Abscess formation within invasive pituitary adenomaMustafa Aziz Hatiboglu
Department of Neurosurgery, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Clin Neurosci 13:774-7. 2006
..Pituitary abscess with adenoma is a serious condition that has a high mortality rate. Therefore, early diagnosis and surgical intervention with antibiotic therapy are necessary...
Sex steroid and epidermal growth factor profile of giant meningiomas associated with pregnancyMustafa Aziz Hatiboglu
Department of Neurosurgery, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, 34380, Turkey
Surg Neurol 69:356-62; discussion 362-3. 2008
..These data suggest that sex steroids and growth factors may have a role in the growth of meningiomas. This is an important factor to consider during the development of more effective nonsurgical treatment options...
Brain metastasis from an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the Bartholin gland. Case reportMustafa Aziz Hatiboglu
Department of Neurosurgery, Okmeydani Social Security Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Neurosurg 102:543-6. 2005
..In this article, the authors report a case of brain metastasis from an ACC of the Bartholin gland that was treated by resection and WBRT. A review of the literature did not reveal any other such case...
Epidural spinal cavernous hemangiomaMustafa Aziz Hatiboglu
Department of Neurosurgery, Okmeydani Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 46:455-8. 2006
..The lesion was totally removed microsurgically. Histological examination revealed cavernous hemangioma. She made a complete recovery from her symptoms and has remained asymptomatic for 9 years...
Parasagittal leptomeningeal hemangioblastoma--case reportMurat Cosar
Department of Neurosurgery, Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 46:294-7. 2006
..The tumor was totally excised successfully. The postoperative histological diagnosis was hemangioblastoma. Such supratentorial hemangioblastomas can easily be removed because of the arachnoid cleavage plane...
Positive end-expiratory pressure reduces pneumocephalus in spinal intradural tumor surgeryNamigar Turgut
Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health, Okmeydani Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 19:161-5. 2007
..In our study, we showed that using 5 cm H2O PEEP perioperatively reduced the risk of pneumocephalus. However, more cases must be studied to support this hypothesis...
Intracranial mucocele in pregnancyMurat Cosar
Department of Neurosurgery, Afyon Kocatepe University Medicine Faculty, Afyon, Turkey
J Clin Neurosci 14:1000-3. 2007
..A giant mucocele in the right frontal lobe was detected on magnetic resonance imaging. The patient underwent surgery with satisfactory outcome...