- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations
- Medical Imaging and Analysis
- Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
Intracranial teratomas are tumors that occur mainly in childhood and extremely rare adulthood. They account up to 50% congenital CNS tumors. In this article a case of mature teratoma 33 year-old female patient with progressive visual impairment is presented. Differential diagnosis at preoperative stage was difficult. Outcome analysis neuroimaging study method clinical picture provided evidence epidermal cyst. Transnasal endoscopic approach as treatment chosen, but during the surgery atypical...
MRI-diagnosis were retrospectively analyzed in 154 patients with intramedullary spinal cord tumors. The contrast enhancement was utilized 36 (23%) of them. detailed neuroradiological analysis allowed to minimized risk intraoperative spine damage and could provide the prognosis future patient recovery.Analysis magnetic-resonance imaging while tumors resection planning must information concerning exact location tumor, relationship cord, characteristics cyst, precisely tumor borders,...