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PURPOSE: Parasellar ectopic pituitary adenomas (pEPAs) are extremely rare tumors located out of the sella turcica. PEPAs are heterogeneous entities in terms of anatomical localization and secretion of anterior pituitary hormones. METHODS: Multicenter retrospective study. Clinical charts' consultation of patients diagnosed with parasellar lesions, to identify all subjects fulfilling the diagnostic criteria of parasellar EPAs. Systematic review of the literature focused on the medical management of prolactin-secreting pEPAs and on the prevalence of radiological bone invasion in pEPAs. RESULTS: We identified four cases of pEPAs: (1) 54-year-old female with a prolactin-secreting suprasellar EPA successfully treated with cabergoline; (2) 74-year-old male with a non-functioning EPA of the sphenoidal sinus treated with endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; (3) 75-year-old female with a giant lesion of the skull base (maximum diameter 7.2 cm) diagnosed as a non-functioning EPA after biopsy; (4) 49-year-old male with a silent corticotroph EPA of the sphenoidal sinus and clivus. Three out of four cases had radiological evidence of invasion of the surrounding bone structures. A systematic review of the literature highlighted that medical therapy can be effective in prolactin-secreting pEPAs. Overall, we found mention of local invasiveness in 65/147 cases (44.2%), confirmed by radiological signs of bone invasion/erosion. CONCLUSION: Our experience confirms the heterogeneity of pEPAs in terms of clinical and radiological presentation, as well as hormone secretion. PEPAs show a high frequency of radiological bone invasion, though similar to that of sellar pituitary adenomas. Although extremely rare, pEPAs need to be considered in the differential diagnosis of parasellar lesions.
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Adenoma , Neoplasias Hipofisárias , Adenoma/diagnóstico , Adenoma/cirurgia , Idoso , Cabergolina , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Multicêntricos como Assunto , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Hipofisárias/patologia , Prolactina , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
PURPOSE: Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery (EESBS) is a clean-contaminated procedure. Guidelines regarding the antibiotic prophylaxis in EESBS have not been developed yet, and today, there are no universally accepted protocols. In this article, we investigated the efficacy of our new ultra-short antibiotic prophylaxis protocol for EESBS guided by the cultural results of preoperative microbiological nasal swabs. METHODS: We defined as "nasal swab-related antibiotic protocol" the administration of a first-generation cephalosporin (cefazolin 2 g) in patients whose nasal swabs revealed the presence of normal nasal flora or methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), and the administration of vancomycin 1 g intravenously in patients whose nasal swabs revealed the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or with reported cephalosporin/penicillin allergy. This case-control study included 120 patients who underwent EESBS. The case group included 60 cases who received the "nasal swab-related antibiotic protocol," while the control group included 60 cases who received the "standard hospital antibiotic protocol" used in neurosurgery (cefazolin 2 g plus metronidazole 500 mg at induction, and 2 g of cefazolin repeated after 180 min). RESULTS: The preoperative microbiological nasal swabs showed normal nasal flora in 42 patients (70%), MSSA in 17 patients (28.3%), and MRSA in 1 patient (1.6%). During the study period, no cases of meningitis or sinusitis occurred in the case group ("nasal swab-related antibiotic protocol"), while two infections (3.3%, 1 sinusitis and 1 meningitis) were reported in the control group ("standard hospital antibiotic protocol"). Mean length of hospitalization was 6.5 days for the case group and 8.5 days in the control group. "Standard hospital antibiotic protocol" is less expensive (range, 2.88-5.42 euros) compared with our new "nasal swab-related antibiotic protocol" (range, 10.02-32.56 euros), but in line with other antibiotic prophylaxis protocols reported in literature. DISCUSSION: The low complication rates of our case series (0%) is comparable to complication rates reported in literature (1.6% for meningitis and 8% for sinusitis). Compared with other perioperative antibiotic regimens reported in literature, the "nasal swab-related antibiotic protocol" is cheap and at least equally effective. We discuss the rationale on which we based the choice of chemoprophylaxis, the timing, and the length of our regimen. CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirmed the safety and efficacy of our easily applicable and low-cost antibiotic prophylaxis protocol.
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Antibacterianos/administração & dosagem , Antibioticoprofilaxia/métodos , Cefazolina/administração & dosagem , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/efeitos dos fármacos , Procedimentos Neurocirúrgicos , Cuidados Pré-Operatórios/métodos , Infecções Estafilocócicas/tratamento farmacológico , Vancomicina/administração & dosagem , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Endoscopia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Meningite/prevenção & controle , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/isolamento & purificação , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nariz , Sinusite/prevenção & controle , Base do Crânio/cirurgia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Due to the lack of high-quality evidence which has hindered the development of evidence-based guidelines, there is a need to provide general guidance on cranioplasty (CP) following traumatic brain injury (TBI), as well as identify areas of ongoing uncertainty via a consensus-based approach. METHODS: The international consensus meeting on post-traumatic CP was held during the International Conference on Recent Advances in Neurotraumatology (ICRAN), in Naples, Italy, in June 2018. This meeting was endorsed by the Neurotrauma Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, and several other neurotrauma organizations. Discussions and voting were organized around 5 pre-specified themes: (1) indications and technique, (2) materials, (3) timing, (4) hydrocephalus, and (5) paediatric CP. RESULTS: The participants discussed published evidence on each topic and proposed consensus statements, which were subject to ratification using anonymous real-time voting. Statements required an agreement threshold of more than 70% for inclusion in the final recommendations. CONCLUSIONS: This document is the first set of practical consensus-based clinical recommendations on post-traumatic CP, focusing on timing, materials, complications, and surgical procedures. Future research directions are also presented.
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Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/cirurgia , Conferências de Consenso como Assunto , Craniotomia/normas , Procedimentos de Cirurgia Plástica/normas , Humanos , Hidrocefalia/cirurgia , ItáliaRESUMO
Progressive dysphagia and dyspnoea presenting after major neck trauma can occasionally be secondary to post-traumatic inflammation and mass effect associated with a calcified osteophytic anterior longitudinal ligament, a frequent finding in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, though rarely enough to cause such symptoms. In these circumstances, surgical decompression may prove effective.
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Vértebras Cervicais/cirurgia , Descompressão Cirúrgica , Transtornos de Deglutição/etiologia , Transtornos de Deglutição/cirurgia , Hiperostose Esquelética Difusa Idiopática/cirurgia , Idoso , Descompressão Cirúrgica/métodos , Transtornos de Deglutição/diagnóstico , Humanos , Hiperostose Esquelética Difusa Idiopática/diagnóstico , Masculino , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/métodos , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Unruptured intracranial aneurysms represent a decisional challenge. Treatment risks have to be balanced against an unknown probability of rupture. A better understanding of the physiopathology is the basis for a better prediction of the natural history of an individual patient. Knowledge about the possible determining factors arises from a careful comparison between ruptured versus unruptured aneurysms and from the prospective observation and analysis of unbiased series with untreated, unruptured aneurysms. The key point is the correct identification of the determining variables for the fate of a specific aneurysm in a given individual. Thus, the increased knowledge of mechanisms of formation and eventual rupture of aneurysms should provide significant clues to the identification of rupture-prone aneurysms. Factors like structural vessel wall defects, local hemodynamic stress determined also by peculiar geometric configurations, and inflammation as trigger of a wall remodeling are crucial. In this sense the study of genetic modifiers of inflammatory responses together with the computational study of the vessel tree might contribute to identify aneurysms prone to rupture. The aim of this article is to underline the value of a unifying hypothesis that merges the role of geometry, with that of hemodynamics and of genetics as concerns vessel wall structure and inflammatory pathways.
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Aneurisma Roto/etiologia , Aneurisma/etiologia , Aneurisma Intracraniano/etiologia , Aneurisma/genética , Aneurisma/patologia , Aneurisma Roto/genética , Aneurisma Roto/patologia , Meio Ambiente , Hemodinâmica , Humanos , Aneurisma Intracraniano/genética , Aneurisma Intracraniano/patologia , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
The binding of [(3)H]-paroxetine to membrane serotonin transporter (SERT) has been studied in membranes from different sources and subcellular fractions. From rat were membranes from venous blood platelets, brain total cortex, brain microsomes, brain crude and purified synaptosomes. Membranes were obtained from venous blood platelets from human volunteers and from brain cortex tissue from neurosurgery (cerebral lobectomies following craniocerebral injuries). The main finding was that the K (D) of paroxetine binding to the SERT was the same for platelet and nerve ending (synaptosomal) membranes. That parameter was significantly lower in membranes from brain microsomes and cortex total tissue. No species related difference was found, where comparison was possible, between human and rat tissue. The equality of K (D) of paroxetine binding to blood platelet membranes and to membranes from nerve endings appears to encourage the use of such membranes as a model for brain SERT. Binding at two different temperatures for several of the fractions suggests that paroxetine-SERT interaction is entropy-driven.
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Paroxetina/metabolismo , Inibidores Seletivos de Recaptação de Serotonina/metabolismo , Proteínas da Membrana Plasmática de Transporte de Serotonina/metabolismo , Frações Subcelulares/metabolismo , Animais , Humanos , Ensaio Radioligante , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Especificidade da EspécieRESUMO
Tumours of the callosal area are quite common. However, those primarily located in this region which remain confined within the corpus callosum area not frequent. The introduction of intraoperative location devices, coupled with preoperative MR, CT and angiography, has further enhanced the operability of lesions of the deep area around the callosal body. On the basis of their site of origin, three groups of tumours can be identified: tumours originating from the corpus callosum (defined as properly callosal); tumours secondarily invading the corpus callosum; tumours affecting the corpus callosum because of their surgical approach. Various routes have been developed to reach the callosal area, the site and direction of growth of the tumour providing indications for the preferred approach. The commonest routes are the following: interhemispheric approach; transcerebral approach; transcallosal approach; the transcallosal approach to the ventricles offers a valuable corridor in the management of intraventricular tumours. It provides a rapid and safe access, without the attendant epilepsy that often follows the transcortical approach. The neuro-psychological effect of callosotomy are minimal and not affecting the daily activities of patients. Thus it is possible to reach remote regions through a narrow entry with very low neuro-psychological impact.
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Neoplasias Encefálicas/cirurgia , Corpo Caloso/cirurgia , Neurocitoma/cirurgia , Neurocirurgia/métodos , Humanos , Microcirurgia/métodosRESUMO
Because of the extreme rarity of intradiploic arachnoid cysts, their pathogenesis is unknown; congenital or traumatic origins are suggested. We report an intradiploic arachnoid cyst in a 57-year-old woman, without a history of trauma, in whom a forgotten injury might play a significant role.
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Cistos Aracnóideos/diagnóstico , Osso Frontal/patologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Aracnoide-Máter/patologia , Cistos Aracnóideos/etiologia , Cistos Aracnóideos/cirurgia , Tecido Conjuntivo/patologia , Feminino , Osso Frontal/cirurgia , Traumatismos Cranianos Fechados/complicações , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
A case of colonization of a CSF shunt device by racemous cysts during a long lasting course of neurocysticercosis is reported.
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Hidrocefalia/parasitologia , Neurocisticercose/complicações , Infecções Relacionadas à Prótese/parasitologia , Derivação Ventriculoperitoneal/instrumentação , Albendazol/uso terapêutico , Anti-Helmínticos/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Hidrocefalia/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neurocisticercose/diagnóstico , Neurocisticercose/tratamento farmacológico , Praziquantel/uso terapêutico , Infecções Relacionadas à Prótese/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
A case-control study was conducted to study the association between breast-feeding and urinary tract infection. Case patients were 128 infants aged birth to 6 months with urinary tract infection. Control infants were 128 infants admitted to the same ward with an acute illness. The results support the hypothesis that breast-feeding protects infants against urinary tract infection.
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Aleitamento Materno/estatística & dados numéricos , Infecções Urinárias/epidemiologia , Alimentação com Mamadeira/estatística & dados numéricos , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Infecções por Escherichia coli/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Razão de Chances , Infecções por Proteus/epidemiologia , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
Medulloblastoma is a rare tumor in the adult population. Current therapies include surgery and irradiation. Unlike in children, chemotherapy is not commonly used, and its potential has poorly been investigated to date. We report the case of an adult patient with disseminated medulloblastoma and fulminant neurological deterioration, precluding craniospinal irradiation. Emergency chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin (400 mg/m2) and etoposide (500 mg/m2) with intrathecal (i.t.) administration of cytosar and hydrocortisone was initiated. Impressive clinical response was achieved after the first cycle of chemotherapy, with the complete disappearance of the lesions detected by MRI. After 3 courses of chemotherapy, the patient underwent craniospinal irradiation (36 Gy to the entire neuraxis and 54 Gy to the posterior fossa). Two years after surgery, the patient was well, with complete clinical recovery, and a new MRI confirmed the disappearance of the lesions. Given the dramatic efficacy of the etoposide-carboplatin association (combined with i.t. cytosar), this regimen has to be considered in an emergency setting and seems to be a very attractive candidate to be investigated as first line therapy for poor risk medulloblastoma in adults.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Cerebelares/tratamento farmacológico , Emergências , Meduloblastoma/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto , Carboplatina/administração & dosagem , Neoplasias Cerebelares/diagnóstico , Etoposídeo/administração & dosagem , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Meduloblastoma/diagnósticoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors. Because less than 1% of all hemangiomas are intramuscular, only 8 cases of temporal muscle hemangioma have been described to date. This is a case study of a 13-year-old girl who was referred to our institution because of a soft swelling located in the left temple that has enlarged progressively since birth. METHODS: CT scan, angiography and MRI showed a tumor mass lying in the temporal muscle, with homogeneous contrast enhancement. No tumor blush or feeding arteries were detected. At surgical exploration, the tumor appeared to be well demarcated. It was totally excised, sparing the surrounding temporal muscle, which did not present any sign of infiltration. Histopathologic examination showed the lesion to be a cavernous hemangioma. RESULTS: The cosmetic result was excellent, and MRI after 1 month and 2 years showed complete absence of the lesion and no evidence of recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: Although this type of tumor may be treated by various methods surgical excision yields the best results in the short and the long term. The surrounding tissue is spared as much as possible when no signs of infiltration are noted at operation, especially when involving small and functionally important muscles, as in our case.
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Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/patologia , Hemangioma Cavernoso/patologia , Músculo Temporal , Adolescente , Feminino , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/diagnóstico , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/terapia , Hemangioma Cavernoso/diagnóstico , Hemangioma Cavernoso/terapia , HumanosRESUMO
The association between breast feeding and acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) was studied in a case-control study in southern Italy. Two groups of children were studied: the first group comprised 73 infants, aged 0-6 months, whose diagnosis was pneumonia or bronchiolitis; the second group included 88 infants less than 12 months of age with a diagnosis of pertussis-like illness. Control infants were two groups of infants admitted to the same ward. Compared with controls, infants in the first group were less likely to have been breast fed (odds ratio 0.42, 95% CI 0.19-0.90). The protection conferred by breast feeding was stronger among infants who were receiving human milk at the time of admission (odds ratio 0.22, 95% CI 0.09-0.55) and was absent among those infants who had stopped breast feeding for two or more weeks before admission. Among infants who were severely ill, breast feeding was less likely than among those with milder illnesses. There was evidence in the stratified analysis of effect modification by the presence of other children in the family. Among the infants with pertussis-like illness, the incidence and duration of breast feeding were not different compared with controls. The results suggest that breast feeding has a strong protective effect against ALRI in industrialized countries also. No protection seems to be conferred by human milk against pertussis-like illness.