Extra-Axial Cerebello-Pontine Angle Medulloblastoma in an Infant: A Rare Case Report with Review of Literature.

Medulloblastoma is a fairly common neoplastic growth seen majorly in children, presenting as an intra-axial midline mass arising from the cerebellar vermis. However, its presentation as an extra-axial mass in the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) is extremely rare, such that, only 39 cases have been reported in the world literature till 2016. Only one case has ever been reported of an extra-axial CPA medulloblastoma in an infant; who was aged 1 year.

Spontaneous Intracranial Extradural Hematoma Secondary to Hypofibrinogenemia: A Rare Case Report.

Spontaneous extradural hematoma is a well-documented but fairly rare condition, which can be associated with conditions such as vascular malformations, sickle cell disease, metastasis to the skull, infectious diseases of the skull, coagulation disorders, and use of anticoagulants. Of these, very few cases are of life-threatening extradural hematomas in adults, where hypofibrinogenemia is the cause of bleed, without any history of trauma. In this report, we have discussed the management of such a patient.

Pituitary Prolactinoma with Amyloid Deposits: Surgery or Dopamine Agonists? Review of Previous Reports and New Recommendations for Management.

Background: Pituitary adenomas, macro and micro, are a common occurrence in most neurosurgical centers. Prolactinomas are the most common pituitary tumors and are often treated nowadays with dopamine agonists such as cabergoline, with good results.

Aims And Objectives: To suggest new therapeutic guidelines for treating Prolactinomas with Amyloid deposits on preoperative detection of Amyloid deposition in Pituitary tumors, based on MRI characteristics.

Bespoke GelFoam Wafers: A Practical and Inexpensive Alternative to Oxycel for Hemostasis during Neurosurgery.

Background: Since the beginning of neurosurgery, intraoperative parenchymal bleeding has been a major problem. Achievement of hemostasis is the endpoint of any cranial or spinal neurosurgical exercise and is mandatory to avoid postoperative hematomas which mar the ultimate outcome of the surgery. Several biosurgical agents are used to achieve this goal.

Clinical course and management of postoperative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus keratitis in immunocompromised patients: two case reports.

We describe the clinical course and successful treatment of two cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) keratitis. In case 1, MRSA keratitis occurred 5 days after cataract extraction, associated with endophthalmitis; in case 2, diagnosis was made 19 months after penetrating keratoplasty. Treatment in both cases consisted of topical fortified vancomycin and fortified bacitracin.

Ischemic central retinal vein occlusion and neovascular glaucoma as a result of optic nerve head drusen.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report a case of ischemic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) caused by optic nerve head drusen.

Methods: Case report and review of the literature.

Results: A healthy 13-year-old boy was diagnosed with bilateral optic nerve head drusen.

Comparison of second-generation hand-assisted laparoscopic devices for surgeon pain and arm circulation.

Objectives: To compare two second-generation hand-assist devices (HADs) for surgeon pain and manual blood flow over time in an in vitro model.

Methods: Nineteen participants placed their nondominant hand through both the LapDisc and GelPort into a pneumoperitoneum chamber with an insufflation pressure of 15 mm Hg for a 2-hour test period. Pain, on a 10-point visual analog scale, and manual blood flow to the index finger using a laser Doppler skin probe were measured at 10 points during the 2 hours.