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Chapter and Conference Paper
CT-Guided Needle Biopsy of Intracranial Tumours: Results in 118 Consecutive Patients
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CT-guided needle biopsies and to determine the optimal indications for this technique. The case histories of 118 patients who underwent a CT-...
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Article
Striatocapsular infarction: MRI and MR angiography
We present a case of left striatocapsular infarction manifest clinically as a transient right hemiparesis. MRI showed a left striatocapsular infarct. Striatocapsular infarction, unlike lacunar infarction, is o...
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Article
Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull presenting as an acute surgical emergency
We report a case of primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull presenting as an acute surgical emergency.
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Article
Intracranial aneurysm associated with pituitary adenoma shown by MR angiography: case report
We present a case of aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery associated with a pituitary adenoma. Recognition of this association has important clinical implications, leading to modification of the surgi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Effacement Score for Basal Cisterns to Predict ICP Level and Outcome After Severe Closed Head Injury
In severe head injury, obliteration of basal cisterns on the initial CT-scan is associated with intracranial hypertension and poor outcome (Van Dongen et al. 1983, Teasdale et al. 1984, Toutant et al. 1984). I...