Current Advances and Future Perspectives of Cerebrospinal Fluid Biopsy in Midline Brain Malignancies
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DOI: 10.1007/s11864-019-0689-3
Abstract: Malignancies arising in midline brain structures, including lymphomas, teratomas, germinomas, diffuse midline gliomas, and medulloblastomas typically respond to systemic therapies, and excessive surgical excision can result in serious complications, so that total surgical removal is… read more here.
Keywords: midline brain; biopsy; brain malignancies; brain ... See more keywords
Pituitary abnormalities in midline brain defects
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100260
Abstract: Pituitary is centrally located in the middle of the brain and embriologically originates from two different groups of cells, the first deriving from an upward protrusion of ectodermal cells from the pharynx (anterior pituitary), the… read more here.
Keywords: abnormalities midline; hormone; midline brain; brain defects ... See more keywords
Midline Brain Shift After Hemispheric Surgery: Natural History, Clinical Significance, and Association With Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion.
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DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000000134
Abstract: BACKGROUND Hemispherectomy and its modern variants are effective surgical treatments for medically intractable unihemispheric epilepsy. Although some complications such as posthemispherectomy hydrocephalus are well documented, midline brain shift (MLBS) after hemispheric surgery has only been… read more here.
Keywords: midline brain; natural history; brain shift; hemispheric surgery ... See more keywords