Clinical-electrodiagnostic correlates in three cases of Riche-Cannieu anomaly (all-ulnar hand).

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L3 rootlet recurrent melanocytic schwannoma - case report and literature review.

First described by Miller in 1932, melanocytic schwannoma (MS) (melanotic schwannoma, pigmented schwannoma) is a rare variation of peripheral nerve sheet tumours with ectodermal origin occurring predominantly in somatic, but also in the autonomic peripheral system with around two hundred cases in the literature. Predominantly benign tumours, MS are still imaging and pathological challenge and can be easily misdiagnosed with more aggressive peripheral nerve tumours.We report a case of melanocytic schwannoma on L3 sensory rootlet with systematic literature review of nearly 200 cases presented in intracranial, paraspinal region, thoracic, abdominal or pelvic cavities and skin.

How Effective is Superolateral Orbital Decompression in Cases of Drug-Resistant Graves' Ophthalmopathy.

Introduction: Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) is the most common and difficult-to-treat extrathyroidal symptom of Graves' disease. Though retraction of the upper eyelid is the most common clinical feature of GO, it can have a much more severe clinical manifesta-tion with symptoms such as conjunctival chemosis, keratopathy, extraocular muscle dysfunction, proptosis of the bulb and dysthyroid optic neuropathy. Treatment methods include control of the thyroid function, corticosteroid and immunosuppressive therapy as well as radiotherapy.

Fluoroscopic Epidural Steroid Injection: Pain Relief in Discogenic Sciatica Versus Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. A Study on Middle Eastern Patients.

Objective: To compare the effect of epidural steroid injections (ESI) in patients with discogenic sciatica (Sci) versus patients with lumbar canal stenosis (LSS), not controlled by conservative treatment.

Materials And Methods: In our study, 80 patients with Sci and 66 with LSS were included. A single ESI (10 mg dexamethasone in 3 cc 0.

Sonography in carpal tunnel syndrome with normal nerve conduction studies.

Introduction: We assessed the yield of high-resolution ultrasonography (HRUS) in patients with clinically definite carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and normal nerve conduction studies (NCS).

Methods: This blinded, prospective, cross-sectional study involved 35 patients (60 hands) with clinically definite CTS and normal NCS, and 20 controls (40 hands). Cross-sectional area (CSAs) of the median nerve at the level of the pisiform bone and flexor retinaculum thickness (FRT) were measured.

Ultrasound-based neuronavigation and spinal cord tumour surgery - marriage of convenience or notified incompatibility?

Aim: The study aimed to examine the position of three-dimensional (3D) neurosonography and the advantages and disadvantages of ultrasound-based neuronavigation in spinal cord tumour surgery.

Material And Methods: During the period July, 2007- February 2011, 28 patients with spinal cord tumours were operated in our neurosurgical clinic. All patients underwent intraoperative 3D neurosonography by means of SonoWandTM and SonoWand InviteTM ultrasound-based neuronavigation systems.