Toxoplasma gondii infections in pediatric neurosurgerySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 40 - Trang 295-301 - 2023
Adrian Caceres, Ariadnna Caceres-Alan, Tamara Caceres-Alan
Toxoplasma
gondii is a parasite that is estimated to infect one-third of the world’s population. It is acquired by ingesting contaminated water and food specially undercooked meat, contact with domestic or wild feline feces, and during pregnancy by transplacental transmission. Immunocompetent hosts are usually asymptomatic, and infection will be self-limited, while those patients whose immune syst...... hiện toàn bộ
Clostridium infection resulting in paralysis in a childSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 21 - Trang 237-239 - 2004
R. Shane Tubbs, W. Jerry Oakes
We report an 11-year-old boy who fell from an All Terrain Vehicle and sustained multiple minor soft tissue contusions and a small midthoracic laceration. Irrigation and closure of the small wound was performed at another hospital. There was no history of a penetrating wound. Within 48 h of injury, the patient developed profound dysesthesia and paralysis of the lower extremities and was transferred...... hiện toàn bộ
Congenital cervical kyphosis in an infant with Ehlers-Danlos syndromeSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 34 - Trang 1411-1415 - 2018
Andrew J. Kobets, Daniel Komlos, John K. Houten
Ehler-Danlos syndome (EDS) refers to a group of heritable connective tissue disorders; rare manifestations of which are cervical kyphosis and clinical myelopathy. Surgical treatment is described for the deformity in the thoracolumbar spine in adolescents but not for infantile cervical spine. Internal fixation for deformity correction in the infantile cervical spine is challenging due to the diminu...... hiện toàn bộ
Editorial CommentSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 162-162 - 1999
Occult dysraphism in adulthood: clinical course and managementSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 10 Số 5 - Trang 312-320 - 1994
Klekamp, Jörg, Raimondi, Anthony J., Samii, Madjid
We present a series of 23 patients with dysraphic malformations and adult onset of symptoms (4 meningoceles, 19 spinal hamartomas). Mean age at presentation was 39±21 years (range 23–67 years). Patients were followed up for a mean period of 19 months (range 0.5–68 months). Only patients with progressive neurological disease were operated on (3 meningoceles and 16 spinal hamartomas). The remaining ...... hiện toàn bộ
Intracranial germinoma in the lateral ventricle with polydipsia and polyuria: a case report and literature reviewSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 39 - Trang 1065-1069 - 2022
Yuki Kuranari, Tomoru Miwa, Maya Kono, Hironori Shibata, Tomohiro Ishii, Tomonobu Hasegawa
Central nervous system germ cell tumors (CNSGCTs) are rare neoplasms which usually develop in the midline structures. They are occasionally involved in off-midline structures of the brain. Here, we report an extremely rare case of an intracranial germinoma in the lateral ventricle. The patient was a 10-year-old boy with a 1-year history of polydipsia and polyuria. Brain magnetic resonance imaging ...... hiện toàn bộ