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Meningioma and Other Meningeal Tumors
develop cells and approximately account for more than 30 (CNS) tumors. They can occur anywhere in , most often intracranially and at dural reflection sites. Half of the cases are usually locations; o...
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Craniopharyngioma in Pediatrics and Adults
Craniopharyngiomas are rare malignancies of dysembryogenic origin, involving areas. These low-grade, epithelial tumors account for two main histological craniopharyngioma craniopharyngioma), which diff...
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Brain Tumors Affecting the Orbit Globe and Orbit Tumors Affecting the Brain
affecting affecting the brain are group of lesions, with histological features, behaviors, diagnostic criteria, and treatments varying from each are considered the most is the most tumor in th...
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Comparison between inferior frontal gyrus intrinsic connectivity network and verb-generation task fMRI network for presurgical language map** in healthy controls and in glioma patients
Task-based functional MRI (tb-fMRI) represents an extremely valuable approach for the identification of language eloquent regions for presurgical map** in patients with brain tumors. However, its routinely a...
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Comparative anatomical study on the role of zygomatic osteotomy in the extradural subtemporal approach to the clival region, when less is more
A great concern in performing the extradural subtemporal approach (ESTA) is the evaluation of the actual advantage provided by zygomatic osteotomy (ZO). Complications related to zygomatic dissection have been ...
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Pediatric cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma presenting with spontaneous intratumoral hemorrhage
Pilocytic astrocytomas (PAs) are benign glial tumors and one of the most common childhood posterior fossa tumors. Spontaneous intratumoral hemorrhage in PAs occurs occasionally, in about 8–20% of cases. Cerebe...
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Gamma Knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia: when?
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The emerging role of gamma knife radiosurgery in the management of glossopharyngeal neuralgia
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) represents a rare craniofacial disorder accounting for about 1% of all craniofacial pain syndromes. GPN shares several pathophysiologic and clinical features with the more comm...
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Single fraction and multisession Gamma Knife radiosurgery for craniopharyngioma
The optimal management of residual or recurring craniopharyngioma is still a matter of debate even though adjuvant radiation therapy plays a crucial role. Aim of our study is to report the results of single fr...
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Resection of tumors of the third ventricle involving the hypothalamus: effects on body mass index using a dedicated surgical approach
Resection of large lesions growing into the third ventricle is considered nowadays still a demanding surgery, due to the high risk of severe endocrine and neurological complications. Some neurosurgical approac...
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Suprasellar granular cell tumor of the neurohypophysis: surgical outcome of a very rare tumor
Granular cell tumors of the neurohypophysis are rare, solitary lesions, mostly presenting in the adult age. They rarely grow to a sufficient size to cause mass effect related symptoms and they may be found in ...
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Cyst-cisternal shunting for cystic multirecurrent brainstem epidermoid: case report and literature review
Surgical treatment of recurrent, posterior cranial fossa epidermoids in multioperated patients carries significant morbidity, mainly due to tumor adhesion to cranial nerves and vessels, and brainstem involveme...
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Magnetic resonance imaging as predictor of functional outcome in craniopharyngiomas
Quality of life of craniopharyngioma patients can be severely impaired by derangement of hypothalamic function. A classification, taking into account preoperative hypothalamic damage, evaluated by magnetic re...
