Pediatric Head Injury: A Study of 403 Cases in a Tertiary Care Hospital in a Developing Country.

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Falls are the most common type of injury, followed by motor vehicle-related accidents and child abuse.

Aims And Objectives: The aim and objective of this study was to elucidate the various modes of injury, prognostic factors, complications, incidence of various modes of injury, and outcome in TBI in pediatric population.

Epidemiology of the neural tube defects in Kashmir Valley.

Introduction/background: Neural tube defects (NTD) are the most common congenital malformations affecting the brain and spinal cord and have a multifactorial etiology. Genetic and environmental factors have been found to cause these defects, both individually and in combination.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, types, demographics, risk factors, and other associated anomalies relevant to NTDs in Kashmir Valley.

Epidemiology of the neural tube defects in Kashmir Valley.

Background: Neural tube defects (NTDs) are the most common congenital malformations affecting the brain and spinal cord and have a multifactorial etiology. Genetic and environmental factors have been found to cause these defects, both individually and in combination.

Methods: A 2-year hospital-based prospective study was carried out from November 2013 to October 2015 to determine the incidence, types, demographics, risk factors, and other associated anamolies relevant to NTDs in Kashmir Valley.

Elevated skull fractures in pediatric age group: report of two cases.

Elevated fractures of the skull, which are rarely reported in the literature, are always compound, have maximal neurological deficits at presentation and have been reported only in adults. We report two cases of elevated skull fractures in the pediatric age group, one of which was a simple elevated fracture and presented with delayed neurological deterioration. The etiologies were a fall in first case and an animal attack (bear maul) in the second case as reported for the first time.

Extraventricular neurocytoma of the vermis in a child.

Neurocytomas are rare neoplasms, composed of uniform round cells with neuronal differentiation. We report a rare extraventricular neurocytoma (EVN) in a 5-year-old boy who presented with headache and vomiting. His MRI brain showed a vermian mass.

Posterior fossa extradural hematoma: our experience and review of the literature.

Background: Posterior fossa EDH is an uncommon entity, accounting for only 4% to 12.9% of all EDHs It has a characteristic clinical presentation, which if detected can be life-saving.

Methods: We sought to study the demographic features of patients with PFEDH and assess the clinical and radiologic predictors of the outcomes of as well as evaluate the various treatment modalities for this disease.