Tetraplegic ambulation with the ORLAU swivel walker: a case report.

The ORLAU Swivel Walker which had previously been used by children with spina bifida. has been modified so that it is now being successfully used by spinal cord paralysed patients. This is a case study of a C7 traumatic tetraplegic patient who has used the ORLAU swivel walker for 5 years.

Clinical and immunologic follow-up study of patients with neurocysticercosis after treatment with praziquantel.

In a prospective study, 17 Brazilian patients with parenchymatous neurocysticercosis were monitored for a period of 12 months after treatment with praziquantel. Taenia solium-specific IgG antibodies, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), tumor necrosis factor alpha, neopterin, and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) were measured in serum and CSF before starting the therapy, on the last day of treatment, 5 weeks after treatment, and 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment. The most common symptoms and signs found in patients before treatment were headache, neck stiffness, and seizures.

[Arachnoid cyst of the 3d ventricle: report of 2 cases].

In 1985 and 1986 the Department of Neurosurgery of the University of Berlin treated two cases of arachnoid cysts of third ventricle, both of which were successfully dealt with surgically. They are reported in this paper. Arachnoid cysts from ventricular system and cisterns are rare.

[Intraventricular meningitis as a complication of purulent meningitis. A case report].

Report of a case of intraventricular hematoma as purulent meningitis complication in a child of 6 months old, without vascular malformation. The evolution was satisfactory after the surgical treatment.