We present another case of delayed intracerebral hemorrhage after a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting procedure. In this case, a right occipital intraparenchymal hematoma and associated intraventricular hemorrhage occurred six days after the operation for hydrocephalus secondary to subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 64 year old woman. It is a rare complication of VP shunting, with few cases reported...

Herein, safe and reliable neuroendoscopic biopsy via an extremely narrow foramen of Monro (ENFM) for a non-hydrocephalic patient with hypothalamic and pineal region tumors was successfully applied. A 17-year-old boy presented with hypothalamic manifestations attributed to hypothalamic and pineal region tumors. Small ventricles were seen. Intraoperatively, to advance different diameter steerable...

children but rare in adults. In addition, the disease categories encountered differ according to the patient’s age; in adults, the most common fourth ventricular neoplasm is metastasis (1). The most frequent primary intraventricular tumor of the posterior fossa is the ependymoma; other tumors include choroid plexus papillomas and an occasional meningioma (2). Subependymomas can occur in the inf...

Glioblastoma (World Health Organization [WHO] grade IV), one of the most malignant central nervous system (CNS) cancers in children and adults, is characterized by architectural diversity and cellular heterogeneity [1]; it is a common primary brain tumor, which constitutes about 25% of all intracranial tumors in adults [2,3]. Being known as the most malignant primary brain tumor, GBM may arise ...

Different brain tumors of distinct histology can co-exist in the setting of phakomatoses or as a complication of radiotherapy. In the absence of these predisposing factors, this phenomenon is uncommon. When the lesions are in close proximity they are described as collision tumors and are extremely rare. A 58-year-old woman presented with persistent headache and cognitive decline for three month...

PURPOSE This study aims to characterize the peri-intraventricular hemorrhages in the neonatal period in very low birth weight newborns in 2 institutions that provide neonatal tertiary assistance. METHOD This was a comparative and observational study in 2 neonatal intensive care units, the Maternity Hospital of Campinas and the "Centro de Aten o Integrada Sa de da Mulher" of the State Unive...

OBJECTIVES The study evaluated the prognostic value of interventricular and intraventricular dyssynchrony in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). BACKGROUND Biventricular pacing is an emerging treatment for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and ventricular dyssynchrony. The prognostic values of interventricular and intraventricular dyssynchrony have not been previously compared. METHODS ...