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J Med Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
Background: Giant prolactinoma (size > 4 cm) is a rare condition and accounts for less than 1% of pituitary adenomas. In even rarer cases, these lesions may involve craniocervical structures requiring surgical intervention. The present case is the largest reported giant prolactinoma (99 × 72 × 57 mm).
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December 2024
Ahtesham Khizar, MBBS, FCPS (Neurosurgery), Department of Neurosurgery Unit-I, Punjab Institute of Neurosciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Chronic osteomyelitis of the skull base is a commonly reported pathology in existing scientific literature, but chronic osteomyelitis of the skull vault (COSV) is a rarely documented disease. We report the case of a 38 years old Afghan male with a presenting complaint of irregular swelling on the skull vault for six months. The patient had a history of head trauma one year back with a compound depressed fracture which had been surgically managed then.
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November 2024
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
The temporoparietal fascia flap (TPFF) has recently emerged as an option for skull base reconstruction in endoscopic transnasal surgery when vascularized nasal flaps are not available. This study provides a systematic literature review of its use in skull base surgery and describes a novel cohort of patients. PRISMA guidelines were used for the review.
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December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Japan. Electronic address:
Background And Objectives: Large or giant paraclinoid aneurysms have been treated with various strategies, including clipping, coiling, and parent artery occlusion (PAO). In addition, flow diverters (FDs) have been introduced for the management of these aneurysms. The aim of this study was to examine the management of unruptured large/giant paraclinoid aneurysms in Japan when FDs were being introduced by a nationwide survey.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Exp Rheumatol
December 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Objectives: To determine if the subtype of vascular ultrasound (US) presentation is associated with different types of ischaemic complications (IC) in giant cell arteritis (GCA).
Methods: Retrospective observational analysis of GCA clinically confirmed patients referred to US fast-track clinics at two centres. All patients underwent baseline US of cranial and extracranial arteries (carotid, subclavian and axillary).
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