Large Skull Metastasis in Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma: A Comprehensive Case Presentation and Systematic Review.

Background:  Skull metastases from follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) are infrequent but clinically significant, often presenting with localized pain, neurologic deficits, and cranial nerve dysfunction. Early detection and accurate diagnosis pose challenges due to their asymptomatic nature in some cases.

Methods:  A systematic literature review, conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, identified and analyzed 15 relevant studies focusing on large skull metastases in FTC.

Efficacy of endoscopic management of primary central nervous system lymphoma: a multicentric study and literature review.

Introduction: To date, confined intra-ventricular localization of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) has been usually managed with open surgical resection and/or stereotactic biopsy; nonetheless, the endoscopic approach to such localization can provide many advantages over standard microsurgery and/or stereotactic biopsy. Here we present our experience in managing such a rare pathology through the endoscopic approach.

Method: In order to gather more information about such a rare pathology, a retrospective multicentric study on a prospectively built database has been performed during a 5 year period.

Waste not, want not: Report of a completely calcified C1-C2 juxtafacet cyst and literature review.

Background: Calcified juxtafacet cysts in the cervical spine are extremely rate. Such symptomatic cysts commonly cause neck pain, radiculopathy, or even myelopathy. MR and CT studies typically document cord/ root compression.

Reconstruction of vertebral body in thoracolumbar AO type A post-traumatic fractures by balloon kyphoplasty: a series of 85 patients with a long follow-up and review of the literature.

Background: Traumatic fractures of the thoracolumbar spine are common injuries, accounting for approximately 90% of all spinal traumas. Optimal management of these fractures still gives rises to much debate in the literature. Currently, one of the treatment options in young patients with stable traumatic vertebral fractures is conservative treatment using braces.

Minimally Invasive Management of Spontaneous Supratentorial Intracerebral Lobar Hemorrhages by a "Homemade" Endoscopic Strategy: The Evangelical Doctrine of "Venite ad Me" Allied to the Legacy of King Leonida.

Background: Although the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has appeared to be increasing over the years, its prognosis remains dismal. No consensus has yet been reached regarding the management of ICH; however, minimally invasive surgery should limit, if not avoid, intraoperative parenchymal damage. Therefore, we have presented a novel, modified "homemade" approach aimed to shorten the operative time and minimize the corticectomy and brain manipulation.

Rapid malignant progression of an intraparenchymal choroid plexus papillomas.

Background: Choroid plexus tumors (CPTs) are rare neoplasms accounting for only 0.3-0.6% of all brain tumors in adults and 2-5% in children.

An exceptional case of complete lumbosacral spine duplication and open myelomeningocele in adulthood.

The authors describe the case of a 47-year-old woman with a wide (14 × 12-cm) ulcerated lumbosacral myelomeningocele. The patient had sought medical attention for a sudden copious CSF leak from the lumbosacral sac followed by clinical signs of CSF leakage. After admission, neuroradiological assessment (spinal MR and 3D CT imaging) revealed the uncommon finding of a complex malformation characterized by a complete spine duplication originating at the L2-3 level, both hemicords having a separate dural sac.