Cranial capacity exerts a close correlation with the volume of the brain. A large body of evidence shows a clear racial variation in cranial dimensions. Therefore detailed knowledge of the population specific data on biometric features of the cranial cavity is important in the study and comparison of the crania of populations from different racial backgrounds, assessing growth and development o...

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metopism had been observed as a genetic trait. recent studies have brought to light that it can get as an indicator of cranial pathology. an example of this pathology has been studied by this author on an iranian skeletal sample. the purpose of this paper is to provide basic information on the subject and thereby to create awareness among iranian anthropologists and archaeologists of this new l...

aneurysmal bone cyst (abc) is an expansile bone lesion that usually involves the long bones. skull base involvement is rare. hereby, we describe a 17-year-old man with hoarseness, facial asymmetry, left sided sensorineural hearing loss and left jugular foramen syndrome. ct scan and mri showed a skull base mass that was confirmed as abc in histopathology. the case was unusual and interesting due...

One disadvantage of direct anticoagulant drug is the lack of an antidote, which may become relevant in patients with traumatic brain injury. A 77-years old man with atrial fibrillation and syncope received dabigatran despite recurrent falls. Due to a ground-level-fall, he suffered from subarachnoidal and intraparenchymal hemorrhages, subdural hematoma and brain edema with a midline shift. Despi...

BACKGROUND Chronic ulcers of the scalp have a variety of underlying pathologies. In case of cancer patients, a second malignancy must be excluded. CASE REPORT A 78-year-old female patient presented to our department with a large soft tissue defect on the frontotemporal left side. The lesion was about 3 cm in diameter with exposed bone and inflammatory soft tissue on the edges of the defect. A...

In this paper, we briefly reviewed the development of cranial windows and their functions in brain sciences. We demonstrated that a 3D-printed titanium frame coated with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) film could serve as an excellent transparent window for long-period, vivo optical experiments mice rats, devices also allowed multiple injections through elastic PDMS window, without leaking. Our lar...

background: central nervous system (cns) relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia was significantly decreased due to the use of new chemotherapyeutic agents, intrathecal chemotherapy and cranial irradiation. the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of intrathecal (it) cns chemotherapy alone versus combination of it chemotherapy with cranial irradiation for prevention of cns rel...

familial amyloid polyneuropathy (fap) type iv (finnish) is a rare clinical entity with challenging neuropathy and cosmetic deficits. amyloidosis can affect peripheral sensory, motor, or autonomic nerves. nerve lesions are induced by deposits of amyloid fibrils and treatment approaches for neuropathy are challenging. involvement of cranial nerves and atrophy in facial muscles is a real concern i...