meningitis is one of the most common infectious cerebral nervous system (cns), defined as an inflammation of the meninges. it is clinically categorized into a chronic and acute based on the acuity of symptoms. vomiting, bulging fontanel and fever are the main symptoms in the patients with meningitis. bacterial meningitis is a severe, potentially life-threatening infection that is associated wit...

Abstract OBJECTIVE Currently, there is no unified treatment protocol for pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma with hydrocephalus. The present study aims to explore the clinical characteristics and best intervention modality METHODS detailed data of children admitted Department Pediatrics Guangdong Sanjiu Brain Hospital from January 2010 December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. effect ...

how to cite this article: khosroshahi n, alizadeh p, khosravi m, salamati p, kamrani k. spinal fluid lactate dehydrogenase level differentiates between structural and metabolic etiologies of altered mental status in children. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):31-36. abstract objective altered mental status is a common cause of intensive care unit admission in children. differentiating struc...

OBJECTIVES To determine the frequency of primary ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection among patients treated at neurosurgical centres of the Hospital Authority and to identify underlying risk factors. METHODS This multicentre historical cohort study included consecutive patients who underwent primary ventriculoperitoneal shunting at a Hospital Authority neurosurgery centre from 1 January 2009...

Enterobius vermicularis is a nematod of large intestine in man. Extra intestinal localization of this parasite is rare. A 60 year old man was admitted to the hospital with the clinical manifestation of meningitis. In laboratory examination of cerebrospinal fluid (C.S.F), the appearance was red, Albu-min level was high and the glucose showed normal value. Haematoxylin and Eosin stained slides pr...

BACKGROUND Contralateral subdural hygroma caused by decompressive craniectomy tends to combine with external cerebral herniation, causing neurological deficits. MATERIAL AND METHODS Nine patients who underwent one-stage, simultaneous cranioplasty and contralateral subdural-peritoneal shunting were included in this study. Clinical outcome was assessed by Glasgow Outcome Scale as well as Glasgo...

Portal-systemic shunting of blood is associated with hyperammonemia, an increased glutamine concentration in brain, an altered plasma neutral amino acid pattern, and high levels of several of the large neutral amino acids in brain. Since some of these amino acids are precursors for neurotransmitters and for other potentially neuroactive substances, high CNS levels of these amino acids may contr...