Solitary Fibrous Tumor of Central Nervous System: Clinical and Prognostic Study of 24 Cases.

Background: Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are rare mesenchymal tumors that occasionally occur in the central nervous system (CNS). It is difficult to fully understand their clinical characteristics, partly due to a limited number of reported cases.

Methods: We reviewed 24 patients admitted to our institution between 2009 and 2016 with CNS solitary fibrous tumors.

Microsurgical Management of Craniopharyngiomas via a Unilateral Subfrontal Approach: A Retrospective Study of 177 Continuous Cases.

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of 177 cases of craniopharyngioma (CP) treated via a unilateral subfrontal approach.

Methods: A total of 177 continuous microscopic surgeries were performed by the senior author (Y.X.

Large medial sphenoid wing meningiomas: long-term outcome and correlation with tumor size after microsurgical treatment in 127 consecutive cases.

Aim: We present the long-term outcomes as well as their correlation with tumor size in 127 consecutive patients harboring large MSWM after microsurgical treatment.

Material And Methods: The retrospective analysis of clinical data and follow-up data of 127 microsurgical treated patients with MSWM was performed. The mean maximum diameter of tumors was 5.

[Facial nerve preservation following microsurgical removal of large and huge acoustic neuroma].

Objectives: To evaluate the long-term facial nerve function of patients following microsurgical removal of large and huge acoustic neuroma, and to identify the factors that influence these outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed which included 176 consecutive patients with a large acoustic neuroma (≥ 30 mm) underwent a retrosigmoid craniotomy for tumor resection between January 2002 to November 2009. House-Brackmann (HB) Scale was used preoperatively and in a long-term follow-up after surgery.

A rare Von Hippel-Lindau disease that mimics acute myelitis: case report and review of the literature.

Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) comprises a series of complicated clinical manifestations. We hereby report one unique case of VHL with a natural history that mimics acute myelitis. MRI and biopsy in this patient showed multiple solid hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system and kidney.

[Clinical and neuroimage characteristics of primary central nervous system lymphoma].

Objective: To analyze the clinical and neuroimage characteristics of primary central nervous system lymphoma and explore the methods of treatment.

Methods: The clinical data of 28 cases of primary central nervous system lymphoma were analyzed retrospectively.

Results: All the 28 patients with lyphoma were proved by craniotomy and pathologic study.