Since 20 years new therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) were introduced and the general clinical course influenced, however it remain unclear if the particular aspect of bowel dysfunctions tend to improve. ...
To review the literature about primary melanocytic neoplasms of the central nervous system published on the last ten years and to present a case of primary leptomeningeal melanoma in a child, with its clinical features, neuroimaging scans and histological findings. ...
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome also known as reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy is a neurotoxic state that occurs secondary to inability of posterior circulation to auto regulate in response to acute changes in blood pressure. It is a clinicradiological entity with white matter vasogenic ...
To evaluate treadmill equipment and analyze therapeutic uses for exercise and fitness, thereby increasing brain and body protection....
Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) represents approximately 50% of pediatric hemorrhagic strokes. The majority of this ICH is caused by rupture of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM). A deep location is the most common. ...
An elderly presenting with rapidly progressive cognitively decline should be investigated for unusual causes of dementia. Neurosarcoidosis as a cause of dementia is a rare presentation. The clinicians should recognize this rare cause of dementia ...
The invasive fungal infection has varied clinical presentation and in immunocompromised individuals is detrimental. Systematic manifestations can be varied at the time of presentation. Mucormycosis and Aspergillosis are important causative ...
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a major vessel inflammatory disease. Cerebral infarction is one of its presenting symptoms. Atypical ischemic stroke is sometimes caused by complicated hemodynamic changes associated with TA ...
It is the beginning of summer and the media websites are out with their book recommendations for summer reading [1,2]. Let's take time to pause and look at the importance of having a lifelong reading habit. ...
Neurosurgery became a separate surgical subspecialty relatively recently when compared to other branches of medicine. The adequate number of neurosurgeons per capita has always been a debate. In 1977 the "Study on Surgical Services for the United States" report (SOSSUS) proposed that the number ...
Brain imaging is one of the main obstacles of modern disease diagnostics since it has to allow accurate and quantitative measurements on a living organ that is placed in adults (in neonatal humans' skull penetration is somewhat easier) inside a bone cage. Inside is the brain, ...
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a disease of the central nervous system which affects the white matter and causes demyelination. JC polyomavirus (JCV) causes a lytic infection of oligodendrocytes in this condition. In 2009 a study of 400 healthy blood donors was conducted, ...
Lesions within the right middle cerebral artery distribution commonly result in one or another variant of left hemineglect syndrome with sensory or attention deficits derived from damage within the posterior branches serving occipital, temporal, and parietal brain regions. ...
The aim of this paper is to analyze the extended transcavernous – petroapical subtemporal approach by microanatomical dissection for exposure of structures in the petroclival region with a maximum drilled of the petrous apex. ...
Nosocomial infection is the main cause of death and increased morbidity among inpatients throughout the world. From data conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), it was found that 17 of every 100 hospitalized patients would present with hospital-acquired infections in both developed and developing countries at any given time. ...
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established neuromodulation therapy. Electric stimulation of brain nuclei makes neural circuit activities appropriately. ...