The history and development of neurosurgery in Anatolia is about 60 centuries old. Several trephined skulls have been found in numerous excavations in different sites. One of these skulls (800 years BC.) presents a free flap craniotomy performed with an excellent surgical technique. Among many physi...

The acethylcholinergic afferents of the neocortex from subcortical areas participate in learning and memory. Autopsy studies in cases of Alzheimer's disease have shown that most of the neurons of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis are atrophic or decreased in number. In this study, the nucleus basa...

An anatomico-topographical study of the putamen was performed on the cerebral hemisphere of 25 adults. The mean diameters of the putamen were: 44 rom anterioposterior, 41 vertical and 8.5 rom horizontal. A 30x20 rom cortical area in the insula middle third was projected precisely on the external sur...

In this study, we examined the MRI scans of eight patients with divers spinal neurosurgical problems. The evaluatins of pre-operative imaging correlated predsely with the operative findings in all of our cases. Finally, the superiority of the MRI over CT and CT-myelography and its advantages in the ...

The ischaemic phenomenon can be seen in patients with meningioma. In this study, six patients, all with cerebral infaretion and intracranial meningioma are reported. Although there are several possibilities, the mechanism of the assodation remains undear.

The human tail has long been an object of curiosity. Sporadic cases have been reported. We present a case of a tail like structure in an adult associated with an intradural dermoid tumour at Ll-L2. The dermoid tumour attached to the dorsal surface of the conus medullaris and cauda equina was exased ...

Intramedulary Localisation of schwannomas are rare. Only 36 cases have been reported up to 1991. In this report, sn additional case of intramedullary schwannoma treated surgically is presented.

A case of multiple intracerebral cavernous angioma with brain stem and cerebellar lesions is presented with a six-year follow-up. Cerebral cavernous angiomas are rarely multiple and it is unusual to find in the brain stem and cerebellum. Lesions were demonstrated with computed tomography (CT) and ma...

This is a case of tension pneumocephalus with additional subarachnoid haemorrhage, occurring after chronic subdural haematoma. possible mechanisms as causative agents discussed.

Total absence of speech is not generally recognized as a possible complication of posterior fossa surgery. Only a few reports of cerebellar mutism have been published so far. In this paper, we present the case of a patient with a brain stem tumour. who developed mutism without any additional neurolo...