Recurrent spinal CSF-venous fistulas
Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2024;58(1):6-7. doi: 10.5603/pjnns.99392.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38436457 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.99392 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - March 4, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Jeremy K Cutsforth-Gregory Source Type: research

Overlapping challenges of treating cerebrospinal fluid dynamic disorders
Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2024;58(1):1-5. doi: 10.5603/pjnns.99220.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38436456 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.99220 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - March 4, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Olga P Fermo Source Type: research

Recurrent spinal CSF-venous fistulas
Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2024;58(1):6-7. doi: 10.5603/pjnns.99392.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38436457 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.99392 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - March 4, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Jeremy K Cutsforth-Gregory Source Type: research

Spontaneous rhinorrhea and idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a complex and challenging association
CONCLUSIONS: The complex relationship between spontaneous CSF leaks and IIH is a challenge that benefits from multidisciplinary evaluation and management for successful treatment. Treatments such as endoscopic repair, acetazolamide, and VP/ /LP shunts reduce complications and recurrence. Personalised plans addressing elevated intracranial pressure are crucial for successful outcomes.PMID:38393958 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.98054 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Leonardo de Macedo Filho Carolina Carmona Pinheiro Machado Gabrielle Brito Bezerra Mendes Luma Maria Figueiredo Santana Mauro Emiliano Ruella Sanjeet Grewal Kaisorn L Chaichana Alfredo Quinones Hinojosa Olga Fermo Joao Paulo Almeida Source Type: research

Neuronal pentraxin 2 correlates with neurodegeneration but not cognition in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH)
CONCLUSIONS: While CSF NPTX2 values correlate with neurodegeneration, they do not correlate with cognitive or functional measures in iNPH. CSF NPTX2 cannot serve as a predictor of either short-term or long-term improvement after CSF drainage.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: These results suggest that synaptic degeneration is not a core feature of iNPH pathophysiology.PMID:38393959 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.98212 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Megha Patel Yifan Zhang Mei-Fang Xiao Paul Worley Abhay Moghekar Source Type: research

Middle temporal gyrus approach to mesial temporal lobe tumours in children
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The MTG approach to MTL tumours is an effective procedure for the treatment of epilepsy in children. It avoids removal of the lateral temporal lobe and poses only a minor risk of permanent neurological complications.PMID:38393960 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.96409 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Pawe ł Kowalczyk Ernest J Bobeff Wojciech Nowak Maciej K Cio łkowski Marcin Roszkowski Source Type: research

Headache associated with intracranial hypotension: diagnostic challenges and difficulties in everyday neurological practice
Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2024;58(1):21-30. doi: 10.5603/pjnns.97407. Epub 2024 Feb 23.ABSTRACTLow pressure of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a rare cause of headache, except when the patient undergoes a lumbar puncture. Headache associated with a low CSF pressure i.e. intracranial hypotension causes diagnostic difficulties. Headaches related to spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) pose a significant diagnostic challenge in everyday neurological practice. Patients with headaches due to SIH are usually diagnosed only after a long delay. Diagnostic problems may result in unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedures, or even ne...
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Magdalena Boczarska-Jedynak Daniel Stompel Source Type: research

Spontaneous rhinorrhea and idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a complex and challenging association
CONCLUSIONS: The complex relationship between spontaneous CSF leaks and IIH is a challenge that benefits from multidisciplinary evaluation and management for successful treatment. Treatments such as endoscopic repair, acetazolamide, and VP/ /LP shunts reduce complications and recurrence. Personalised plans addressing elevated intracranial pressure are crucial for successful outcomes.PMID:38393958 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.98054 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Leonardo de Macedo Filho Carolina Carmona Pinheiro Machado Gabrielle Brito Bezerra Mendes Luma Maria Figueiredo Santana Mauro Emiliano Ruella Sanjeet Grewal Kaisorn L Chaichana Alfredo Quinones Hinojosa Olga Fermo Joao Paulo Almeida Source Type: research

Neuronal pentraxin 2 correlates with neurodegeneration but not cognition in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH)
CONCLUSIONS: While CSF NPTX2 values correlate with neurodegeneration, they do not correlate with cognitive or functional measures in iNPH. CSF NPTX2 cannot serve as a predictor of either short-term or long-term improvement after CSF drainage.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: These results suggest that synaptic degeneration is not a core feature of iNPH pathophysiology.PMID:38393959 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.98212 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Megha Patel Yifan Zhang Mei-Fang Xiao Paul Worley Abhay Moghekar Source Type: research

Middle temporal gyrus approach to mesial temporal lobe tumours in children
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The MTG approach to MTL tumours is an effective procedure for the treatment of epilepsy in children. It avoids removal of the lateral temporal lobe and poses only a minor risk of permanent neurological complications.PMID:38393960 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.96409 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Pawe ł Kowalczyk Ernest J Bobeff Wojciech Nowak Maciej K Cio łkowski Marcin Roszkowski Source Type: research

Headache associated with intracranial hypotension: diagnostic challenges and difficulties in everyday neurological practice
Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2024 Feb 23. doi: 10.5603/pjnns.97407. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLow pressure of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a rare cause of headache, except when the patient undergoes a lumbar puncture. Headache associated with a low CSF pressure i.e. intracranial hypotension causes diagnostic difficulties. Headaches related to spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) pose a significant diagnostic challenge in everyday neurological practice. Patients with headaches due to SIH are usually diagnosed only after a long delay. Diagnostic problems may result in unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedures, or even ne...
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Magdalena Boczarska-Jedynak Daniel Stompel Source Type: research

Spontaneous rhinorrhea and idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a complex and challenging association
CONCLUSIONS: The complex relationship between spontaneous CSF leaks and IIH is a challenge that benefits from multidisciplinary evaluation and management for successful treatment. Treatments such as endoscopic repair, acetazolamide, and VP/ /LP shunts reduce complications and recurrence. Personalised plans addressing elevated intracranial pressure are crucial for successful outcomes.PMID:38393958 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.98054 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Leonardo de Macedo Filho Carolina Carmona Pinheiro Machado Gabrielle Brito Bezerra Mendes Luma Maria Figueiredo Santana Mauro Emiliano Ruella Sanjeet Grewal Kaisorn L Chaichana Alfredo Quinones Hinojosa Olga Fermo Joao Paulo Almeida Source Type: research

Neuronal pentraxin 2 correlates with neurodegeneration but not cognition in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH)
CONCLUSIONS: While CSF NPTX2 values correlate with neurodegeneration, they do not correlate with cognitive or functional measures in iNPH. CSF NPTX2 cannot serve as a predictor of either short-term or long-term improvement after CSF drainage.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: These results suggest that synaptic degeneration is not a core feature of iNPH pathophysiology.PMID:38393959 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.98212 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Megha Patel Yifan Zhang Mei-Fang Xiao Paul Worley Abhay Moghekar Source Type: research

Middle temporal gyrus approach to mesial temporal lobe tumours in children
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The MTG approach to MTL tumours is an effective procedure for the treatment of epilepsy in children. It avoids removal of the lateral temporal lobe and poses only a minor risk of permanent neurological complications.PMID:38393960 | DOI:10.5603/pjnns.96409 (Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska)
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Pawe ł Kowalczyk Ernest J Bobeff Wojciech Nowak Maciej K Cio łkowski Marcin Roszkowski Source Type: research

Headache associated with intracranial hypotension: diagnostic challenges and difficulties in everyday neurological practice
Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2024 Feb 23. doi: 10.5603/pjnns.97407. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLow pressure of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a rare cause of headache, except when the patient undergoes a lumbar puncture. Headache associated with a low CSF pressure i.e. intracranial hypotension causes diagnostic difficulties. Headaches related to spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) pose a significant diagnostic challenge in everyday neurological practice. Patients with headaches due to SIH are usually diagnosed only after a long delay. Diagnostic problems may result in unnecessary invasive diagnostic procedures, or even ne...
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - February 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Magdalena Boczarska-Jedynak Daniel Stompel Source Type: research