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Neurosurgery - Cases and ReviewsISSN: 2643-4474

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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710142

Dural-Based Neurosarcoidosis with Cortical Vessel Involvement Mimics Atypical Meningioma with Brain Invasion on Imaging

Tomohiro M Ko, Stephen A Johnson and Kant Matsuda

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/07/08

Neurosarcoidosis is a rare manifestation of sarcoidosis, comprising 5-15% of cases. We present a case of a 44-year-old man with no prior medical history who experienced two episodes of diffuse tonic-clonic seizures. Imaging showed a dural-based lesion with evidence of brain parenchymal involvement, suggestive of an aggressive, atypical meningioma with brain invasion. He underwent resection and recovered well; ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710141

Intracisternal Papaverine-Induced Oculomotor Palsy during Anterior Circulation Aneurysm Surgery: A Report of Five Cases and Literature Review

Mustafa E Almurayati1, Saja A Albanaa, Salima B Alsaadi, Aktham O Al-Khafaji, Ali M Neamah, Rania Thamir Hadi, Mustafa Ismail and Samer S Hoz

Article Type: Case Series and Literature Review | First Published: 2023/07/08

Papaverine is a vasodilator commonly used to reduce the incidence of vasospasm following aneurysm clipping. In this paper, we review the literature on oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP) caused by intracisternal papaverine and report five exemplary cases....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710140

Meningioma Presenting as Ischemic Stroke: Case Report and Review of Literature

Gopal Raman Sharma, MS, IFAANS, Prakash Paudel, FCPS, Prasanna Karki, MD, PhD, Sumit Joshi, MS, Dambar Bikram Shah, MS1, Babu Ram Pokharel, MD, DM, Bidhan Gyawali, MBBS, MD, Ram Kumar Ghimire, MD, Rajesh Panta, MD and Gopi Aryal, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/06/22

Meningioma presenting as ischemic stroke is very rare. We report a case of left medial sphenoid wing meningioma presenting with cerebral infarction due to occlusion of left middle cerebral artery (MCA) in a 36-year-old female. We discuss the incidence, pathophysiology, management and review of literature of intracranial meningioma presenting as ischemic stroke....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710139

Hypernatremia-Induced Ventriculomegaly Simulating Shunt Malfunction

Eleanor Smith, MD and Stacey Q Wolfe, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/06/16

Shunt malfunction is a life-threatening cause of altered mental status and ventriculomegaly in patients with shunted hydrocephalus. While shunt malfunction should be highest on the differential for such patients, there may be additional toxic/metabolic derangements that are contributing to their presentation that should not be overlooked. Here we present the case of a 41-year-old woman with shunt dependent hydrocephalus presenting with altered mental status and ventriculomegaly on intracranial i...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710138

Awake Intradural Carotid Artery Occlusion in Two Case of Giant Cavernous Segment Aneurysms, Done for The First Time in Cameroon

Vincent Djientcheu, Haman Nassourou Oumarou, Potho Thazo, Carole Djientcheu, Francis Fezeu and Athanasios K Petridis

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/06/12

Vascular neurosurgery has been established through an on-site fellowship programme in Cameroon. With a less technically sophisticated basic equipment, high quality surgeries with good outcomes could still reached. We present two cases of big cavernous-segment aneurysms treated by distal ICA-occlusion in an awake surgery. To our knowledge these are the first awake neurosurgical procedures in Cameroon....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4474/1710137

Hemorrhagic Intracranial Neuromuscular Choristoma: Case Report and Literature Review

Rebecca Lynn Calafiore, MD, Dallas J Soyland, BS, Jaclyn Janine White, MD and Stacey Quintero Wolfe, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2023/05/20

Neuromuscular choristoma (NMC) is a rare benign tumor involving nests of myocytes and neural elements that primarily affects peripheral nerves, and much less commonly can present intracranially, involving cranial nerves. It has previously been called a hamartoma or benign triton tumor. Patients typically present in the first two decades of life with cranial nerve palsies and generalized neurologic symptoms....

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