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Fetal myelomeningocele repair: Rome Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS experience.

Childs Nerv SystNov 10, 2026Open access

A fetus with distal lumbar myelomeningocele was assessed by fetal MRI, which showed a 23 × 11-mm defect, ventricular dilatation, and Chiari II malformation. Open fetal repair was performed at 25 weeks of gestation.

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Fetal MRI can define the myelomeningocele and associated ventricular and hindbrain findings before repair, and can document anatomical changes afterward.

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Multifocal intradural extramedullary myxopapillary ependymoma of the spine.

A 34-year-old man presented with sudden severe non-radicular low-back pain but no neurological deficit. MRI showed multiple enhancing intradural extramedullary lesions from T12-L1 to S1; the dominant T12-L1 lesion…

J Cancer Res Clin OncolNov 9, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

Hyoid Bone Fracture in a Patient as a Rare Cause of Persistent Postoperative Dysphagia Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion.

A 76-year-old woman developed severe, persistent dysphagia and progressive odynophagia after C3–5 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

Am J Case RepNov 10, 2026Read case
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When a glabellar dermoid cyst is not the whole story: the significance of MRI in excluding intracranial segments.

A 14-month-old boy underwent removal of a glabellar dermoid cyst considered extracranial. He remained asymptomatic, but surveillance MRI 10 months later showed a right frontal parasagittal intracranial lesion…

BMC PediatrNov 6, 2026Read case
Case ReportPediatrics

Pearls & Oy-sters: Anti-GABA A Receptor Encephalitis Presenting as Fulminant Hemicerebellitis in a 5-Year-Old Girl.

A previously healthy 5-year-old girl developed acute neurologic decline after several days of fever and malaise. CT showed severe right cerebellar inflammation and edema with fourth-ventricle effacement, prompting…

NeurologyNov 9, 2026Read case
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Pediatric spontaneous vertebro-venous fistula coil occlusion with vertebral artery preservation and distal vertebral artery flow restoration.

A 9-year-old boy had progressive cervical and upper thoracic pain for 8 months, without neurological deficit. MRI showed a left suboccipital vascular lesion, enlarged bilateral vertebral arteries, and a diminished…

Childs Nerv SystNov 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurologyOpen access

Network-Based Deep Brain Stimulation Rescue After Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor: Two Targeting Strategies.

Two men developed recurrent essential tremor after MRgFUS thalamotomy. In the 71-year-old, DBS was placed along a Vim–posterior subthalamic area trajectory.

Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)Nov 3, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgery

Spontaneous Colonic Migration of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter.

A 63-year-old man developed fever, somnolence, and elevated inflammatory markers 2.5 years after ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement.

Am J Case RepNov 5, 2026Read case
Case ReportInfectious Diseases

Brain Abscesses as a Complication of Brain Hematomas in Infective Endocarditis: A Rare Case Report.

A previously healthy 26-year-old man with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis had a 24-mm parietal hematoma; angiography showed no aneurysm.

NeurologistNov 1, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgeryOpen access

Single-Stage Bilateral Microsurgical Treatment of Five Complex Unruptured Anterior Circulation Aneurysms Assisted by Rapid Ventricular Pacing: Case Report and Literature Review.

A 54-year-old woman with untreated hypertension and active smoking presented with a pupil-involving left oculomotor nerve palsy.

Int Med Case Rep JNov 1, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurologyOpen access

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6 Concurrent with Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Case Report.

A 73-year-old man with two years of progressive gait disturbance had gaze-evoked nystagmus, dysarthria, limb ataxia, a broad-based shuffling gait, and urinary urgency.

CerebellumNov 4, 2026Read case
Case ReportNeurosurgeryOpen access

The paracondylar process: anatomical relationships and clinical implications.

A 55-year-old man with longstanding restricted neck movement, left-sided headaches and occasional dizziness underwent cervical CT.

Surg Radiol AnatOct 30, 2026Read case

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