Encephaloceles are anomalous herniations of the meninges, with or without brain matter. Globally the incidence of encephalocele is about 1 per 35,000 births, but it is more frequently reported in Southeast Asia. As the defect is more pertinent to embryological development, an encephalocele is a more common entity in an infant with a mean age of presentation ranging between 15.5 and 21 months; m...

This report describes the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose cervical syringomyelia in 4 cats. MRI revealed enlargement of the lateral ventricle in all the cats. Of the 4 cases, MRI revealed herniation of the cerebellum in 3 cats, an isolated fourth ventricle in 1 cat, severe hydrocephalus in 2 cats and brain masses in 1 cat. In this report, the cervical syringomyelia in these ...

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We analyzed the MR findings of five patients with benign intracranial epithelial tumors, commonly called epidermoids. The neoplasms were categorized into two groups on the basis of T1-weighted MR signal intensity (relative to brain): high-signal-intensity masses (short T1) and low-signal-intensity masses (long T1). Surgical specimens were obtained and analyzed by means of 13C MR spectroscopy. E...

Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis belongs to a group of diseases with an autosomal dominant type transmission and heterogeneous clinical picture, which depends on the gene mutation. The leptomeningeal form is rare phenotypic variant predominant involvement brain spinal cord meninges, as well cortical meningeal vessels. main manifestations this phenotype include cephalalgic syndrome, episodes...

background & importance: our study was performed based on the first case, reported in english, of a patient with three contemporary lesions, an extra-axial malformation and two vascular ones. case presentation: a 62-year-old man referred to our clinic due to right hand tremor associated to a slowing of idea-forming function and movements. the neuroradiological evidence showed a right fronto-tem...

background: palliative whole brain radiotherapy (wbrt) has been the standard treatment for brain metastases. ionizing radiation is known to be one of the most potent cataractogenic agents. we aimed to evaluate two different radiotherapy techniques with respect to the doses received by the organs at risk (oar) in patients with brain metastasis who undergone wbrt. materials and methods: ten conse...

traumatic brain injury (tbi) is one the most common cause of disability between young adults. these people have been socially isolated during post-surgery traumatic brain injury. in this study we investigated the effect of social isolation on the structural deficits after tbi in the young rats. young rats were divided into control group with social interaction, sham group with social isolation ...