Microsurgery Resection of Intrinsic Insular Tumors via Transsylvian Surgical Approach in 12 Cases.

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics, operative methods, and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in the resection of intrinsic insular gliomas via transsylvian approach.

Methods: From June 2008 to June 2010, 12 patients with intrinsic insular gliomas were treated via transsylvian microsurgical approach, with preoperative magnetic resonance imaging diffusion tensor imaging (MR DTI) evaluation. The data of these patients were retrospectively analyzed.

[Surgical treatment of patients with cerebral schistosomiasis].

Clinical data from 48 cases with cerebral schistosomiasis, who received surgery, were analyzed retrospectively. Surgical treatment was performed when the patient had the following conditions: mass focus confirmed by CT scanning, cranial hypertension, or ineffective drug therapy, or indistinguishable from glioma by iconographic diagnosis. Treatment of praziquantel was given when the patients got improved.

[Expression of integrin-alpha 3 mRNA in meningiomas and its biological significance].

Background & Objective: It was reported that reported that changes of the expression of integrins played critical roles in differentiation, proliferation, and invasion of lung carcinoma, melanoma, and glioma. However, no data was available on the expression of integrins in meningiomas. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of integrin-alpha 3 in meningiomas and its biological significance.