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Petrous apicitis is a rare intracranial complication of otitis media. A 4-year-old female child was presented with persistent ear discharge, retro-orbital pain and lateral rectus palsy (triad of Gradenigo's syndrome). A right temporal burr-hole was placed and tapping was done under antibiotic coverage. Turbid cerebrospinal fluid could be drained. Follow-up could not be done as the patient refused treatment and was discharged against medical advice.
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Abducens Nerve Diseases/etiology , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Meningitis/complications , Otitis Media, Suppurative/complications , Petrous Bone , Syndrome , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
A 14-year-old boy presented with subacute onset of paraparesis. The spinal compression was due to multiple giant sized spinal arachnoid cysts. Postoperatively the patient recovered completely.
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Adolescent , Arachnoid Cysts/complications , Humans , Male , Spinal Cord Compression/etiologyABSTRACT
Solitary extramedullary plasmacytomas are rare. Most of them are seen in the nasopharynx, upper respiratory tract, lamina propria of gastro-intestinal tract, lymph nodes, testicles and other soft tissues. So far only 20 such cases are reported in the literature. Here they arise from the dura, or from the periadventitial cells of intracranial vessels. Intracerebral plasmacytomas (ICPC) are extremely rare. Till 1982, Hensen and Urich could trace only 10 occurrences. Here the 11th case, probably the first Indian case report of the occurrence of a solitary plasmacytoma within the left temporal lobe of a 16 year old boy, is presented.