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Malczuk J, Costachescu B, Schmitt E, Klein O. Spontaneous regression of white epidermoid cyst of the pre-bulbar cistern in a 3-year-old child: a case report and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst 2023; 39:3065-3070. [PMID: 37668670 DOI: 10.1007/s00381-023-06140-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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We describe the first case of regression of a white epidermoid cyst in a child. White epidermoid cysts are rare benign lesions, particularly in pediatric cases. Typically, these cysts need surgical resection. However, we report the case of a 3-year-old child with recurrent aseptic meningitis, in whom CT scan and MRI revealed a white epidermoid cyst in the pre-bulbar cistern. Surprisingly, over a 5-year follow-up period, the cyst showed dramatic regression without any symptoms. This case sheds light on the potential for spontaneous regression of white epidermoid cysts in children, challenging the need for risky surgical interventions. This report opens up new perspectives on the pathophysiology and management options for this type of lesion in children.
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- Josephine Malczuk
- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Facial Surgery Children's Hospital, 54500, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.
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- Gr. T. Popa, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115, Iasi, Romania
- Prof. Dr. N. Oblu" Emergency Clinical Hospital, 700309, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Hopital Central, 54035, Nancy, France
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- Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Facial Surgery Children's Hospital, 54500, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
- CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France
- CME of CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France
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Iliescu BF, Mancasi VN, Ilie ID, Mancasi I, Costachescu B, Rotariu DI. Design Principle and Proofing of a New Smart Textile Material That Acts as a Sensor for Immobility in Severe Bed-Confined Patients. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:2573. [PMID: 36904777 PMCID: PMC10007060 DOI: 10.3390/s23052573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The immobility of patients confined to continuous bed rest continues to raise a couple of very serious challenges for modern medicine. In particular, the overlooking of sudden onset immobility (as in acute stroke) and the delay in addressing the underlying conditions are of utmost importance for the patient and, in the long term, for the medical and social systems. This paper describes the design principles and concrete implementation of a new smart textile material that can form the substrate of intensive care bedding, that acts as a mobility/immobility sensor in itself. The textile sheet acts as a multi-point pressure-sensitive surface that sends continuous capacitance readings through a connector box to a computer running a dedicated software. The design of the capacitance circuit ensures enough individual points to provide an accurate description of the overlying shape and weight. We describe the textile composition and circuit design as well as the preliminary data collected during testing to demonstrate the validity of the complete solution. These results suggest that the smart textile sheet is a very sensitive pressure sensor and can provide continuous discriminatory information to allow for the very sensitive, real-time detection of immobility.
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- Bogdan Florin Iliescu
- Department of Neurosurgery, “Gr T Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, 700115 Iasi, Romania
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- School of Industrial Design and Business Management, Gh. Asachi University of Iasi, 700050 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Gr T Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, 700115 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Gr T Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, 700115 Iasi, Romania
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Costachescu B, Popescu CE, Iliescu BF. Analysis of the Classification Systems for Thoracolumbar Fractures in Adults and Their Evolution and Impact on Clinical Management. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11092498. [PMID: 35566623 PMCID: PMC9100632 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11092498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Although they represent a significant chapter of traumatic pathology with a deep medical and social impact, thoracolumbar fractures have proven to be elusive in terms of a definitive classification. The ever-changing concept of the stability of a thoracolumbar injury (from Holdsworth’s two-column concept to Denis’ three-column theory), the meaningful integration of neurological deficit, and a reliable clinical usability have made reaching a universally accepted and reproductible classification almost impossible. The advent of sophisticated imaging techniques and an improved understanding of spine biomechanics led to the development of several classification systems. Each successive system has contributed significantly to the understanding of physiopathological mechanisms and better treatment management. Magerl et al. developed a comprehensive classification system based on progressive morphological damage determined by the following three fundamental forces: compression, distraction, and axial torque. Vaccaro et al. devised the thoracolumbar injury severity score based on the following three independent variables: the morphology of the injury, posterior ligamentous complex (PLC) integrity, and neurological status at the time of injury. However, there are limitations to the classification system, especially when magnetic resonance imaging yields an uncertain status of PLC. The authors review the various classification systems insisting on their practical relevance and caveats and illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of the most widely used systems with relevant cases from their practice.
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- Bogdan Costachescu
- Department of Neurosurgery, “Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
- Department of Neurosurgery, “Prof. Dr. N. Oblu” Clinical Emergency Hospital, 700309 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Prof. Dr. N. Oblu” Clinical Emergency Hospital, 700309 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Neurosurgery, “Gr. T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
- Department of Neurosurgery, “Prof. Dr. N. Oblu” Clinical Emergency Hospital, 700309 Iasi, Romania;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +40-751-101-312
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Dabija MG, Nechifor IS, Dabija VA, Costachescu B, Eva L. The role of MRI-guided focused ultrasound in neurosurgery. roneuro 2021. [DOI: 10.33962/roneuro-2021-022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Introduction. MRgFUS is a novel technology, which can have profound implications in the current treatment of neurological disorders. Its applications range widely, from the alteration of the blood-brain barrier, ablation of tumours to the treatment of movement disorders.
Objective. To review, following thorough research of the literature, the principles of its use in the treatment of neurological diseases and the main reported evidence of its clinical implementation.
Material and method. Interrogation of the MEDLINE database, using the PubMed search engine, for the following MESH words: “MRgFUS”, “FUS” “BRAIN”, from 2000 to the current year.
Conclusion. MRgFUS can be safely used today for the treatment of Essential Tremor. New research is warranted for the evaluation of its safety and effectiveness in other neurological disorders.
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Turliuc MD, Costea CF, Balan IE, Costachescu B, Dobrovat B, Turliuc S, Ghiciuc CM, Arbore-Sorete R, Hartie V, Sima F, Cucu AI. Extradural autologous temporal muscle graft mimicking a meningioma. roneuro 2019. [DOI: 10.33962/roneuro-2019-062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Meningiomas are the most common dural tumour, but there are also many other dural masses which mimic their appearances, such as neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions. In this paper we report another mass which may mimic a dural lesion, namely a muscle graft harvested from the temporal site and left in situ, used to achieve haemostasis in a posttraumatic temporal extradural hematoma in a young male patient. Solid knowledge of differentiating neuroimaging characteristics of dural masses, as well as its corroboration with the patient’s medical history are extremely helpful in establishing an accurate diagnostic.
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Cucu AI, Costea CF, Turliuc MD, Ghiciuc CM, Costachescu B, Popescu R, Dumitrescu GF, Sava A, Tanase DM, Arbore-Sorete R, Poeata I. Anatomical localization of intracranial grade II meningiomas in North-Eastern Romania. roneuro 2019. [DOI: 10.33962/roneuro-2019-039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Objective. Our research aims to assess a possible connection between tumour localization and histological subtypes of grade II meningiomas.
Material and methods. 143 patients with grade II WHO meningiomas underwent surgical resection in "Prof. Dr. N. Oblu" Emergency Clinical Hospital Ia?i between 1990 and 2015. The collected data included: patient age, gender, tumour localization and histopathological diagnosis (atypical, clear cells and chordoid meningioma).
Results. 135 (94.4%) of all 143 patients with grade II meningiomas were atypical meningiomas, 6 (4.2%) were cell clear meningiomas and only 2 (1.4%) were chordoid meningiomas. As concerns their distribution by gender, 79 (55.2%) were female and 64 (44.8%) were male. Grade II meningiomas were most commonly located at convexity 49.7% (n=71), followed by skull base in 30.8% (n=44) of the cases and parasagittal/falcine in 14.7% (n=21) of the patients.
Conclusions. The most common localization of grade II meningiomas was convexity, followed by skull base, parasagittal/falcine and intraventricular areas. We have also noticed that convexity meningiomas are more frequent in women, unlike the other anatomical localizations in which the male-female ratio is almost equal. Therefore, further research is necessary to determine the role of embryological, anatomopathological and genetic factors in underlying the connection between meningioma grade and anatomical localization.
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Turliuc MD, Cucu AI, Perciaccante A, Tosolini G, De Luca S, Costachescu B, Costea CF. Hydrocephalus of King Charles II of Spain, the Bewitched King. Eur Neurol 2019; 81:76-78. [PMID: 31112979 DOI: 10.1159/000500719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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King of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty and sovereign of the overseas Spanish Empire, Charles II of Spain, was physically disabled, disfigured, mentally retarded, and he proved impotent. He is known in history as El Hechizado (the Bewitched) because both him and the people believed that his mental and physical incapacity were due to a "witchcraft act." Although several authors speculated about different diseases, most of them genetic such as pituitary hormone deficiency, distal renal tubular acidosis, Klinefelter syndrome, fragile X syndrome, or male XX hermaphroditism, the hypothesis of hydrocephalus was not taken into account. We don't have clear elements to hypothesize a certain etiology of Charles II' hydrocephalus; however, we think the herpetic infection he suffered of after his birth should not be ignored.
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- Mihaela Dana Turliuc
- 2nd Neurosurgery Clinic, "Prof. Dr. N. Oblu" Emergency Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania.,Department of Neurosurgery, "Grigore. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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- 2nd Neurosurgery Clinic, "Prof. Dr. N. Oblu" Emergency Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania,
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- Department of Foreign Languages, Literature, Education and Communication, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, "San Giovanni di Dio" Hospital, Gorizia, Italy
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- 2nd Neurosurgery Clinic, "Prof. Dr. N. Oblu" Emergency Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania.,Department of Neurosurgery, "Grigore. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Ophthalmology, "Grigore. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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Cucu AI, Costea CF, Perciaccante A, Carauleanu A, Turliuc S, Costachescu B, Poeata I, Turliuc MD. The History of Arachne Through Historic Descriptions of Meningiomas with Hyperostosis: From Prehistory to the Present. World Neurosurg 2019; 128:37-46. [PMID: 31048045 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 04/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intracranial meningiomas are brain tumors that have probably been known the longest, largely because of the occasional production of grotesque cranial deformities that have attracted the attention and interest of humankind. Because of the tendency of some intracranial meningiomas to cause skull deformation and thickening, these tumors have given rise to various speculations and theories related to their origin, starting in prehistoric times up to the present. METHODS From the Steinheim skull and "pharaonic meningiomas" to the first meningioma monograph and the first explanations of Harvey Cushing regarding the mechanism of hyperostosis, this review aims to weave again the story of Arachne. We identify the main contributors who have tried to understand and explain the tendency of some of these tumors to cause hyperostosis or other skull bone involvements. CONCLUSIONS The contribution of neurosurgeons or pathologists over the centuries is of undeniable importance and is the basis for understanding future molecular mechanisms.
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- Andrei Ionut Cucu
- Neurosurgery Clinic, "Prof. Dr. N. Oblu" Emergency Clinical Hospital, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Ophthalmology, "Grigore. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Grigore. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Psychiatry, "Grigore. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, "Grigore. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, "Grigore. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, "Grigore. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
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Cucu AI, Turliuc DM, Costea CF, Costachescu B, Malaimare AE, Blaj LA, Trandafir V, Danca C, Poeata I. Pathways of metastatic spread in meningiomas. roneuro 2019. [DOI: 10.33962/roneuro-2019-002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Meningioma is a common intracranial neoplasm derived from meningothelial cells, and it is generally associated with a benign clinical course. In spite of this, the malignant behaviour of these tumours as the occurrence of extracranial meningioma metastases in different organs is described in the literature: lung and pleura, spine and other bones, abdominal organs, lymph nodes or even skin. The aim of this review is to analyse the pathways of metastatic spread of the intracranial meningioma tumour cells towards different organs.
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Rotariu D, Costachescu B, Faiyad Z, Buga R, Santini C, Poeata I, Oblu N. Difficultés et complications de la voie trans-sphénoïdale dans le traitement des adénomes hypophysaires. Neurochirurgie 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2018.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Costachescu B, Sandu R, Santini C, Secara B, Clatinici S, Popescu C. Le rôle des modificateurs dans la prise en charge des fractures de la charnière thoracolombaire. Neurochirurgie 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2016.11.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chiriac A, Faiyad Z, Popescu C, Costachescu B, Poeata I. Our first experience with cervical expandable cage for vertebral body reconstruction. Romanian Neurosurgery 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/romneu-2016-0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Vertebral body reconstruction after corpectomy using expandable cage has become a common surgical procedure especially at thoracic level. The recent published papers describe the successful use of expandable cages for cervical vertebral body reconstruction. In this paper we present our first experience with expandable cervical cage in the reconstruction of the cervical spine in a patient with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM)
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