Stereotactic radiosurgery is being increasingly used for the treatment of both benign and malignant disorders such as brain metastasis, spinal cord tumors, intracranial blood vessel abnormalities and neurological/functional problems such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorder and trigeminal neuralgia. The purpose of this report was to present our experience at the Depar...

Considering how uncommon the condition is (3.3 cases per 100 000 women aged 15 to 44 years) the CEU has received a surprising number of enquiries about contraceptive options for women with a diagnosis of idiopathic benign interacranial hypertension.

Meningiomas are common and mostly benign intracranial tumors, but may show a histological progression to malignancy. The mechanisms of malignant transformation remain unclear. Malignant meningiomas usually bear a high recurrence rate and unfavorable prognosis, and multiple surgical resections are required for the treatment. We report on a case of 51-year-old woman with a histologically benign i...

Received: June 19th, 2012 Accepted: August 18th, 2013 ABSTRACT _____________________________________________________ Background: Intracranial meningioma is the most common primary, intracranial, extra-axial neoplasm. It is mesenchymal in origin and arises from meningothelial cells of arachnoid villi of meninges. Objectives: To re-emphasize the regional anatomic localisation and diagnostic radio...

Atrial myxomas are benign tumors, and most of them are located in the left atrium. Left atrial myxoma commonly leads to cerebral embolic ischemic stroke. The intracranial aneurysm is rarely associated with myxoma. There are few reports about left atrial myxoma leading simultaneously to both anterior and posterior circulation infarction, and multiple intracranial saccular aneurysms. Now we repor...

Intracranial dermoid cysts are rare tumors derived from ectopic epithelial cells. They are slow-growing benign entities, but can cause significant morbidity through compression of neurovascular structures and, rarely, rupture into the subarachnoid space. We present a rare case of a spontaneously ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst presenting as new onset seizures due to chemical meningitis cause...

Benign intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor cerebri) has been described as related to the reduction in steroid levels in Cushing's disease (CD), especially after surgical remission. Ketoconazole is a common and effective adjuvant therapy for hypercortisolism, but the major concern is liver enzyme dysfunction. We describe here the case of a 12-year old girl with CD who developed benign intracr...

Most intracranial and intraspinal meningiomas are benign. Aggressive "malignant" behavior of intracranial meningiomas, with distant metastases usually to the lungs, has been well described [1-4]. We report a rare case of intraspinal meningioma with distant metastases to the lungs. Our review of the literature revealed only one other case of intraspinal meningioma with metastases to the lung [5].

The concurrent presence of multiple primary brain tumours with different histological characteristics is very rare. A case of dual intracranial benign tumours comprising pituitary adenoma and vestibular schwannoma is described. The aetiology and genetic association of these pathologies is explored and the literature of multiple intracranial tumours of different cell types is reviewed.

Myxomas are mesenchymal origin, benign tumor, constituting approximately half of the benign cardiac tumors. Occasionally, it may also occurs at other locations, though the intracranial location of a myxoma is considered exceptionally rare. Only isolated few cases of intracranial myxoma are reported in the literature, almost all were locally confined within the originating bone. The extensive Pu...