E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 14, Issue 1 (2004)
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Original Investigation
Pages: 001-011
OBJECTIVE: This study provides preliminary information on stress distribution over the
cervical spine in static physiologic loading conditions with the strain-gage technique.
Limited numbers of in vitro studies have been conducted to investigate strain and stress
patterns on the bony structure of...
Pages: 012-020
OBJECTIVE: We investigated atypical and malignant meningiomas based on the
Modified World Health Organization (WHO) histological criteria of malignance.
METHOD: We present 45 surgical cases ( 26 atypical and 19 malignant) of total 504
meningiomas operated in Social Security Ankara Education and R...
We report an extremely rare case of ruptured saccular aneurysm at the junction
of the hypoplastic basilar and the persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA).
Three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) angiography can delineate
the aneurysm of the right persistent primitive trigeminal artery...
Case Report
Pages: 025-027
We present a 61-year-old man with a 3-month history of headache, hemiparesia
and speech disturbance. Computerized tomography (CT) of the brain showed
well defined, diffusely contrast enhanced and frontoparietally located solid
mass. Histopatologic diagnosis of the tumour was hemangioblastoma. In ...
Pages: 028-032
While primary cholesteatoma is rare, its presentation with only double vision
merits extra attention. Apatient with primary cholesteatoma of the petrous apex
where the only symptom was double vision is presented. Due to extreme medial
localization there was absence of the common symptoms of heari...
Metastatic tumours in the choroid plexus are generally considered to be very
rare. We report a case of bladder carcinoma metastasizing to the choroid plexus
of the trigone of the lateral ventricle. This tumour was shown by computed
tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, followed ...
An extremely rare case of a calcified cerebral hydatid cyst is presented. The cyst
was treated surgically at our department. The only symptom was generalized
seizure. The calcified, non-enhancing and well-circumscribed characteristics of
the lesion were detected on computed tomography (CT). The p...
It is important to distinguish tumor recurrence from radionecrosis because
subsequent therapy and prognosis are guided by the cause of progression.
Necrosis is an important histological feature of glial tumors. Tumor necrosis is
due to an insufficient blood supply and is ischemic in nature. Diffe...
Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is a rare emergency. The exact etiology
is unknown. A 60-year-old woman arrived at the emergency department with
back pain, followed 20 minutes later by acute paralysis of both legs. The initial
magnetic resonance image (MRI) showed a spinal epidural hematoma
...
Ossification of the thoracic ligamentum flavum is a rare condition and reports
of this pathology have been limited mostly to oriental patients. Uppermost
lesions are rare.
A 39-year-old Turkish male presented with spastic paraparesis. He was a piano
carrier. Radiological examinations revealed ex...
The indications for surgery and the optimal surgical strategy for intradural
spinal lipomas are still being debated. The article presents two cases of
intradural spinal lipoma that were treated with subtotal resection and
decompression. The patients were two adults, one with a thoracic intradural...
Pages: 057-062
To report of a case of lumbar spondylodiscitis caused by Morganella morganii
and to discuss surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis by an extended posterior
paramedian approach and posterior instrumentation. Instrumentation was
performed by an extended posterior paramedian approach for our patient...