Remote cerebellar hemorrhage as a rare complication of supratentorial surgery was already first described in the 1970s by Yasargil. Its incidence ranges from 0.2% to 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSolitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) are rare lesions, accounting for less than 5% of all plasma cell proliferations. We describe a case of a 21-year-old female with Trisomy 21 presenting with cauda equina compression from an SBP. Solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) is a rare primary bone tumor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEwing's sarcoma is a malignant tumor that mainly affects young patients. It represents 10% of primary malignant tumors of the bone and 3% of malignant tumors of the child. Cranial localization is extremely rare representing less than 1% of all the localizations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Gliosarcomas are biphasic neoplasms composed of a glioblastoma admixed to a sarcomatous component with different lines of differentiation. Histogenesis of these tumors is still discussed.
Aim: Our objective is to specify clinical and pathological characteristics of this rare neoplasm and to discuss its histogenesis.
Introduction: Gliosarcoma is a rare, malignant, biphasic brain tumor formed by both glioblastoma and sarcomatous components. Various lines of differentiation are described in the latter component, but most commonly fibrosarcomatous and pleomorphic sarcoma are present. Osteosarcomatous features are exceedingly rare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpithelioid schwannomas mainly affect peripheral nerves and are frequently malignant. They are rarely encountered intracranially. Only five cases involving the eight nerve have been reported in the literature.
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