Pituitary gland trauma in fatal nonsurgical closed traumatic brain injury.

Background: Traumatic injury to pituitary gland can lead to significant endocrine dysfunctions. The aim of this study is to define the frequency of pituitary gland injury in patients with fatal nonsurgical closed traumatic brain injury (TBI), and to correlate if any, the type of craniocerebral injury associated with the pituitary gland injury.

Methods: The study is a prospective autopsy review of 30 adult patients with fatal closed TBI.

Giant Solitary Anterior Cervical Canal Neurofibroma: Case Report and Surgical Technique.

Giant solitary anterior cervical canal neurofibroma (GSACCN) is rarely reported in the literature. When the large lesion is ventrally located to the spinal cord, an anterolateral approach may not be ideal due to various technical challenges. In this report, we describe a case of intradural extramedullary GSACCN located at the cervical region extending from the axis to the sixth cervical vertebrae.