Congenital Malformations

Berry, C. L.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3304-9_3

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“…About 80-90 % of fetuses or newborn infants with spina bifida -often associated with meningocele or myelomeningocele -develop hydrocephalus. Arnold-Chiari malformation occurs about once in every 1000 births and is frequently associated with both spina bifida and hydrocephalus (1,5). In our previous study we found that spina bifida is the most common of the CNS congenital anomalies among cases hospitalized in a Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (8).…”

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Spina bifida in surgically treated infants in Sarajevo region of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Aličelebić

Agović

2011

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Introduction: Spina bifida is a congenital anomaly characterized by incomplitnes of vertebral arches in the medial line which occurs in 3rd and 4th month of intrauterine life. It is often associated with other congenital malformations, but hydrocephalus and Chiary II malformation are the most frequent. Aim: The aim of this work was to obtain the frequency of surgical cases of spina bifida treated at the Clinic for Neurosurgery, ClinicalCenter University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Methods: Retrospective study was carried out on the basis of the clinical records during the period January 2005. to December 2008. Standard methods of descriptive statistics were performed for the data analysis. Results: A total of 31spina bifida cases were surgically treated in the period from 2005. through 2008. Out of that number 14 (48.2%) were female patients, while 17 (54.8%) were male patients; sex ratio – 1.21:1. The most common type of spina bifida was myelomeningocele, treated in 24 surgical patients (77.45%), and the most common location was thoracolumbal part of the vertebral column, treated in 13 patients (41.91%).Conclusion: Anomalies associated with spina bifida were present in 19 patients (61.3%). Hydrocephalus, in 18 patients (58.05%) and Chiary II malformation, in 5 cases (16.13%) were the most frequent anomalies associated with spina bifida.

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Spina bifida in surgically treated infants in Sarajevo region of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Aličelebić

Agović

2011

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“…Although many of the nonasbes tos-related mesothelioma cases are of un documented origin, other man-made and naturally occurring mineral fibers, radiation, viruses, and genetic factors have been impli cated in the etiology [6,11], Mesothelioma in children is extremely rare. Discussion of childhood mesothelioma in most contemporary textbooks of general pathology, pediatric pathology and clinical pediatrics is limited to a brief review or cita tion of case reports [12][13][14][15], One text on can cer [ 16] succinctly states that mesotheliomas do occur in children, while a text on lung pathology [17] makes no reference to this disease in children.…”

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