Congenital Generalized Myofibromatosis in a Neonate

Scientific poster session

“…Upon discharge he was conscious, oriented and able to move on his own, with no significant motor or sensory deficit, mild truncal ataxia and a reduction in ocular abnormalities. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that in addition to the protocol treatment, confirmed WD of the brain can also be treated with immunosuppressant therapy and MR may predict evolution 3 ) and myelin basic protein of more than 2000 pg/ml. All of autoantibodies including anti-aquaporin-4 antibody were negative.…”

“…T Krings 1,2 , S Geibprasert 2,3 , P Lasjaunias 2 , V Pereira 2 1 Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, GERMANY, 2 Service de Neuroradiologie Diagnostique et Thérapeutique, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Paris, FRANCE, 3 Department of Radiology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, THAILAND OBJECTIVE While it is generally accepted that Developmental Venous Anomalies (DVAs) are benign vascular malformations, over the past years, we have experienced symptomatic DVAs that, together with various reports describing complicated DVAs have fuelled our interest in reviewing how and when DVAs can become clinically significant. METHODS Charts and angiographic films of 17 patients with DVAs whose 18 vascular symptoms could be attributed to a DVA were selected from a neurovascular databank of our hospital.…”

“…Proton MRS is very useful tool for evaluation major changes in metabolite levels in pyramidal tracts after mild traumatic brain injury. 3 Neurosurgery Department Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University, Krakow, POLAND PURPOSE The aim of the study is to present the application of reverse engineering technology into biomedical engineering, concerning cranioplasty prosthesis manufacturing. METHODS In 10 patients with skull focal bone loss after craniectomy CT was performed in Radiology Department of Cracow University Hospital to obtain data for reverse engineering.…”

“…In this presentation, MR findings are given with relevant information from the literature. 3 Neurology Department-Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, PORTUGAL PURPOSE Whipple's disease is a rare, multisystemic chronic granulomatous infectious disease, preferentially involving the gastrointestinal system. We present one of the rare cases of Whipple's disease confined to the central nervous system (CNS).…”

“…GIANT MESENCEPHALOTHALAMIC PERIVASCULAR SPACES: NEUROIMAGING FINDINGS P TOULAS 1 , A ROSSI 2 , I NIKAS 3 , M THEOFANOPOULOU 3 1 Advanced Research and Therapeutic Institute, ENCEPHALOS, Athens, GREECE, 2 Dpt of Pediatric Neuroradiology, G. Gaslini Childrens Hospital, Genoa, ITALY, 3 Imaging Dpt, Agia Sofia Childrens Hospital, Athens, GREECE PURROSE Perivascular spaces (PVSs), are structures filled with interstitial fluid surrounding the path of penetrating vessels. Only rarely they may become enlarged and cause mass effect thus mimicking cystic neoplasms.…”