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Astrocytoma/genetics , Astrocytoma/diagnostic imaging , Child , Family , Female , Humans , India , Pedigree , Tomography, X-RayABSTRACT
This study is an analysis of five cases of orbital trauma causing proptosis, paralysis of extraocular muscles with or without associated visual failure. All the cases were treated by a Neurosurgical team. Either a frontal craniotomy or a lateral orbitotomy was performed. Plain X-rays of the skull and Computerised Tomography (C.T. Scanning) were the main investigations. Results were encouraging both functionally and cosmetically. Early diagnosis and an aggressive approach to orbital decompression can achieve good results.
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Eye Injuries/surgery , Orbit/injuries , Adolescent , Adult , Craniocerebral Trauma/surgery , Emergencies , Exophthalmos/surgery , Eye Injuries/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Ophthalmoplegia/surgery , Orbit/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Between January and April, 1990, three consecutive cases of syringomyelia were treated by percutaneous placement of thecoperitoneal shunts. Two of these patients had undergone craniovertebral decompression earlier at other centers and the third was treated primarily by a thecoperitoneal shunt. In each case, the syrinx was associated with Chiari I malformation, although the clinical presentation was due to a myelopathy. All three patients obtained unequivocal benefit from this simple procedure. Postoperative magnetic resonance images showed considerable shrinkage of the cysts corresponding with clinical improvement.
