Osteosarcomas are the most common malignant primary bone tumors in children and adolescents. Osteosarcomas metastasize to brain very rarely and they usually appear late in the disease process following metastasis to lung. Our case was a 43-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital with the complaint of imbalance for over a week. Physical examination revealed a bony mass over the left tibia....

A 15-year-old male in a persistent vegetative state due to diffuse axonal injury presented with seizures and spontaneous alternating monocular nystagmus. The cranial MRI revealed diffuse axonal injury involving supratentorial and infratentorial structures, and the splenium of the corpus callosum. The monocular alternating nystagmus was thought to be independent of seizures and occurred as a res...

Tuberculomas are usually infratentorial in children, and supratentorial lesions predominate in adults. We present a 4-year-old girl with multiple seizures, papilloedema and brisk reflexes. On investigation, she was found to have a large left parafalcine tuberculoma. She was treated with antitubercular treatment (ATT) and steroids. The child improved, seizures stopped and the papilloedema gradua...

The pineal gland has a deep central location, making it a surgeon's no man's land. Surgical pathology within this territory presents a unique challenge and an opportunity for employment of various surgical techniques. In modern times, the microsurgical technique has been competing with the endoscope for achieving superior surgical results. We describe two cases utilizing a purely endoscopic and...