Validation of shunt dependency prediction scores after aneurysmal spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Background: Currently available scores for predicting shunt dependency after aneurysmal spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) are limited and not widely accepted. The key purpose of this study was to validate a recently created score for shunt dependency in aSAH (SDASH) in an independent population of aSAH patients. We compared this new SDASH score based on a combination of the Hunt and Hess grade, Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) score, and the presence or not of acute hydrocephalus with other published predictive scores.

Mechanical thrombectomy: an alternative for treating cerebral venous sinus thrombosis.

We report the use of mechanical venous thrombectomy in 2 cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in which the usual first-choice treatment with systemic anticoagulants was contraindicated. Our aim is to present this treatment as an alternative to consider when anticoagulants therapy is too risky or is contraindicated in critically ill patients.

Axonal Injury in the Lateral Geniculate Body: Radiological Diagnosis.

Damage to the lateral geniculate body by diffuse axonal injury in brain trauma is uncommon. The authors present the clinical case and fibre tractography using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of this lesion in a patient presenting with homonymous sectoranopia after a traumatic head injury.