Intracranial tumors are the second most frequent malignancies in children and posterior fossa is a common location for these neoplasias during childhood. Recent advances in surgical techniques, radiotherapy and chemotherapy resulted in dramatic increase in the survival rates of these children, however they are still source of a significant morbidity and mortality. Endocrinological complications...

Abscess of the infratemporal fossa is a rare complication which can be difficult to diagnose. It occurs mostly due to dental infection, tooth extraction, fractures and/or infections involving the maxillary sinus. This condition can be life threatening if not dealt with immediately. The maxillofacial surgeon must be aware of the symptoms and clinical findings of the infection of the infratempora...

Posterior fossa extradural haematoma is known for the vague signs and symptoms and a notorious course that varies from recovery to sudden death. The incidence of posterior fossa epidural hematomas among intracranial epidural hematomas has been reported from 4% to 7%. Subsequently, PFEDH with low GCS or the haematoma of more than 10ml were subjected to evacuation. Since the volume of the posteri...

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A 20-year-old woman suffered gradual progression of right pulsatile exophthalmos and slight headache. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated outward and downward displacement of the right globe and an arachnoid cyst in the right middle cranial fossa associated with thinned and anterior protrusion of a bony orbit. Microscopic cystocisternotomy was performed and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) insid...

A plain abdominal radiograph ( fig. 1 ) showed no features of bowel obstruction and a possible foreign body in the right iliac fossa. A computer tomography (CT) scan ( fig. 2, 3 ), performed to rule out a caecal lesion, showed features of appendicitis and confirmed a foreign body in the appendix lumen. A 75-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of worsening right iliac fossa pain. He had ...

Introduction: Teratomas are non-malignantgerm cell tumors commonly composed of cell types derived from all of the three germ layers. Intracerebral teratomas typically are midline or paraxial lesions located in the pituitary stalk or the pineal region. We report our experience with mature teratomas of the posterior fossa. Case report: We present the case of an 11-yearold caucasian female with pr...

Wound complications after middle cranial fossa craniotomy are rare. We describe a patient who underwent a left middle fossa craniotomy for resection of a small internal auditory canal tumor with subsequent development of wound breakdown and infection 1 week postoperatively. Prompting of the patient elicited a history of bilateral rhytidectomies. Wound debridement, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, der...

INTRODUCTION Atypical infratemporal fossa infections are rare and potentially fatal. CASE REPORT A case of an aspergillosis localized in the infratemporal fossa and another case of tuberculosis of the infratemporal fossa originating from the maxillary sinus, is described. The first patient was immunocompromised and showed symptoms of facial numbness; whereas the other was an immunocompetent m...

Following excision of pilocytic astrocytoma, a 12-year-old girl underwent posterior cranial fossa synthetic duraplasty with polyglactin 910 mesh. On the 8th postoperative day, unusual extradural collection was diagnosed by spinal magnetic resonance imaging. On the 14th postoperative day, cerebrospinal fluid leakage in the upper part of the postoperative wound was noticed. Unusual extradural col...