The empty sella Syndrome, is a condition resulting from herniation of the subarachnoid space through diaphragma sella, displacing normal pituitary gland. Empty can be two types: partial or complete. Partial means, cerebrospinal fluid fills less than 50% sella. Total means more with thickness gland being < 2 mm. This case 40-year-old female, recurrent attacks sudden and excruciating pain in head...

Recently, seven young, healthy chimpanzees were subjected to an experimental surgical procedure known as mesial cerebral incision.! This procedure consists of incision and separation of corpus callosum, lamina terminalis, floor of third ventricle, pineal region, pons, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata. Actually, it is staged in two parts. The first, a parasagittal craniotomy, provides access to...

Zusammenfassung Frauen sind im Allgemeinen bis zu 4‑mal häufiger von Beckenbodendysfunktionen betroffen als Männer. Der Beckenboden ist während des Lebens der Frau grossen Belastungen wie Schwangerschaften, Geburten und hormonellen Veränderungen ausgesetzt wird zusätzlich durch Adipositas, höheres Lebensalter chronische Lungenerkrankungen beeinflusst. Das Diaphragma pelvis ein komplexes Konstru...

This 64-year-old man presented with symptoms of optic chiasm and nerve compression from a giant tuberculum sellae meningioma with unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm encased. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging disclosed that the aneurysm was completely enclosed in the tumor, but angiographic studies did not reveal any important arterial narrowing. The embedded aneurysm caused...