{"title":"Dr Máximo Poza y Poza","authors":"Juan F. Martínez-Lage Sánchez","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2025.500661","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2025.500661","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 4","pages":"Article 500661"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143634916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Santiago Cardona-Collazos , Ashly Arias , Sofia Torres-Figueroa , Carlos Alberto Meneses , Carlos Andres Varon
{"title":"Case report: Central venous stenosis-induced intracranial hypertension","authors":"Santiago Cardona-Collazos , Ashly Arias , Sofia Torres-Figueroa , Carlos Alberto Meneses , Carlos Andres Varon","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2025.500652","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2025.500652","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Intracranial hypertension due to central venous stenosis (CVS) is an under-recognized but potentially morbid complication of central venous catheters that can have a benign course if recognized and treated early. Here we report a case of a 23-year-old woman requiring hemodialysis via right subclavian catheter who presented with an intracranial hypertension syndrome and sudden visual loss secondary to right innominate vein thrombosis that improved after angioplasty treatment. This case illustrates how CVS can alter the pressure gradient between the subarachnoid space and the cerebral venous sinuses by increasing venous pressure, affecting cerebrospinal fluid drainage. Since CVS is a common finding in patients receiving hemodialysis, intracranial hypertension due to central venous stenosis is a differential diagnosis to consider in patients of this type who present with intracranial hypertension syndrome.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 4","pages":"Article 500652"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143538190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ramiro D. Lobato , Alfonso Lagares , Pedro A. Gómez López , José A.F. Alén , Pedro González León , Angel Pérez Núñez , Beatriz Pascual
{"title":"The genesis of Academic Neurosurgery. Part I: The so-called “Gestational Period” and the contributions of Harvey Cushing","authors":"Ramiro D. Lobato , Alfonso Lagares , Pedro A. Gómez López , José A.F. Alén , Pedro González León , Angel Pérez Núñez , Beatriz Pascual","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2025.500671","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2025.500671","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This is the first of five papers describing the origin and evolution of the so-called Academic Neurosurgery which will appear consecutively in the journal Neurocirugía. The three firsts focuse on the emergence of the specialty in Europe and the United States and its development in the last country between the origins and the present moment, paying special attention to the foundation of the neurosurgical societies (SNS, AANS, CNS) with their respective journals and the configuration of the residency programs. The fourth analyzes the same issues in Europe and, most specifically in Spain, also from the beginnigs to the XXI century. The fifth describes the development of Academic Neurosurgery in a neurosurgical unit of one of hospitals created by the National Social Security System in the early 1970s.</div><div>The present paper describes the initiatives, difficulties and achievements of the pioneers at both sides of the Atlantic during the so called Gestational Period for creating the new and independent specialty of Neurosurgey conceived as a scientific and clínico-surgical activiy with an academic profil.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 4","pages":"Article 500671"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144188648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marlon Manuel Ortiz Machín, Omar López Arbolay, Carlos Roberto Vargas Gálvez
{"title":"Diagnostic considerations of tumors of the sellar region according to their geometry and vector growth","authors":"Marlon Manuel Ortiz Machín, Omar López Arbolay, Carlos Roberto Vargas Gálvez","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Sellar and parasellar tumors are frequent lesions in neurosurgical practice, highlighting pituitary adenomas, craniopharyngiomas, and sellar tubercle meningiomas. The clinical manifestations are similar, however; There are imaging aspects that differentiate them.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Show imaging aspects of tumors in the sellar and parasellar region that guide their histopathological diagnosis.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A descriptive, longitudinal and prospective study was carried out that included 200 patients from the Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, of which 120 had a histopathological diagnosis of pituitary adenoma, 50 of craniopharyngioma and 30 of sellar tubercle meningioma. The variations in the displacement of the point of the anterior communicating arterial complex and in the premammillary angle were analyzed by means of a cerebral nuclear magnetic resonance study. For data analysis, absolute and relative frequencies were used as summary measures.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A cephalic displacement of the anterior communicating arterial complex was evident in the craniopharyngiomas, of 10–11.9 mm (84.0 %); in pituitary macroadenomas, 12−14 mm (78.3%); and in sellar tubercle meningioma, ≥14 (86.6 %) mm. When evaluating the premammillary angle, pituitary adenomas were identified between 85º and 95º (73.3 %); in craniopharyngiomas, <85º (90.0 %); and in meningiomas of the sellar tubercle, between 85 and 95º (86.6 %).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The present study allows us to identify imaging characteristics in sellar and parasellar tumors that guide with high certainty the histopathological diagnosis and thus establish a more effective treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 179-184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142822769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Andres Ferreira , Carlos Eduardo Quevedo , Gina Vanessa Vilardy , Mario Andres Arias
{"title":"Olfactory neuroblastoma: literature review and presentation of two clinical cases with different tumour infiltrations and different approaches","authors":"Carlos Andres Ferreira , Carlos Eduardo Quevedo , Gina Vanessa Vilardy , Mario Andres Arias","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The olfactory neuroblastoma is a rare malignant neoplasm derived from the olfactory neuroepithelium. It can metastasize to cervical lymph node chains and distant organs through hematogenous or lymphatic routes. Two clinical cases are presented: the first, a 56-year-old man with no pathological history, exhibited symptoms evolving over 2 months, characterized by persistent rhinorrhea with frequent epistaxis, ipsilateral proptosis, left hemicranial pain, anosmia, and dysgeusia. Radiological images showed involvement of paranasal sinuses, left orbital cavity, and intracranial region. The second case involved a 46-year-old male with progressive symptoms over more than 1 year, including nasal obstruction, rhinorrhea, self-limited epistaxis, anosmia, weight loss in the last 3 months, and subjective decrease in visual acuity. A protruding mass in the left nasal fossa was observed without intracranial involvement. Both cases were pathologically and immunohistochemically consistent with olfactory neuroblastoma, Hyams grade 2.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 194-198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142822770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moyamoya disease and moyamoya syndrome: A case series from multicentre private hospitals in Indonesia","authors":"Rusli Muljadi , Koesbandono , Teodorus Alfons Pratama , Gilbert Sterling Octavius","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Moyamoya disease (MMD) and moyamoya syndrome (MMS) are considered rare in Indonesia, without any proper epidemiological data backing this claim. Hence, this case series aims to assess all MMD and MMS cases from the perspective of a multicentre private hospital in Indonesia.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This is a descriptive analysis using data from the picture archiving and communication system (PACS) from January 2019 to December 2023. The inclusion criteria included all patients who fulfilled the radiological criteria for MMD and/or MMS, while patients who only underwent brain non-contrast computed tomography (CT) scans were excluded.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>There are 58,905 unique MRI scans from 2019 to 2023. The cohort comprises 8 females and 2 males, with a median age of 37 (7–65) years old. Three cases are probable MMD. with six MMD cases and one MMS case. Therefore, the prevalence rate for the four years is approximately 11.9 cases per 100,000 scans. Out of the confirmed Moya-Moya cases, the majority (4/7) are ischemic subtypes, followed by epileptic (electroencephalography shows slowing brain waves) and TIA in one case each. The most common presenting symptom is weakness in the extremity (N = 7), followed by headache (N = 5). Four patients underwent operative procedures, with three of them being superior temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass procedures and one of them being encephalo-duro-myo-arterio-pericraniosynangiosis (EDMAPS).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The paucity of confirmed cases either points towards the low prevalence of MMD and MMS in Indonesia or the underdiagnosis of these cases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 151-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kim Hoang , Jeffrey Santos , Areg Grigorian , Lourdes Swentek , Hansen Bow , Jeffry Nahmias
{"title":"Mortality risk factors for adult trauma patients treated with halo brace for cervical spine fracture","authors":"Kim Hoang , Jeffrey Santos , Areg Grigorian , Lourdes Swentek , Hansen Bow , Jeffry Nahmias","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction and objectives</h3><div>Halo braces treat upper cervical spine fractures and serve as the most rigid form of external immobilization. Recently, halo braces have lost favor due to known complications and advances in surgical stabilization. This study aims to determine the contemporary incidence for use of halo braces and identify risk factors associated with mortality in trauma patients undergoing halo brace for cervical spine fractures.</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>The 2017–2019 Trauma Quality Improvement Program Database was queried for patients ≥18 years-old with a cervical spine fracture undergoing halo brace. Patients sustaining penetrating trauma and severe torso injuries (abbreviated injury scale >3 for the abdomen or thorax) were excluded. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>From 144,434 patients with a cervical spine fracture, 272 (0.2%) underwent halo brace and 14 (5%) of these died. Those who died were older (73.5 vs. 53 years-old, p = 0.011) and had higher rates of hypertension (78.6% vs 33.1%, p < 0.001) and chronic kidney disease (14.3% vs. 1.2%, p < 0.001). Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8 (46.2% vs. 8.2%, p < 0.001) and cervical spinal cord injury (71.4% vs. 21.3%, p < 0.001) were more common in patients who died. In addition, those who died more often sustained respiratory complications (7.1% vs. 0.4%, p = 0.004) and sepsis (7.1% vs. 0.4%, p = 0.004). On multivariable logistic regression analysis, only Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8 (OR 19.77, 3.04–128.45, p = 0.002) was associated with increased mortality.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Only 5% of cervical spine fracture patients undergoing halo brace died. Respiratory complications and sepsis were more common in those who died. On multivariable analysis only Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8 remained an independent associated risk factor for mortality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 145-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142367752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alejandro Augusto Ortega Rodriguez, Santiago Nicolás Valbuena Dussan, José Luís Caro Cardera, Jordi de Manuel-Rimbau Muñoz
{"title":"Cord compression due to atypical T-cell lymphoma from paraspinal soft tissue: Report of a case","authors":"Alejandro Augusto Ortega Rodriguez, Santiago Nicolás Valbuena Dussan, José Luís Caro Cardera, Jordi de Manuel-Rimbau Muñoz","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.11.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.11.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During lymphoma’s natural history of disease, 5–10% of cases may develop Central Nervous affectation. We present the case of a 57-years-old man with less than 24 h of onset symptoms of paraparesis, lower limb hypoesthesia and sphincter dysfunction who was operated due to dorsal tumor with epidural component which caused severe cord compression. Pathological analysis concluded atypical T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, a rare subtype of lymphoma which accounts 1%−2% of all Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas. Our case was particularly aggressive and atypical due to its origin in paraspinal soft tissue. Despite specific treatment, the patient presented an early epidural relapse, frequent in this lymphoma subtype.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 199-203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142669967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Iván Federico Narváez Moscoso, Bienvenido Ros López, Sara Iglesias Moroño, Julia Casado Ruiz, Raquel Simón Wolter, Miguel Ángel Arráez Sánchez
{"title":"Utility of very high-pressure valves in persistent symptomatic shunt overdrainage","authors":"Iván Federico Narváez Moscoso, Bienvenido Ros López, Sara Iglesias Moroño, Julia Casado Ruiz, Raquel Simón Wolter, Miguel Ángel Arráez Sánchez","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.11.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.11.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Shunt overdrainage is one of the long-term complications associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Treatment of refractory cases may require further upgrading of both the valve opening pressure and antisiphon device. The aim of this paper is to describe the results of this combination in a selected group of patients.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Retrospective cohort study that included 18 pediatric patients between 2003–2022. Previous shunts were exchanged for the combination of a SOPHYSA Polaris® SPVA-300 valve and upgraded fixed or adjustable antigravitatory devices. The following variables were collected: etiology of the hydrocephalus, age at first shunt and type of valve, number of shunt revisions, other surgical procedures, age at inclusion, clinical and radiological outcomes, and follow-up time. A descriptive analysis was done with means, medians and ranges for quantitative variables; percentages and frequencies for the analysis of qualitative data.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The median age at first shunt was two months (0–67). The mean number of shunt revisions before inclusion was three. Shunt removal was attempted in seven patients without success; temporary success was observed in two patients who underwent ETV. Two patients had previous cranial expansions. The mean age at inclusion was 9.1 years (2.7–15.2). After the shunt system was exchanged and upgraded, clinical improvement was observed in 94.4% (17/18) of patients, and radiological improvement was observed in 83.3% (15/18) of patients. The median follow-up was 21 months.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Before considering more invasive therapeutic measures, shunt system optimization by the combination of very high-pressure valves and upgraded in-line antisiphon devices is a valid and safe strategy for refractory symptomatic shunt overdrainage.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 161-168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrián Fernández García, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Arias, Estefanía Utiel Monsálvez, Herbert Daniel Jiménez Zapata
{"title":"Trigeminal neuralgia secondary to minor size lesion, anatomical considerations and pathophysiology","authors":"Adrián Fernández García, Carlos Alberto Rodríguez Arias, Estefanía Utiel Monsálvez, Herbert Daniel Jiménez Zapata","doi":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.11.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.neucie.2024.11.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Trigeminal neuralgia is a well-characterized disorder of high prevalence among the current population. It may be caused, among many other causes, by a tumor which contacts with the trigeminal nerve, often of large volume. We present the case of a middle-aged woman without any remarkable medical background who suffered a trigeminal neuralgia caused by a subcentimeter tumor which appeared to be a meningioma. Some small tumors like this one may be symptomatic whereas larger ones will not. We discuss the pathogenesis and characterization of the trigeminal neuralgia in such cases proposing some mechanisms that could be involved in the development of a secondary neuralgia.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74273,"journal":{"name":"Neurocirugia (English Edition)","volume":"36 3","pages":"Pages 204-207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}