Epilepsy surgery is common in the face of benign brain tumors, but rarely for patients with a history of malignant brain tumors. Seizures are a common sequelae in survivors of malignant pediatric brain tumors. Medical management alone may not adequately treat epilepsy, including in this group. We report four cases of patients who previously underwent gross total resection, radiation therapy, an...

testicular cancer is one of the commonest cancers in men of working age, and is increasing in incidence in europe and north america. one suggested mechanism of causation is that there is impaired differentiation of germ cells in the pre- or perinatal period, followed by malignant transformation in later life, possibly by a hormonal mechanism. endocrine disrupting chemicals (edcs) have been a ma...

Although uncommon, "brain cancer" is one of the most feared diseases that afflict human beings. While still regarded as one of the most deadly forms of primary brain neoplasm, recent advances in the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) have offered new hope for patients, families, and clinicians. In the first part of this two-part review, we will focus on the multidisciplinary advances that have est...

Balo's concentric sclerosis (BCS) is considered a rare variant of multiple sclerosis, which often mimics an intracranial neoplasm or abscess. We report the case of a 21-year-old woman presenting with BCS while undergoing treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. Initial brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings were similar to those for cerebral tuberculoma, multiple metastases, or abscesses....

Digital intravenous cerebral angiography was performed in 13 neonates. Injections were made either centrally into the right atrium or peripherally into a distal vein. Seven infants suffered from anoxia, one infant had clinical brain death, another had focal infarcts, and two had intracranial hemorrhage. One infant had an intracranial tumor and another had a neck tumor. Venous sinus thrombosis w...

Chronic diarrhea is a symptom which persists for ≥ 4 weeks as of disease. often becomes the patient’s cause to be referred gastroenterology. In general, prevalence chronic approximated 5% in each populations, but there are obstacles diagnosing diarrhea, due many differential diagnoses diarrhea. The could neoplasm and non-neoplasm. several studies, through results colonoscopy histopathology, it ...

Atrial myxomas are the most common primary neoplasm of heart. Due to their mass effect, they may lead dysfunction heart or mitral valve. Rarely, neoplastic fragments embolize a thrombus secondary stasis form, which can infarct downstream structures (e.g., brain). We report case 59-year-old man presenting with headaches, visual changes, and word-finding difficulty multifocal brain lesions that w...

A 61-year-old man developed progressive gait imbalance and papular skin lesions over 9 months. He reported fatigue, but no other constitutional symptoms. Neurologic examination revealed ataxia. Brain MRI (figure 1, A–D) demonstrated punctate enhancing foci supratentorially patchy pontine T2 hyperintensity; pituitary or orbital abnormality was reported. Skin biopsy 2) a histiocytic neoplasm that...