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This is a case presentation of a young patient with an intracranial space-occupying lesion following multiple episodes of generalised tonic clonic seizures for the last 20 years. Such a long latency period between the onset of fits and the discovery of an intracranial lesion is highly unusual in malignant brain tumours. This lesion was excised completely and proved to be a primary lesion of the brain - fibrosarcoma. These rare tumours of mesenchymal origin in the central nervous system are very rare.
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Brain Neoplasms/pathology , Fibrosarcoma/pathology , Adult , Age of Onset , Brain Neoplasms/complications , Brain Neoplasms/surgery , Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic/etiology , Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic/pathology , Fibrosarcoma/complications , Fibrosarcoma/surgery , HumansABSTRACT
Three cases of solitary osteochondroma of the spine are reported. Two presented with cervical myelopathy and one with radiculopathy. Plain radiography or tomography is adequate for the diagnosis in the majority of cases; nevertheless, a CT scan or MRI is of immense help in planning surgical treatment. The radiological features of spinal exostoses are reviewed.
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Nervous System Diseases/etiology , Osteochondroma/complications , Spinal Neoplasms/complications , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Myelography , Osteochondroma/diagnostic imaging , Spinal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Two cases of gross post-operative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage along an indwelling ventricular catheter are reported. The CSF appeared to leak through the perforations of the ventricular catheter, as well as at the site of penetration of the ventricular wall. A small or slit ventricle with high intraventricular pressure may thus be a predisposing factor for this localized CSF collection.
