Neurosurgery for intracranial meningioma in patients aged more than 80 years: benefits and rationale.

Background: Elderly patients with symptomatic benign intracranial tumours such as meningioma pose particular problems in decision making. We report on the outcome, morbidity and mortality in patients aged over 80 years after undergoing cranial surgery for meningiomas.

Methods: In this retrospective study, 37 patients aged more than 80 years underwent surgery at our neurosurgery department.

Peripheral nerve involvement in Fabry's disease: Which investigations? A case series and review of the literature.

Background: Peripheral nerve system (PNS) involvement is common in Fabry's disease (FD), predominantly affecting the small nerve fibers that are difficult to investigate with conventional electrophysiological methods.

Patients And Methods: Eighteen patients followed for Fabry's disease underwent a prospective series of electroneurophysiological explorations, including a study of the cardiac parasympathetic autonomic nervous system (ANS) and electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) tests. Data were compared with those obtained in 18 matched healthy controls.

Glioblastoma Secondary to Meningioma: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Background: The pathophysiologies underlying meningioma and glioma are distinct. The coexistence of those 2 lesions in the same patient is rare, and at the same location, it is even more exceptional.

Case Description: We report a case of a 79-year-old man initially presenting with a meningioma that was treated by complete excision of the lesion.

Sudoscan as a noninvasive tool to assess sudomotor dysfunction in patients with Fabry disease: results from a case-control study.

Hypohidrosis is a frequent and early symptom in patients with Fabry disease. Studies have reported improved sweating in patients treated with enzyme-replacement therapy. A new method, Sudoscan, has been developed that is noninvasive, is quantitative, and can quickly evaluate sweat gland function.