Functional and clinical evaluation for the surgical treatment of degenerative stenosis of the lumbar spinal canal.

Object: This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of decompressive surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) on a functional and clinical basis.

Methods: A prospective analysis and follow-up of 125 consecutive patients with degenerative LSS between 2000 and 2006 were performed. All patients underwent surgery for lumbar stenosis.

Management of problematic intracranial hydatid cysts.

The authors report four patients with intracranial hydatic cysts. One patient had a pontine lesion which was punctured and aspirated and the cyst wall removed with a satisfactory outcome. The second patient had multiple cysts which was comparable to meningeomatosis.

CT and angiography in a patient with three intracranial giant aneurysms.

A patient with multiple giant aneurysms all located in the circle of Willis was treated conservatively. Literature pertaining to neuroradiologic features, especially dealing with the CT appearance of this entity, is scrutinized.

CT findings and surgical treatment of double intracranial echinococcal cysts.

The authors present a young male patient with two intracranial lesions, one in the left occipital lobe, the other in the left temporal lobe. These masses were totally removed and both proved to be alveolar hydatid cysts. Surgery for a large hepatic mass, diagnosed after the first craniotomy, was refused by the patient.

Rare causes of hemifacial spasm. Report of two cases.

Two patients are presented whose sole symptom was hemifacial spasm. Cerebellar arachnoid cyst was diagnosed in one patient who was treated effectively by removal of the cyst and decompression of the facial nerve. The second patient had an AVM of the posterior fossa.