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C Cecotto

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PubMed1989

Ethmoidal meningioma revealed by transient global amnesia.

A patient in whom transient global amnesia (TGA) led to the diagnosis of an ethmoidal meningioma is described. One year after neurosurgery, the patient showed an impairment of long-term memory, without any clinical or neuroradiological sign of relapse. We suggest that TGA may express a preexisting subclinical impairment of memory neuronal systems.

Amnesia↗
PubMed1983

Diastematomyelia in an adult. Case report.

An adult with diastematomyelia underwent a full neuroradiological study (myelography with jopamidolo plus computed tomography) followed by surgery. The value of the neuroradiological study, especially to the surgeon, is emphasised.

Adult↗
PubMed1982

Ruptured intracranial aneurysms: the preoperative management and the timing of surgery.

The authors review 179 consecutive cases of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: 80 out of the first 101 patients underwent aneurysm surgery in a period ranging from 7 days to 2 weeks following subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and patients with all grades of the Hunt and Hess classification were included without discrimination. The total case mortality rate was 23%. The postoperative mortality rate was 16%. Of the 78 patients in the 2nd group, 44 cases were operated upon. All patients with grades I, II and III and five cases with IV and V underwent aneurysm surgery. The timing of surgery was established on the basis of the various clinical and biochemical data, especially the improvement of meningeal signs, and decreased sensitivity of cerebral vessels to vasoconstriction. In this group the angiographic vasospasm and focal neurological deficits, without further clinical damage, were not considered a risk for surgery. The surgical mortality rate was 7%. The evidence presented indicates that both a more selective method of assessing the preoperative neurological function and also an appropriate timing of surgery have improved the surgical morbidity and mortality.

Humans↗
PubMed1978

Clinical interest of coronal and sagittal CT sections.

Normal and pathological anatomy of the brain can be studied in different cross-sectional planes. Of specific interest here are sagittal and coronal views obtained by computer reconstruction procedures. The three different planes for the reconstruction of the images are complementary, of real clinical interest, and are particularly useful for an accurate localization of lesions, either for surgical intervention or for radiotherapy planning purposes.

Brain Diseases↗
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On the neurological complications of internal and external shunt in patients with non-neoplastic stenosis of the aqueduct.

In our Department 35 patients have been operated for non-neoplastic stenosis of the aqueduct. In the first years, ventriculocisternal shunt according to Torkildsen was performed, obtaining 6 recoveries and 1 death. Later, ventriculosternostomy acc. to Stookey and Scarf, was carried out in 3 cases, obtaining 2 recoveries and 1 death; by using right ventriculo-atrial shunt we had 4 successes and 1 failure. More recently, since 1973, ventriculoperitoneal shunt has been carried out without deaths out of 21 operated patients. With this technique we have had many complications requiring repeated drainage system revisions in 9 cases, and evacuation of a chronic subdural haematoma in 3 cases. 2 patients, operated by drainage system revision and 1 for evacuation of subdural haematoma, had a dramatic postoperative course, characterised by apallic syndrome. Considering the results of the various techniques, we could conclude that the elective operation must be internal shunt (posterior or anterior ventriculocisternostomy) if, of course, the patency and the functionality of the cisterns have been ascertained.

Adolescent↗