OBJECTIVES To identify the key predictive factors of radiation-induced cranial nerve palsy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). METHOD AND MATERIALS From November 1998 to December 2007, all consecutive patients with newly diagnosed NPC who were curatively treated with radiotherapy and subsequently developed radiation-induced cranial nerve palsy (RICNP) were included in our study. ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of anatomical completeness of the circle of Willis for sufficient brain perfusion during unilateral cerebral perfusion and the methodology of the preoperative and intraoperative functional assessments of adequate cross-perfusion. METHODS This prospective observational study included all elective patients (99) who underwent elective open...

The mammalian cranial vault largely consists of five flat bones that are joined together along their edges by soft fibrous tissues called sutures. Premature closure of the cranial sutures, craniosynostosis, can lead to serious clinical pathology unless there is surgical intervention. Research into the genetic basis of the disease has led to the development of various animal models that display ...

Since Boeck (1), in 1899, first described the skin lesions of sarcoidosis and Schaumann (2), in 1914, the systemic form of the disease, sarcoidosis has aroused much interest among clinicians and pathologists alike. The etiology is still obscure. The theory that it is an atypical form of tuberculosis has many defenders, although it has never been proved bacteriologically. That it occurs in a ben...