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Nimotuzumab y radioterapia en el tratamiento de tumores del tallo cerebral en niños y adolescentes

Rev. cuba. pediatr; 90 (4), 2018
Introducción: Los tumores localizados en el tallo cerebral en los niños y adolescentes conllevan un mal pronóstico, especialmente aquellos infiltrantes y difusos. Con el tratamiento de radioterapia apenas llegan a más de 15 por ciento de supervivencia y no mejora la cifra con quimioterapia agregada....

Suprasellar chordoid glioma: a report of two cases

SUMMARY Chordoid glioma (CG) is considered a slow growing glial neoplasm. We report two new cases with endocrinological presentation, management and outcome. Case reports: 1) An 18 year-old female patient was admitted due to headaches, nausea and vomiting and visual abnormalities. She was in amenorrhea. ...

Seguridad y tolerabilidad de la craneotomía vigíl para tumores cerebrales y otras lesiones supratentoriales
Safety and Tolerability of Vigil Craniotomy for Brain Tumors and Other Supratentorial Lesions

Rev. argent. neurocir; 32 (4), 2018
Objetivos: describir la seguridad y tolerabilidad de craneotomía vigíl en la resección de lesiones supratentoriales. Introducción: La craneotomía vigíl es útil para poder remover tumores cercanos, o en áreas elocuentes con seguridad; potencialmente reduce complicaciones, al igual que costos y est...

Evaluation of estrogen receptor expression in low-grade and high-grade astrocytomas

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aims to compare estrogen receptor expression between low and high-grade astrocytomas. METHOD: A study using paraffin blocks of glial tumors from the Anatomy Pathology archives of São Marcos Hospital was carried out and began after approval by the Review Board of the Feder...

Cryptococcoma mimicking a brain tumor in an immunocompetent patient: case report of an extremely rare presentation

Säo Paulo med. j; 136 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Central nervous system (CNS) infectious diseases have high prevalence in developing countries and their proper diagnosis and treatment are very important for public health planning. Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus that may cause several CNS manifestations, especially in immunocompr...

Primary cardiac angiosarcoma with rare presenting feature and successful surgical treatment

Abstract Primary angiosarcoma is a rare clinical entity, it's typically located within the right atrium and known to be rapidly fatal. A 37-year-old female was presented with a history of recurrent facial paralysis and left hemiparesis. A cranial mass was identified at cranial magnetic resonance imaging ...

Resección transanal de lesiones de recto vía TAMIS: Análisis de una serie inicial

Rev. argent. cir; 110 (3), 2018
Antecedentes: la resección de lesiones benignas y neoplasias en estadio temprano de recto representan un desafío para minimizar la recidiva local y lograr una calidad adecuada de la pieza quirúrgica sin fragmentación, con mínima morbilidad y funcionalidad anorrectal aceptable. La resección transana...

An Improved Classification System for Brain Tumours Using Wavelet Transform and Neural Network

West Indian med. j; 67 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT This paper presents an improved classification system for brain tumours using wavelet transform and neural network. The anisotropic diffusion filter was used for image denoising, and the performance of the oriented rician noise reducing anisotropic diffusion (ORNRAD) filter was validated. The se...