INTRODUCTION Temporal bone encephaloceles and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are associated with an increased risk of life-threatening intracranial infection. Defects in the floor of the middle cranial fossa are attributed to prior infection, trauma, iatrogenic injury, and increased intracranial pressure. In the temporal bone, intracranial contents most commonly pass through dehiscences in the...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to measure the height and volume of the bony part of the posterior cranial fossa (PCF) and the surface area of the foramen magnum (FM) using computed tomography (CT) scans and to correlate our clinical findings with the available current literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care referral hospital in the Sou...

PURPOSE Posterior fossa epidural hematomas are much less common than supratentorial epidural hematomas. The incidence of posterior fossa epidural hematomas among intracranial epidural hematomas has been reported to be 4% to 7%. Seven cases of posttraumatic posterior fossa epidural hematomas diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) are reported with radiological and clinical findings. MATERIALS A...

We report here a patient in whom the effects of a cerebellum mass may have led to development of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A 33-year-old woman showed symptoms of OCD, including obsessive worry about infection from tainted blood and repetitive confirmation, which worsened during pregnancy. She had comprehension in regard to her illness and no evidence of cognitive dysfunction and did ...

Background: Seizures due to posterior fossa lesions is an uncommon phenomenon. In this study, a systemic literature review was done (i) study the incidence of seizures in lesions, (ii) determine factors associated with high risk for seizures, and (iii) ascertain role prophylactic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) such cases. Methods: Systemic done, MeSH terms “posterior cranial fossa” AND “seizures” “...