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Management of craniosynostoses
Although it is currently thought that surgery is indicated mainly for cosmetic reasons in isolated craniosynostoses, the functional aspects of the treatment must not be underestimated. Prospective studies on i...
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Intracranial venous anomalies associated with atretic cephalocoeles
Background. Midline scalp lesions are frequent in children. They include soft-tissue masses and atretic meningocoeles. Their recognition is important as their treatment differs. Intracranial venous anomalies are...
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The management of desmoplastic neuroepithelial tumours in childhood
The authors report on the clinicopathological aspects of and management strategies for the group of rare, large hemispheric childhood tumours recently classified as desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIGG),...
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Craniosynostosis: from a clinical description to an understanding of bone formation of the skull
The genetic studies of syndromic craniosynostoses lead to the characterisation of genes that regulate the correct development of the bones of the skull. From these studies, it appears that FGF/FGFR signalling ...
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Late outcome of the surgical treatment of hydrocephalus
The purpose of this report is to analyze the long-term outcome in hydrocephalic children treated by shunt placement and in particular their psycho-intellectual development. In the case of shunt placement post...
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Antley-Bixler syndrome Description of two new cases and a review of the literature
Antley-Bixler syndrome was first described in 1975, and to date 20 cases have been reported. In addition to brachycephaly, the syndrome is associated with midface hypoplasia, often with choanal stenosis or at...
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Desmoplastic supratentorial neuroepithelial tumours of childhood: Imaging in 5 patients
Desmoplastic neuroepithelial tumours are rare supratentorial neoplasms of infancy with a favourable prognosis. We characterised their imaging findings by reviewing the clinical and radiological reports of five...
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Intellectual outcome in children with malignant tumors of the posterior fossa: influence of the field of irradiation and quality of surgery
The purpose of this study was to determine the respective parts played by cerebral hemisphere irradiation, posterior fossa irradiation, and surgery in the poor late functional results often observed in childre...
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Malignant hemispheric tumors in childhood
Sixty-four malignant hemispheric tumors in children less than 15 years old were treated in the pediatric neurosurgical department of the H ôpital des Enfants Malades between 1970 and 1989. (1) These tumors evo...
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Neurosurgery with craniotomy and CT stereotactic guidance in the treatment of intracerebral space-occupying lesions
When intracerebral space-occupying lesions are small or located deeply within the brain parenchyma, it is sometimes difficult to localize them at surgery or to design the most direct and least hazardous surgic...
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Medulloblastoma in childhood: progressive intellectual deterioration
A series of 120 medulloblastomas in children operated on between 1967 and 1987 at the Hôpital des Enfants-Malades has been reviewed in order to check whether the conclusions of our study published 10 years ago...
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Oxycephaly and rickets
The association of oxycephaly and rickets is noted in sixteen children whose cases are reviewed. The high incidence of raised intracranial pressure (73%), papilloedema (12.5%) and retarded mental development (...
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Acute intracranial hematomas in term neonates
Acute intracranial hematomas in 17 term neonates are reported: 3 were subdural in the posterior fossa; 14 supratentorial, either subdural (8), intracerebral (1 frontal, 4 occipital) or intraventricular (1). Th...
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A new surgical approach to the third ventricle with interruption of the striothalamic vein
In the removal of tumours that develop within the third ventricle, most approaches are not entirely satisfactory. Therefore, a new approach has been devised: transfrontal exposure of the anterior portion of th...
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Medulloblastoma in childhood. Survival and functional results
The authors report on a series of 57 medulloblastomas in children operated upon between 1964 and 1976. Among these children, 44 completed the treatment with radiotherapy to the whole central nervous system.
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Pituitary and thyroid function after Xray therapy for medulloblastoma
Late endocrine effects of head and spine irradiation were studied in 33 children 2 yrs or more after treatment for medulloblastoma. Radiation doses estimated in restrospect were between 3500 rads and 4250 rads...
