Neurosurgery

Spontaneous spinal haematoma: a case report and literature review

Jagwinder Dhaliwal, Mushtaq Ahmed and Sam Horriat

Spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma is a rare condition that may lead to spinal cord or cauda equina compression resulting in severe neurologic impairment. Predisposing factors include anticoagulation, vascular malformation, disc herniation. Both surgical and more recently conservative modes of treatment have been described in the literature. This is the first reported...

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(Vol 9 p 24-28, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic surgery: 17 November 2009)

An unusual case of ‘collapse query cause’

A. Barclay and C. Weaver

A 60-year-old woman attended A&E following an unwitnessed ‘collapse query cause’. Over 4 months she recalled involuntary movement of her eyes and head to the left and, on one occasion, complete rotation of her body. She had subtle neurological signs. Imaging identified the cause of these adversive seizures.

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(Vol 7 p 61-63, Accident and Emergency Medicine and Surgery (including Trauma); Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery: 13 June 2007)

Haematoma of the psoas muscle after posterior spinal instrumentation and Enoxaparin prophylaxis

A. M. Sarwat and J. C. Sutcliffe

This case report describes the rare complication of psoas muscle haematoma following posterior lumbar spine fixation and routine anti-thrombotic prophylaxis.

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(Vol 3 p 35-37, Neurosurgery: March 2004)

Foster Kennedy syndrome secondary to oligodendroglioma

S.M. Joshi, R.J. D. Hewitt and F. Afshar

Foster Kennedy syndrome (FKS) is rare. It is characterised by the presence of ipsilateral optic atrophy, contralateral papilloedema and ipsilateral anosmia. Since its first description in 1911, it has never been reported in oligodendroglioma. Here we discuss the first case of a patient with oligodendroglioma presenting with FKS.

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(Vol 3 p 27-30, Neurosurgery and oncology: January 2004)

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Editor-in-Chief

Frank Cross

Consultant Surgeon

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Editors

Neil Barnes

Consultant Physician

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Ali Jawad

Consultant Rheumatologist

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK