ABSTRACT
Orbital hydatid cyst is rare. We present a case with CT and MRI, emphasizing the superiority of the latter.
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Echinococcosis/diagnosis , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Orbital Diseases/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Diagnosis, Differential , Echinococcosis/pathology , Echinococcosis/surgery , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Nerve Compression Syndromes/diagnosis , Nerve Compression Syndromes/pathology , Nerve Compression Syndromes/surgery , Optic Nerve Diseases/diagnosis , Optic Nerve Diseases/pathology , Optic Nerve Diseases/surgery , Orbit/pathology , Orbital Diseases/pathology , Orbital Diseases/surgeryABSTRACT
The cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) and cavum Vergae (CV) are frequently seen in premature and term infants. These cavities rarely enlarge and become symptomatic we describe a giant CSP and CV cyst in an 18-month-old boy, extending to the posterior cranial fossa and causing hydrocephalus. The literature is reviewed, and the MRI and CT findings of the case are reported.
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Brain Diseases/diagnosis , Cranial Fossa, Posterior/pathology , Cysts/diagnosis , Septum Pellucidum/pathology , Brain Diseases/surgery , Cysts/surgery , Fatal Outcome , Humans , Infant , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Ventriculoperitoneal ShuntABSTRACT
We report a fluid level in an acute extradural haematoma developing after placement of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt for hydrocephalus. This fluid level was thought to be due to a mixture of blood and cerebrospinal fluid.
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Brain/diagnostic imaging , Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Acute Disease , Adolescent , Cerebrospinal Fluid , Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts/adverse effects , Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial/etiology , Humans , Hydrocephalus/surgery , Male , Postoperative ComplicationsABSTRACT
Pineal meningiomas are very rare. We report a pineal meningioma examined by MRI.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Meningeal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Meningioma/diagnosis , Pineal Gland/pathology , Adult , Contrast Media , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Gadolinium DTPA , Humans , Meningeal Neoplasms/pathology , Meningeal Neoplasms/surgery , Meningioma/pathology , Meningioma/surgery , Organometallic Compounds , Pentetic Acid/analogs & derivatives , Pineal Gland/surgery , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
A case of pulmonary hydatidosis in which cysts caused spinal cord compression is presented. To our knowledge, spinal invasion after pulmonary hydatidosis has not been demonstrated previously.
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Echinococcosis, Pulmonary/complications , Echinococcosis/etiology , Spinal Diseases/parasitology , Adult , Echinococcosis/diagnostic imaging , Echinococcosis, Pulmonary/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Male , Spinal Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Brain abscess due to Salmonella species are very rare. In this paper a case of brain abscess caused by Salmonella typhimurium is reported. The patient had no history of Salmonellosis. A review of the literature is also presented.
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Brain Abscess/diagnosis , Salmonella Infections/diagnosis , Salmonella typhimurium , Brain Abscess/diagnostic imaging , Brain Abscess/microbiology , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Salmonella Infections/diagnostic imaging , Salmonella Infections/microbiology , Salmonella typhimurium/isolation & purification , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Report of two cases who suffered from lumbo-ischialgia and had as well a disc prolapse as an intrasacral meningocele. The actual clinical symptoms seemed to be caused by the disc prolapse and not by the meningocele, which was considered to be asymptomatic. Therefore only operative treatment of the protruded disc was undertaken. The post-operative course confirmed that this decision was correct. Questions of classification and clinical symptoms of intrasacral meningoceles are shortly discusses.
