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Case ReportPediatricsOpen access

Varicella zoster vasculopathy presenting as bilateral subdural haematoma in an infant: case report of a rare case and literature review.

A 6-month-old boy developed chickenpox with fever, irritability, and a vesicular rash. Although the rash and fever resolved, he had persistent irritability, poor feeding, intermittent vomiting, developmental regression…

Childs Nerv SystOct 24, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurologyOpen access

Spontaneous regression of post-traumatic syringomyelia: longitudinal mr imaging demonstrating a dynamic disease course.

A 69-year-old patient with post-traumatic cervicothoracic syringomyelia presented with occipital headaches, dizziness, and subjective upper-extremity weakness.

Spinal Cord Ser CasesOct 23, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgeryOpen access

Addressing unilateral lambdoid craniosynostosis using endoscopic suturectomy and barrel-stave osteotomies: surgical technique and literature review.

A healthy 2-month-old boy presented with features of left unilateral lambdoid craniosynostosis, including occipitoparietal flattening, ipsilateral mastoid bulge, contralateral parietal bulge, and ear-level asymmetry; 3D…

Childs Nerv SystOct 21, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

Ultra high-density, 4096-channel intraoperative neurophysiological brain mapping for functional localization of the human central sulcus.

During resection of a right parafalcine meningioma in a 56-year-old man, four flexible 1024-electrode micro-ECoG arrays were used to record somatosensory evoked potentials from the peri-Rolandic cortex during…

J Neural EngOct 21, 2026Read case
Case ReportPathology (Anatomic & Clinical)

Primary intracranial sarcoma, DICER1-mutant: 5 cases highlighting variable clinical and molecular features.

The report describes five patients aged 6 to 40 years with primary intracranial sarcoma, DICER1-mutant, identified through methylation profiling and/or sequencing.

J Neuropathol Exp NeurolOct 20, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

Bilateral lower limb dysfunction due to acute hematoma in the lumbar ligamentum flavum: A case report and literature review.

A 71-year-old man developed sudden lower back pain without an identifiable trigger, followed by worsening pain, numbness, and weakness in both legs.

Medicine (Baltimore)Oct 16, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

Arthroscopic-assisted uniportal spinal surgery with bone-anchored annular repair for far lateral lumbar disc herniation: A case report.

A 50-year-old woman had refractory lumbosacral and gluteal pain followed by right L3–L4-distribution radicular pain, limiting walking to less than 20 minutes despite conservative treatment.

Medicine (Baltimore)Oct 16, 2026Read case
Case ReportEndocrinology

Behind the Sella: A Rare Case of Pituicytoma Mimicking a Pituitary Adenoma.

A 48-year-old man presented with symptoms of hypogonadism, headaches, and visual field defects. Testing showed hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and hyperprolactinemia, while MRI revealed a sellar-suprasellar mass initially…

Am J Case RepOct 15, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

Inside a Programmer's Brain: Dissociating Code and Language Comprehension Networks Using a Novel fMRI-ESM Protocol.

A professional software engineer with an IDH-mutant astrocytoma in the left middle frontal gyrus underwent preoperative fMRI and intraoperative electrical stimulation mapping (ESM) to assess both language and code…

Hum Brain MappOct 15, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

Painless Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma Mimicking Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report.

A woman in her early 60s receiving anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy developed neck tightness and numbness in both limbs without pain, followed by transient right hemiplegia and rapid neurological deterioration.

Ann Ital ChirOct 14, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

Stroke thrombectomy of a mural thrombus in a severe dolichoectatic basilar artery with double parallel large stent retrievers and Sofia 88.

An older adult presented with severe acute ischemic stroke from a mural thrombus on the posterior wall of the mid-basilar artery.

J Neurointerv SurgOct 13, 2026Read case
Case ReportAnesthesiologyOpen access

Density Spectral Array Patterns During Total Intravenous Anesthesia with Intravenous Lidocaine for Craniotomy: An Illustrative Two-Case Series.

Two adults undergoing craniotomy for tumor resection received propofol-remifentanil total intravenous anesthesia, bilateral scalp block, and intravenous lidocaine.

Int Med Case Rep JOct 11, 2026Read case
Case ReportOncology (Medical)

Histologically Confirmed Brain Metastasis Arising From Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: an Uncommon Entity and a Challenging Condition.

A 39-year-old patient with no significant medical history had a giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB) in the left distal femur, treated with preoperative denosumab and resection with prosthetic reconstruction.

Am J Case RepOct 8, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurologyOpen access

Bobble-Head Doll Syndrome Caused by Aqueductal Web-Associated Obstructive Hydrocephalus in an Adult: A Case Report with Video.

A 24-year-old man developed progressive memory impairment, gait instability, urinary incontinence, and an irregular side-to-side (“no-no”) head tremor that improved with a sensory trick.

Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)Oct 8, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurology

Fregoli syndrome in an adolescent with Moyamoya disease.

An early adolescent with known Moyamoya disease developed acute psychosis after a febrile illness accompanied by headache and vomiting.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurology

Staged bilateral MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy in a patient with cerebral cavernous malformations.

A man in his late 60s with medication-refractory essential tremor was found on preoperative MRI to have cavernous malformations in the left caudate head and basal ganglia, with an associated developmental venous anomaly…

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportOtolaryngology (ENT)

Silent danger behind the forehead: Pott's puffy tumour presenting without systemic symptoms.

A man in his 50s developed progressive, painless forehead swelling despite multiple courses of antibiotics, without systemic symptoms.

BMJ Case RepOct 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgeryOpen access

Safe electrophysiology-guided resection of an epileptogenic non-exophytic hamartoma at the floor of the fourth ventricle in a child.

Hamartoma of the floor of fourth ventricle (HFFV) is an extremely rare entity known to be causing focal movement disorders in children.

Childs Nerv SystOct 6, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgeryOpen access

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for diencephalosynapsis-related hydrocephalus in MPDZ gene syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.

A female infant with prenatally diagnosed obstructive ventriculomegaly was confirmed to have MPDZ syndrome through whole-exome sequencing.

Childs Nerv SystOct 2, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

A Mysterious Case of Giant Scalp Devil's Horn with Intracranial Extension Removed by Surgical Excision.

A 60-year-old male presented with altered consciousness, chronic headaches, blurred vision, and scalp swelling. Imaging revealed a giant cutaneous horn in the scalp with underlying bony erosion and intracranial…

Mymensingh Med JOct 1, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

The Urgent Surgical Outcome of Intracranial Subdural Empyema: A Case Presentation.

A patient presented unconscious due to intracranial subdural empyema, a severe brain infection. Urgent surgical intervention was performed, leading to a rapid recovery postoperatively.

Mymensingh Med JOct 1, 2026Read case
Case ReportOncology (Medical)

Malignant phyllodes tumour with spinal metastasis presenting as cauda equina syndrome.

A female in her early 50s with a history of borderline phyllodes tumour underwent right mastectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy.

BMJ Case RepOct 1, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

A hypertensive response to irrigation: endoscopic repair of a ventral spinal CSF leak.

A 36-year-old woman with recurrent spontaneous intracranial hypotension due to a ventral T11-12 CSF leak underwent endoscopic repair.

Neurosurg FocusOct 1, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

How I do it: meningioangiomatosis of the sylvian fissure. The need for a tailored functional neurosurgery.

A patient with drug-resistant epileptic seizures presented with meningioangiomatosis located in the right sylvian fissure, affecting the M1-M2 segments of the right middle cerebral artery.

Acta Neurochir (Wien)Oct 1, 2026Read case

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