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Connections of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with the thalamus: a probabilistic tractography study
The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) is a cortical area involved in higher cognitive functions, and at the center of the pathophysiology of mental disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. Consider...
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Prognostic and therapeutic factors of gliosarcoma from a multi-institutional series
The aims of this multicentre retrospective study were to identify prognostic or therapeutic factors impacting on overall survival in patients with gliosarcoma. The analysis included all patients treated for gl...
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A cognitive engineering framework for the specification of information requirements in medical imaging: application in image-guided neurosurgery
This study proposes a framework coming from cognitive engineering, which makes it possible to define what information content has to be displayed or emphasised from medical imaging, for assisting clinicians ac...
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Nontraumatic spinal epidural hematoma during pregnancy: diagnosis and management concerns
Nontraumatic spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) during pregnancy is rare. Therefore, appropriate management of this occurrence is not well defined. The aim of this study was to extensively review the literature on...
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A revised classification of the temporal branches of the posterior cerebral artery
Understanding the vascular variability of the inferior temporal occipital regions is essential for microsurgical approaches to this cerebral zone. To this end, we carried out a microanatomical study of the inf...
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Anterior screw fixation of type IIB odontoid fractures in octogenarians
Type IIB odontoid fractures (OF) in elderly patients are life-threatening conditions. Optimal treatment of these fractures is still controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical and radiologi...
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Brown-Sequard syndrome revealing intradural thoracic disc herniation
Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) is a rare form of severe myelopathy characterised by a clinical picture reflecting hemisection of the spinal cord. This syndrome is mostly due to a penetrating injury to the spine ...
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Transtemporal-transchoroidal approach and its transamygdala extension to the posterior chiasmatic cistern and diencephalo-mesencephalic lesions
The aim of this report is to illustrate the successful surgical management of five patients with suprasellar retrochiasmatic and diencephalo-mesencephalic tumours, using a trans-amygdala extension of the trans...
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Acute presentation of hydromyelia in a child
The authors document a rapid development, within 3 weeks, of hydromyelia in a 12 year-old boy. The boy was admitted to a local hospital because of drowsiness and persistent severe neck pain. Neurological exami...
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Intraneural ganglion cyst of the tibial nerve
Intraneural ganglion cyst of the tibial nerve is very rare. To date, only 5 cases of this entity in the popliteal fossa have been reported. We report a new case and review the previously reported cases. A 40-y...
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Does subthalamic nucleus stimulation affect the frontal limbic areas? A single-photon emission computed tomography study using a manual anatomical segmentation method
Among the basal ganglia nuclei, the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is considered to play a major role in output modulation. The STN represents a relay of the motor cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical circuit and...
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Intracranial epidural haematomas in elderly patients: observations in 14 patients
Backgrounds. Up to now, extra-dural haematomas (EDH) in elderly patients have been known for their poor prognosis and few studies have focused on the particularity of EDH in the elderly. Most clinical studies rel...
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Results of spinal meningioma surgery in patients with severe preoperative neurological deficits
Spinal meningiomas are usually benign, slow-growing tumours and are commonly associated with good patient outcome following surgery. However, the existence of a severe preoperative neurological deficit has bee...
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Numeric and symbolic knowledge representation of cerebral cortex anatomy: methods and preliminary results
The human cerebral cortex anatomy describes the brain organization at the scale of gyri and sulci. It is used as landmarks for neurosurgery as well as localization support for functional data analysis or inter...
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Nervous system lymphoid infiltration in Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. A case report
Neurological complications may occur in the course of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (Wm). These complications affect both the central and peripheral nervous system. Pathogenesis is debated and several mechan...
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Osteomyelitis of the Skull Vault Induced by Self-Inflicted Dermatitis of the Scalp
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Primary Isolated Lymphoma of the Fourth Ventricle: Case Report
The authors present the case of a 33-year-old woman presenting with a 4-week history of vertigo and headaches. Physical examination revealed an isolated static cerebellar syndrome. Magnetic resonance imaging s...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Modeling Surgical Procedures for Multimodal Image-Guided Neurosurgery
We present a model of surgical procedures that facilitates the management of multimodal information (i.e. anatomical and functional) in the context of multimodal image-guided craniotomies. We suggest that a su...
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MRI of intramedullary spinal schwannomas: case report and review of the literature
Intramedullary spinal schwannomas are uncommon. We report a solitary cervical intramedullary schwannoma shown by MRI and treated surgically, and review 12 previous cases with MRI. MRI findings and pathogenesi...
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Anatomic bases for the compression and neurolysis of the deep branch of the radial nerve in the radial tunnel
The anatomy of the radial tunnel was studied on twenty-five elbow preparations. We noted five different elements that could affect the deep branch of the radial nerve in the radial tunnel and cause an entrapme...
