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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Left Petroclival Lesion



HISTORY:-
1.    Double vision-1 year
2.    Tingling over face-4 months

EXAMINATION:-
1.    Left corneal reflex absent
2.    Left 6th nerve palsy

INVESTIGATIONS:-




TREATMENT:-
Left temporal trephine craniotomy with subtemporal intradural approach with tumor excision done

POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD:-
No fresh episodes, left 5th and 6th nerve impairment persisted

NCCT Head:-


 
HISTOPATHOLOGY:-
5TH Nerve shwannoma

Right Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm

HISTORY: -

35 yr old gentleman presented with c/c of:-
Sudden onset of headache followed by neck stiffness, vomitings and drowsiness

EXAMINATION:-
  •           BP-220/120 mm
  •           GCS-E3V5M6
  •           NO DEFICITS

TREATMENT:-

Right fronto-temporal trephine craniotomy with aneurysmal clipping done

 
POST-OPERATIVE CT SCAN HEAD:-


POST-OPERATIVE COURSE:
Sensorium same as pre-operatively, maintaining vitals, still under treatment.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Left parieto-occipital trephine crniotomy with radical tumor

HISTORY

11 yr old boy presented with c/c

  • Headache-1 year
  • Right vision loss-1 month

EXAMINATION

  • Bilatearl mild papillodema
  • Right direct light reflex absent
  • Right vision-light preception only in nasal half, left-6/9
  • Left nasal hemifield defect
INVESTIGATIONS






TREATMENT

  • Left parieto-occipital trephine crniotomy with radical tumor removal done under GA

POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD

  • Headache releived, no improvement in right vision

HISTOPATHOLOGY

  • Highly malignant-Epithileal origin
POST-OPERATIVE CT SCAN HEAD



Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Recurrent Craniopharyngioma

History:-

14 yr old boy, Pitiutary Dwarf follow-up operated for Craniopharyngioma in 2001, 2008, 2009 now presented with

  • Headache
  • Decreased vision

On Minirin puff, Wyselone and Eltroxin

Examination : -

  • B/L Primary Optic Atrophy
  • B/L Visual acuity-6/9
  • Bitemporal Hemianopia

Investigations :-




Treatment :

  • Right Frnto-temporal Trephine Craniotomy with tumor decompression done under GA

Post-Operative Period :-

  • Uneventful

Post Operative Scan :-

Monday, January 23, 2012

Intra Fourth Ventricular Tumor

HISTORY:-

25 YR old gentleman r/o Iraq, presented with c/c of:-
  • Vomitings-6 months
  • Headache-4 monhts
  • Gait ataxia-1 month

    On steroids since last one month, imorvement in sympotomatology

EXAMINATION:-

  • Nystagmus
  • Impaired tandem walking

INVESTIGATIONS:-

  • MRI Brain






TREATMENT:-

Suboccipital craniectomy with tumor decompression done

INTRA-OPERATIVE FINDINGS:-

  • Soft, suckable, intra fourth ventricular tumor attached to dorsal brainstem

HISTOPATHOLOGY:-

  • Anaplastic Ependymoma

POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD:-

  • Having lower cranial nerve paresis post-operatively along with diplopia, gradually improving.