Neurosurgical Procedures

Due casi di malformazioni cavernose cerebrali

Mannarà UM, Migliore A, Marino S, Tardino L, Marino S, La Spina M

2026/3 — pag. 77-78 — DOI

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) are vascular lesions that in children often present with diverse and misleading symptoms. This report examines two clinical scenarios: the case of a 12-year-old boy with progressive headache and that of an 11-ye...

Due casi di frattura depressa del cranio o frattura “ping pong”

Rizzello E, Migliarino V, Prisco A, Rabach I, Barbi E, Cozzi G

2022/1 — pag. 59-62 — DOI

The paper presents two cases of depressed skull fracture or “ping pong” fracture. This type of fracture is typical of neonatal age or toddlers, ages in which cranial bones are still malleable and not very resistant. Obstetrical causes are more freque...

Le fratture della base cranica: clinica e TC alla… base di tutto

Prisco A, Migliarino V, Cozzi G, Giorgi R, Barbi E

2022/1 — pag. 17-20 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 14-year-old boy with skull base fracture due to head trauma. The skull base fracture represents around 20% of skull fractures after trauma and has to be suspected considering the dynamics of the trauma and the clinical...

Due casi di frattura depressa del cranio o frattura “ping pong”

Rizzello E, Migliarino V, Prisco A, Rabach I, Barbi E, Cozzi G

2022/1 — pag. 6-9 — DOI

The paper presents two cases of depressed skull fracture or “ping pong” fracture. This type of fracture is typical of neonatal age or toddlers, ages in which cranial bones are still malleable and not very resistant. Obstetrical causes are more freque...

Il craniofaringioma

Salce N, Giovannelli E, Graziani V, Cozzolino M, Mazzatenta D, Zucchelli M, Marchetti F

2021/7 — pag. 467-469 — DOI

Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare epithelial low-grade tumour that develops in the sellar/suprasellar region of the brain, along the craniopharyngeal duct. It has a bimodal distribution and the first peak occurs in paediatric age almost exclusively co...

Il craniofaringioma

Salce N, Giovannelli E, Graziani V, Cozzolino M, Mazzatenta D, Zucchelli M, Marchetti F

2021/7 — pag. 210-216 — DOI

Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare epithelial low-grade tumour that develops in the sellar/suprasellar region of the brain, along the craniopharyngeal duct. It has a bimodal distribution and the first peak occurs in paediatric age almost exclusively co...

Sindrome di Arnold-Chiari e del midollo ancorato: un aggiornamento

A. Ravaglia, G. Costagliola

2018/8 — pag. 509-514

“Chiari malformations” are a heterogeneous group of disorders defined by anatomic anomalies of the cerebellum, brainstem and craniovertebral junction with downward displacement of the cerebellum, either alone or together with the lower medulla, int...

Una rara lombalgia

M.C. Pellegrin, C. Fossati, M.G. Dell’Orto, C. Giussani, A. Selicorni

2016/2

L'emorragia cerebrale che non ti aspetti

M.C. Lia, P.G. Flora

2015/4

Avevo una cosa per la testa…

S. Ciccone, E. Maria G. Marrella, A. Fumarola, S. Tagliati, E. Fiumana

2014/1

Epilessia grave nel bambino: il ruolo del trattamento chirurgico

R. Guerrini, F. Giordano, L. Genitori, C. Barba

2012/4 — pag. 240-243

Epilepsy surgery represents an effective and safe treatment option in children with drug-resistant seizures. The indications for epilepsy surgery are the following: a) pharmacoresistance; b) severe epilepsy and possible disturbances in cognitive fu...

Esostosi della testa fibulare e compressionedel nervo peroneale: descrizione di un casoin un adolescente

R. Fagioli, S. Brachi, G. Borsari, S. Rinieri, E. Gastaldo

2008/7 — pag. 463-464

The peroneal nerve is frequently involved in cases of lesions or entrapment in the lower limb. In literature, only few cases have been reported on peroneal nerve compression by a benign bone growth, such as exostosis. We report the case of a 13 y...

Gli effetti della chirurgia nell'epilessia del bambino

G. Bartolozzi

2007/6

Teste piccole, teste grandi, teste storte

L. Genitori, F. Giordano, F. Mussa, M. Sanzo, L. Sardo, G. Di Pietro, P. Donati

2007/3 — pag. 155-159

The right and early diagnosis of craniosynostosis is a mainstay in their surgical management. The Pediatrician often makes the first medical examination of a child with a suspected craniofacial malformation. The aim of this paper is describing the f...

Valutazione quantitativa dell’idrocefaloneonatale mediante tc volumetricacon ricostruzioni tridimensionali

F. Zennaro, R. Ammar, P. Guastalla, M. Quercini

2000/5 — pag. 325-328

In low-weight new-borns with hydrocephalus, neither the pressure of liquor nor the size of intraventricular diameters provides reliable information to proceed to a precise calculation the amount of liquor to be removed in case of emergency without...

Traumi cranici in età pediatrica

P.A. Donati, G. Cagnoni

1999/4

Le craniosinostosi, viste dal pediatra

G. Bartolozzi, P.A. Donati

1999/1