneurysmal SAH patients were evaluated.

Management of middle cerebral artery dissecting aneurysm.

Background: Dissecting aneurysms of the intracranial carotid circulation were previously thought to occur primarily in young people presenting with cerebral infarction caused by arterial stenosis and occlusion. The appropriate management of dissecting aneurysms in the anterior circulation remains controversial, especially in patients who also present with cerebral infarction. However, recent studies have reported better outcomes for patients with middle cerebral artery (MCA) dissecting aneurysms involving surgically treated subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).

A clinicopathological study of the significance of the proportion of choroid morphology in chordoid meningioma.

Chordoid meningiomas (CM) account for approximately 0.5% to 1.0% of intracranial meningiomas.

Infected spinal dermal sinus tract with meningitis: a case report.

Purpose: Congenital dermal sinus tract (DST), an uncommon entity of cranial or spinal dysraphism, occurs along the midline neuraxis that may arise from nasion and occiput down to the lumbar and sacral region. It is often diagnosed in infants and children for skin signs, neurological deficits, local infection, meningitis, or abscess. For spinal DST, there is a paucity of case or series report in Taiwan.

Cerebellar bacterial brain abscess: report of eight cases.

Purpose: To analyze the clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcome of patients with solely cerebellar bacterial brain abscess (BBA).

Case Report: Eight patients with solely cerebellar BBA, collected during a period of 23 years from 210 BBA patients, were included in this study. The eight patients were five men and three women, aged 5-54 years (mean, 36.

Supratentorial deep-seated bacterial brain abscess in adults: clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes.

Purpose: Supratentorial deep-seated bacterial brain abscess (BBA) in adults is rarely examined solely in the literature. This retrospective study is conducted to examine the clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcome of this specific group of BBA.

Methods: Eight adult patients with supratentorial deep-seated BBA, collected during a study period of 14 years (1994-2007), were enrolled.

Predictors and long-term outcome of seizures after bacterial brain abscess.

Background: Seizures are one of the most important neurological complications of bacterial brain abscesses. A better understanding of the risk factors of seizures following bacterial brain abscesses is needed to predict those who will require treatment.

Methods: A total of 205 patients were enrolled in this 22-year retrospective study.