Spectrum of intracranial subdural empyemas in a series of 45 patients: current surgical options and outcome.

Background: The subject of subdural empyema (SDE) is reviewed on the basis of experience with 45 cases.

Methods: Records of 45 patients with SDE were analyzed. There were 35 males and 10 females in the series.

Pediatric giant cell granuloma of the temporal bone: a case report and brief review of the literature.

Giant cell granuloma of the skull base is a distinct rare clinicopathologic lesion, which progressively destroys the involved bone. It causes increased intracranial pressure and mass effect on the brain. Histologically it may mimic an aneurysmal bone cyst, giant cell tumour and the brown tumour of hyperparathyroidism.