Dural tears can occur during spinal surgery and may lead to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage which is rarely involved in remote cerebellar hemorrhage. Only a few of cases of simultaneous cerebral and cerebellar hemorrhage have been reported in the English literature. We experienced a case of multiple remote cerebral and cerebellar hemorrhages in a 63-year-old man who exhibited no significant n...

Dear Sir, Although firearm injuries are rare among penetrating traumas in children, they are very important in terms of their complications. Many thoracic complications may arise during spinal trauma caused by gunshot wounds.[1] Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is one of the serious complications of gunshot wounds.[1] Here, we present a 10‐year‐old girl admitted to our Pediatric Intensive Care Un...

OBJECTIVE To determine the etiology and site of leak of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea and the surgical efficacy of Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS), in closing the defect of CSF leak by different graft materials. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of ENT-Head and Neck Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, from September 2005 to D...

Simple, fast detection of cerebrospinal fluid leakage due to head injuries is important for diagnosis and early start-up of correct treatment. We are not aware of any good, rapid diagnostic tests for detecting cerebrospinal fluid. Measuring sugar concentration and protein content normally yields uncertain results. At the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsø, tinted chlorhexidine has be...

STUDY DESIGN This was a retrospective study of patients who had developed a dural tear after thoracic and lumbar spine surgery that was not recognized during the surgery, and was treated either by lumbar drainage or over-sewing of the wounds. PURPOSE To revisit the treatment strategies in postoperative dural leaks and present our experience with over-sewing of the wound and lumbar drainage. ...

in this review the role of cerebrospinal fluid (csf) in mammalian cerebral cortex development has been highlighted. many studies have focused on the potential role of the csf in the developmental process. in particular, the cerebral cortex develops from the germinal epithelium adjacent to the csf. csf contains proteins, growth factors and other neurotrophic factors which are important for neura...

Cancers, especially of the neural tissue, are often deemed a death sentence. There is, however, still no clear understanding underlying causes nor cellular and molecular mechanisms this disease. The spread collateral damage caused by various types brain tumors remain poorly understood, despite information that is currently available about these diseases. A common means diagnosing through cerebr...

BACKGROUND There has been no consensus on the optimal treatment of symptomatic sacral perineural cysts. Most previous reports concerning the management methods were either sporadic case reports or a series of limited cases. This study is to further optimize the management for patients with symptomatic sacral perineural cysts by analyzing the outcomes of a cohort of patients who were treated wit...

Development of a communication between the spinal subarachnoid space and the pleural space after thoracic spine surgery is uncommon. Subarachnoid pleural fistula (SAPF), a distressing condition, involves cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Here we report an unusual case of SAPF, occurring after thoracic spine surgery, that was further complicated by pneumocephalus and pneumorrhachis postthoracentesis,...

We present a unique imaging presentation of Headache and Neurological Deficits with Lymphocytic pleocytosis (HaNDL) Syndrome. Case Report A Syndrome of Headache and Neurological Deficits with Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Lymphocytic Pleocytosis (Handl) with Diffuse Vasogenic Leakage of Gadolinium MRI Contrast into the Extra-Axial CSF Cisterns Neema Patel1*, Vivek Gupta1, Kevin Barrett2, and Prasanna