[Neurofibroma and meningioma of the spinal canal]. / Nerwiakowlókniak i oponiak w kanale kregowym.

The authors described a 22-year-old female patient in whom a neurofibroma had been removed at the age of 13 years (laminectomy L1, 2, 3), and 9 years later psammoma was removed by laminectomy Th7, 8, 9). Both tumours developed outside the cord and were removed radically. The patient without complaints and without neurological deficit returned to work.

[Multiple post-traumatic neuromas of the cervical plexus with atypical symptoms]. / Mnogie nerwiaki pourazowe splotu szyjnego o nietypowej symptomatologii.

The report presents a patient in whom a direct trauma to the neck caused development of multiple painful neuromas of the cervical roots C2 and C4 with peculiar and rarely observed symptoms. Reconstructive operation was carried out 10 years after the injury and disappearance of persistent neurologic manifestations was obtained.

[Meningomyelocele with spinal cord cyst and internal hydrocephalus in a 9-month-old boy]. / Przepuklina oponowa z torbiela rdzeniowa oraz wodoglowiem wewnetrznym u 9-miesiecznego chlopca.

The authors describe a boy aged 9 months with open myelomeningocele which changed gradually into meningocele with spinal cord cyst. During treatment internal hydrocephalus developed requiring insertion of Pudenz-Heyer ventriculoatrial. valve. The treatment was successful. The case illustrates the succession of changes which may develop in myelomeningocele and the relationship between the state of internal hydrocephalus and the volume of meningocele and spinal cyst (cerebrospinal fluid production exceeding its resorption).

[Developmental anomalies of the metencephalon in the craniofacial and vertebral malformation syndrome]. / Zaburzenia rozwojowe tylomózgowia w zespole wad twarzoczaszki i kregoslupa.

The authors describe a case of a girl aged 9 years with a syndrome of malformations--cleft of the upper lip, maxilla and palate, lack of C2 arch fusion, polycystic lesions of the vermis and cerebellar hemisphere with obliteration of the aqueduct. The syndrome of intracranial hypertension with prevailing cerebellar symptoms was the cause of diagnostic and surgical management. Suboccipital craniotomy was done with insertion of ventriculoatrial valve which restored the normal intracranial pressure. The girl recovered and resumed education.