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F. M. Salpietro

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Malignant teratoma in Klippel-Feil syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

2015

Introduction: Klippel-Feil syndrome is characterized by a congenital fusion of cervical vertebrae. Intracranial teratomas are nongerminomatous germ cell tumors and they account for 0.3 to 0.9% of all intracranial tumors. Teratomas with malignant transformation refer to lesions which give rise to malignant cancer of somatic type. The association between tumors of dermoid origin and Klippel-Feil malformation is extremely rare. Only 23 other cases have so far been reported, and only one case of dermoid tumor with areas of dedifferentiation on squamous cell carcinoma has been described. Case presentation: We report the case of a 72-year-old white man with a 2-year history of gait and balance di…

MalePathologymedicine.medical_specialtyVertebral arteryKlippel–Feil syndromeCase ReportKlippel-Feil syndromeFourth ventricleKlippel–Feil syndromeMalignant transformationCervical spine Dermoid tumor Klippel–Feil syndrome Pathology Posterior fossa TeratomaPosterior fossamedicine.arteryCervical spinemedicinePathologyHumansAgedDermoid CystMedicine(all)medicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryCervical spine; Dermoid tumor; Klippel-Feil syndrome; Pathology; Posterior fossa; Teratoma; Aged; Cervical Vertebrae; Cranial Fossa Posterior; Dermoid Cyst; Gait Apraxia; Humans; Klippel-Feil Syndrome; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Teratoma; Tomography X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Medicine (all)Medicine (all)TeratomaMagnetic resonance imagingGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseMagnetic Resonance ImagingGait ApraxiaTreatment OutcomeDermoid cystCranial Fossa PosteriorCervical VertebraeGerm cell tumorsTeratomabusinessTomography X-Ray ComputedDermoid tumorHuman
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Do spinal meningiomas penetrate the pial layer? Correlation between magnetic resonance imaging and microsurgical findings and intracranial tumor inte…

1997

OBJECTIVE: To study the relationships between spinal dura-arachnoid and tumor-cord interfaces in spinal meningiomas and to investigate whether a disruption of the pial layer and penetration of the tumor in the spinal cord occurs. METHODS: Fifteen patients with histologically proven meningiomas underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) preoperatively. All patients underwent microsurgery. The histological characteristics of the tumors were compared with MRI and microsurgical findings. RESULTS: At surgery, the peritumoral hypointense rim revealed by MRI in 10 of 15 patients corresponded to a well-defined cerebrospinal fluid-containing space confined between the outer arachnoidal layer and the…

AdultMaleMicrosurgeryPathologymedicine.medical_specialtyDura materBrain tumorMeningiomaMeningeal NeoplasmsmedicineHumansNeoplasm InvasivenessSpinal Meningesbusiness.industrySettore MED/27 - NeurochirurgiaLeptomeningesSpinal meningiomas tumor interfacesAnatomyMiddle AgedSpinal cordmedicine.diseaseMagnetic Resonance Imagingnervous system diseasesmedicine.anatomical_structureArachnoid materPia MaterFemaleSurgeryNeurology (clinical)ArachnoidSubarachnoid spaceMeningiomabusiness
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Pallidotomy improves quality of life in selected parkinsonian patients: an Italian report.

1998

Pallidotomy has recently been reconfirmed as effective for otherwise intractable symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Nonetheless almost every aspect of its performance requires choices which are not fully established and may vary between centers. These include: 1) patient selection; 2) choice of imaging modality, 3) choice of anatomic landmarks for targeting the lesion, 4) choice of method for physiologic confirmation of location, 5) choice of lesion size and shape. We present two cases of pallidotomy procedures in Parkinsonian patients that in our knowledge are the first reported in Italy. Our experience and a careful review of the literature led to the following choices: 1) selection of Park…

MaleSettore MED/27 - NeurochirurgiaNeurosurgeryMiddle AgedGlobus PallidusMagnetic Resonance ImagingSeverity of Illness IndexLevodopaItalyPallidotomy Parkinson disease surgical treatment movement diseaseQuality of LifeHumansPostoperative PeriodParkinson Disease Secondary
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