4 results match your criteria: "Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University at Linko[Affiliation]"

Purpose: Pituicytoma is a rare low-grade glioma arising from the pituicytes of the posterior pituitary. To date, the clinical and pathological correlates of pituicytoma have not been investigated. This study was thus designed to examine the correlation between pituicytoma and the normal pituitary gland.

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Background: Neurenteric cysts are rare central nervous system lesions derived from an endodermal origin. There is no consensus concerning pathogenesis because of the paucity of occurrences. We report an immunohistochemical study of 10 cases with neurenteric cysts and postulate its pathogenesis.

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Neurenteric cysts: risk factors and management of recurrence.

Acta Neurochir (Wien)

July 2016

Departments of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University at Linko, 5 Fu-Shing Street, 333, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China.

Background: Neurenteric cysts are rare central nervous system lesions with excellent outcome after total excision. The authors report their experience in the management of these lesions, especially if recurrence occurs. Risk factors of recurrence were analyzed, which have never been reported according to the literature review.

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Background: The American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system suggests that squamous-cell carcinoma of the oral cavity (OSCC) with pN2 should be classified as stage IVA. The objective of the current study was to determine the outcome of patients with pN2 OSCC cancer according to different T status.

Methods: Between January 1996 and September 2007, a total of 270 patients with pN2 OSCC cancer were analyzed.

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