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This report describes four cases of recurrent cystic craniopharyngioma treated between 1989 and 1995 at the Neurosurgical hospital and the Department of Neurosurgery of the Sudam's medical city in Baghdad by using Ommaya reservoir. The role of this drainage system is displayed and its complications are discussed
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Humanos , Femenino , Neurocirugia/métodos , Quistes/cirugía , Craneofaringioma/líquido cefalorraquídeo , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos XRESUMEN
Spinal epidural giant cell tumors are rare. Two cases of giant cell tumor affecting the spine are reported with review of literature. Compression of spinal cored and its roots may be caused by a variety epidural compression of spinal cord. It is an eccentrically placed osteolytic lesion. The typical osteoclast which forms this tumor is a large multinucleated cell with distinct central nuclei
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Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Neoplasias de la Columna Vertebral , Tumores de Células Gigantes/cirugía , Células Gigantes/patología , Enfermedades de la Columna Vertebral/terapia , Dolor de la Región Lumbar/patologíaRESUMEN
112 patients with intracranial hydatid cysts were treated in the Neurosurgical Hospital in Baghdad between 1976 and 1985. Of these, 21 children were selected in whom the diameter of the cyst, measured in cm, was greater than the age of the child. An approximate growth rate of the cysts of 1.3-3 cm per year may be confirmed as an admissible pattern in children. Five of the patients had recurrence of the cysts in various periods of time; these were also included in this study. Recurrent cysts may reach an enormous size within short period of time; a growth rate of 3 cm/7 weeks is described. CT scanning is an accurate method in establishing the diagnosis of the cyst planning the surgical approach and determining, the growth rate in cases of recurrence