Eight parameters of cranial computed tomograms were examined from 121 controls, 33 patients suffering from paleocerebellar atrophy and 53 with widespread cerebellar atrophy. With the aid of step-by-step linear discriminant analysis the most important parameters were found and their normal and limiting values were calculated. With the help of correlation analysis the correlation between normal v...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the sleep structure of patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and the association of abnormalities with brain lesions. METHODS This was a prospective cross-sectional study. Thirty-three patients with NMOSD and 20 matched healthy individuals were enrolled. Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients were collected. Questionnaires were u...

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical and radiological characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS) with onset below 18 years. METHODS This retrospective study was carried out at the MS Clinic in the Medical City Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq between March 2008 and March 2009. The records of the center were surveyed, and 77 patients with the onset of MS below 18 years were identified. Their clinical and ...

We present clinical and histopathologic data from 13 children who underwent craniotomy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme. Clinical characteristics were compared to those in adult patients (n = 403). The mean age of the children was 10.4 years. The male/female ratio was 3.3:1. The localization was infratentorial in 6 cases (brainstem, n = 4; cerebellum, n = 2) and supratentorial in 7 c...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to analyze the risk factors for failed extubation in subjects submitted to infratentorial craniotomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients aged over 18 years who received infratentorial craniotomy for brain tumor resection were consecutively included in this study. Perioperative variables were collected and analyzed. Univariate analyses and multiple logistic reg...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate ADC values in the preoperative grading of primary infratentorial brain tumors in children. MATERIAL /METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 50 MR examinations of patients with infratentorial tumors. All children were operated on and tumors were histopathologically proved as low-grade - 25 (24 pilocytic astrocytomas, 1 ependymoma) and high-grad...