Three patients with intracranial extradural haematomas presenting several days after injury have been managed without surgery, with clinical improvement. Spontaneous resolution of the haematomas has been demonstrated by serial computed tomography over periods of six weeks.

Lissencephaly ("smooth brain") or agyria is a rare congenital malformation resulting from an arrest of the development of the human brain during the third to fourth month of gestation [1]. Before this stage of fetal cerebral development, the absence of gyri is normal [2]. The radiologic findings on plain skull radiography, pneumoencephalography, cerebral arteriography, and , more recently, cran...

Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the cranial vault is extremely rare. This case report presents a 42-year-old man with a painless subcutaneous scalp mass which extended intracranially associated with recent mild headache. Initial computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed two lesions emanating from the skull. Biopsy revealed a diagnosis of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL)...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate using tomographic study the thickness of the cranial board at the insertions points of the cranial halo pins in adults. METHODS This is a retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive analysis of Computed Tomography (CT) scans of adult patients' crania. The study included adults between 20 and 50 years without cranial abnormalities. We excluded any exam with cranial abnorm...

Massive bleeding into an intracranial neurinoma is a rare event. The 12th case of this particular occurrence, which was precipitated by weight lifting, is described and a review of the literature is presented. Risk factors for bleeding appear to be tumor size and vascularity. Presenting symptomatology is abrupt and includes headache, nausea, vomiting, and depressed consciousness. Preexisting sy...