Background Awake craniotomy with brain mapping aims to maximize resection of gliomas
located within eloquent regions while minimizing the risk of postoperative deficits. This …

BACKGROUND: We describe a rare case of the cauda equina syndrome caused by a
primary pleomorphic liposarcoma of the lumbar spine. CASE REPORT: A 35-year-old man …

The authors report an unusual case of a child who presented with progressive paraparesis
that lasted 15 days, revealing an intramedullary cystic lesion extending from T 3 to T 4 as …

Background Traumatic spinal subdural hematoma is an extremely rare occurrence that
requires urgent investigation and most often prompt intervention. To our knowledge, this is the …

Purpose Authors report their experience of a pediatric brain stem abscess with a literature
review. Methods A 2.5-year-old girl first displayed bacterial otitis 3 months before admission. …

Background and purposeNocardia species is an aerobic soil-saprophyte bacterium,
responsible for rare opportunistic infections, mainly reported in immunocompromised patients. …

We describe a rare case of the spinal cord compression by a primary Ewing sarcoma of the
thoracolumbar spine. A 16-year-old boy was admitted with back pain for 2 month and …

Cerebral hydatid disease is very rare, representing only 2% of all cerebral space occupying
lesions even in the countries where the disease is endemic. Intracranial hydatid cysts are …

Paragangliomas are tumors arising in the paraganglia. Involvement of the spine is less
common, and usually takes the form of intradural compression of the cauda equina. We report …

… Fah Bouaré1,&, Mohamed Lmejjati1, Davis Mpando1 1Department of Neurosurgery,
Mohammed VI Hospital, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco &Corresponding …