L A Marshman

..We report a case of fulminant Bacillus cereus meningitis that complicated lumbar spinal drainage which proved resistant to all first-line antibiotics including chloramphenicol...

..Each type can change, with equal symptom-generating capacity. More representative imaging-pathological correlates are required to determine the precise nature of MT changes...

..A pure extradural spinal arteriovenous malformation (E-AVM), in the absence of a vertebral body (cavernous) hemangioma, is extremely rare, and full clinical, radiological, and operative descriptions are scant...

..In this review, we discuss the implications that such extrapolation may potentially have for one such SAH sub-group: the clinically rare scenario of SAH in pregnancy...

..The O-Mav (Medtronic) is a more recent innovation designed to minimize the potential vascular complications associated with A-Mav insertion at L4/5. No study has hitherto studied the relative accuracy or safety of the two techniques...

..Technical report...

..We present a unique case of four-vessel dissection associated with multiple disparate saccular and fusiform aneurysms. We suspect that underlying vasculopathy - perhaps novel - may become apparent with time...

..Widespread fibrotic obliteration of the spinal subarachnoid space after cerebral aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is rare...

..Original study...

..Typically caused by Staphylococcus aureus, primary staphylococcal PM associated with an epidural abscess has not been reported before...

..The patient's symptoms and signs gradually normalised following administration of flucloxacillin for 6 weeks, and the use of a cast brace. We conclude that haematogenous infection can be successfully managed non-operatively...

..Technical report...

..No study has hitherto assessed the phenomenon of MC-HIZ coexistence at a single level, and the goal in this study was to assess the nature and frequency of this phenomenon...

..quot; Recently, "disc cysts" have been distinguished as a separate entity, mostly on the grounds of cyst-disc communication...

..We summarize our experience, as well as others', in achieving these two requirements. Long-term outcomes after lumbar TDA insertion should only be compared with results from fusion where TDAs have been implanted accurately...

..They may thus be more confidentally used for post-SAH ex vivo cerebral vessel study--acute or delayed...

..A unique case is presented of a decrease in density on CT scans of a colloid cyst of the third ventricle with time. This occurred in the absence of any operative intervention in a 35-year-old woman...

..A low density mass lesion on CT with persistent negative RECT can neither be assumed to represent early cerebritis nor to exclude a mature abscess...

..At 18 months, he remained asymptomatic and without deficit. Radiography, CT and MRI confirmed graft fusion without FD invasion, but with residual right lateral mass FD unchanged in size...

..We present a case of internal carotid artery-IPS fistula that complicated FO telemetry in which the clinical syndrome was delayed by 4 weeks...

..No case of primary epithelioid leiomyosarcoma involving the spine has been reported previously...

..Because such hygromas spontaneously resolve, permanent shunt insertion should be avoided...

..Although other focal signs may prove "false localizing," it is a neurosurgical axiom that unilateral fixed dilation of the pupil occurs ipsilateral to a supratentorial mass...

..This is the seventh case of primary intracerebral MsCh-S to be reported and the first to demonstrate rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation. It was characterized clinically by rapid, local recurrence with increased vascularity...

..Herniation that occurs directly into a VB cavity may form a distinct subgroup in which the presentation is atypical and the prognosis worse...

..The radicular symptoms were remarkably improved in all patients immediately after surgery, and no recurrent lesions were noted during follow up...

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..Infundibula are frequently regarded as incidental anatomical variants that are of no pathogenetic significance...