Abstract Background Lipoblastoma is a rare benign mesenchymal tumor of embryonal fat affecting mainly children below 3 years age. It presents usually as painless rapidly growing soft lobular mass in the extremities, trunk, and less frequently head-neck region. Preoperative imaging used to assess extent disease aid surgical planning. Complete excision without injury surrounding vital structures ...

Anterior cervical surgery is commonly used for cervical vertebral body lesions. However, the structure of blood vessels and nerve tissues along the route of anterior cervical surgery is complex. We aimed to measure the data of the longus colli, the sympathetic trunk and the cervical sympathetic trunk (CST) ganglia in Chinese cadaver specimens. A total of 32 adult cadavers were studied. We delin...

PURPOSE Spinal dysraphisms are the most common congenital anomalies of the CNS. Spinal dysraphism (SD) of cervical and upper thoracic region are rare, demonstrating distinct clinical and structural configurations compared to lumbar counterparts. METHODS In Haydarpasa Numune Hospital, a total of 7 cases (3 male and 4 female) ranging between 20 days to 9 years of age with cervicothoracic SD wer...

Study Design A retrospective review of lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies conducted at the Department of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging of a Tertiary Care Armed Forces Hospital between May 2014 and May 2016. Purpose To assess the advantages of incorporating sagittal screening of the whole spine in protocols for conventional lumbar spine MRI for patients presenting with low back pain. ...

Study Design Case report. Objective The aim of this study is to describe a case of vascularized fibula strut graft implanted in the cervicothoracic spine of a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1-related progressive kyphosis. Methods A detailed history examination of the surgical procedures and the results of the follow-up after fibula strut graft implantation were performed. In addition, a re...

BACKGROUND Clinicians frequently rely on subjective categorization of impairments in mobility, strength, and endurance for clinical decision-making; however, these assessments are often unreliable and lack sensitivity to change. The objective of this study was to determine the inter-rater reliability, minimum detectable change (MDC), and group differences in quantitative cervicothoracic measure...

BACKGROUND Intramedullary spinal ependymoma is a tumor, hardly characterizable with conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging only. MR diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) with three-dimensional fiber-tracking reconstructions allows the evaluation of the relationship between neoplasm and white matter fiber tracts, being a powerful tool in presurgical planning. We present DTI findings in a case of ...