Although it has long been thought that frontal lobe abnormality must play an important part in generating the severe impairment in higher-order social, emotional and cognitive functions in autism, only recently have studies identified developmentally early frontal lobe defects. At the microscopic level, neuroinflammatory reactions involving glial activation, migration defects and excess cerebra...

introduction frontal sinus mucoceles are the commonest among all paranasal mucoceles. with introduction of functional endoscopic sinus surgery, surgeons prefer endoscopic management of sinus mucoceles, but lesions that appear in the lateral part of the frontal sinus can be difficult to access and often need external approaches. case presentation we described a lateral frontal sinus mucocele wit...

introduction: the surgical management of chronic frontal sinus disorders remains a challenge for rhinologists. the aim of this study was to evaluate the result of draf iii in a series of patients who underwent this procedure.   materials and methods: twenty patients were included in this study. demographic data, history of prior surgery, asthma,  aspirin sensitivity and lund–mackay score were r...

background morphometric data of the frontal lobe are important for surgical planning of lesions in the frontal lobe and its surroundings. magnetic resonance imaging (mri) techniques provide suitable data for this purpose. objectives in our study, the morphometric data of mid-sagittal mri of the frontal lobe in certain age and gender groups of children have been presented. patients and methods i...