Introduction: The primary and definitive diagnosis of meningioma is based on histological assessment; however, employing imaging methods, like Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is very helpful to describe lesion’s characteristics. Accordingly, we decided to study the effect of imaging factors, like MRI data on the volume of hemorrhage (estimated blood loss) during meningioma surgery. Methods: T...

Introduction: Following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the excessive release of proinflammatory cytokines is major cause of cerebral edema that can cause permanent neuronal loss. This study examined the changes in brain concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines IL-1, IL-6, TNF-α and TGF- after different doses of estrogen or progesterone treatment in brain-injured rats at 6 and 24 h post...

We aimed to identify the most reliable cutoff points for changes in somatosensory (SEPs) and motor (MEPs) evoked potentials predict postoperative deterioration after brain surgery. The data of 104 patients who had undergone surgery between December 2015 2016 were reviewed. muscle strength evaluated on day before, within 48 h 4 weeks sensitivity specificity existing alarm criteria intraoperative...

aim and background:   stress of surgery transfers some neurological and hormonal signals which triggers some physiological responses like adrenergic stimulation, increase in noradrenalin, cortisol, growth factor, decrease in insulin and increase in insulin resistance resulting in hyperglycemia during surgery. in this study a comparison is done between general anesthesia which by blocking brain&...

intraventricular tuberculoma (ivt) is extremely rare, ct and mri patterns have been only sparsely described.  herein, a case of intraventricular tuberculoma in a 40 year-old woman is reported.  at admission, the patient displayed malaise and was confused and deteriorated suddenly.  brain ct and mri findings were very similar to intraventricular meningioma.  the patient underwent surgery and tub...

This article presents methods and results of surgery and radiotherapy of brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer (BMF-NSCLC). Patients with single BMF-NSCLC, with Karnofsky score ≥ 70 and controlled extracranial disease are the best candidates for surgery. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is recommended in patients with 1-3 BMF-NSCLC below 3-3.5 cm, with minor neurological symptoms, loc...

Commentary Localization of epileptic brain is the cornerstone of successful epilepsy surgery. In the final decades of the 20th century, advances in neuroimaging led to significant improvements in epilepsy surgery efficacy (1). Unfortunately, the gains in epilepsy surgery efficacy have reached a plateau. In particular , patients with normal MRI, diffuse or multifocal imaging abnormalities remain...

BACKGROUND Salmonella brain abscess associated with brain tumor is rare. Only 11 cases have been reported to date. Here we report a case of brain abscess caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis mimicking post-surgical meningitis in a patient with glioblastoma multiforme. CASE PRESENTATION A 60-year-old Algerian woman was admitted through an emergency department for a 4-day history o...

Breast cancer patients who achieve a pathological complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) usually have a favourable prognosis. We report on a patient with early metastases to the brain after achieving pCR. The primary tumour was 7.0 cm in diameter with axillary lymph node metastases, hormone receptor-negative, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive (3+), and hist...

In a range of animal species, exposure of the brain to general anaesthesia without surgery during early infancy may adversely affect its neural and cognitive development. The mechanisms mediating this are complex but include an increase in brain cell death. In humans, attempts to link adverse cognitive development to infantile anaesthesia exposure have yielded ambiguous results. One caveat that...