Hakim-Adams syndrome is a hydrocephalus (abnormal buildup of fluid in the brain) disease seen in elderly patients (usually after 5th or 6th decade). This disease has three typical findings: 1- Problems with walking (walking with small steps with feet spread apart), 2- Forgetfulness (dementia) and 3- Loss of bladder control. The sooner the disease is...
Spinal fractures can occur as a result of traumas or spontaneously in the elderly patients when standing up due to thinning of bones (osteoporosis). Simple osteoporotic fractures in the elderly patients can be treated by inserting a needle into the spine and injecting a material called acrylic (bone cement) without general anesthesia (it can be...
Patients usually present with hearing loss and buzzing in the ears. Sometimes in the advanced stages or if the tumor remains untreated, patients may experience one-sided facial paralysis. These tumors must be removed with surgery; otherwise it may even lead to death. The favorable side of these tumors is that once they are removed surgically,...
In childhood, brain tumors are the most common form of cancer after blood cancers. Almost half (40-50%) of all childhood cancers are brain tumors. Every year 2 to 5 of every 100000 children are diagnosed with brain tumors. In our series, almost half of the cases that were operated on for brain tumors were child...
Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord TumorsPEDIATRIC BRAIN SURGERY (CHILDHOOD BRAIN AND NERVE SURGERY) (PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY)
As the name implies, brain and nerve surgery deals with the surgical diseases of the central nervous system. So, all surgical procedures necessary for the congenital anomalies of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) are performed by brain surgeons. All birth abnormalities, hydrocephalus, brain and spinal cord tumors that can be seen in...
Brain is the organ that controls our body. Because of our brain, our internal organs work in harmony (our heart, respiration, bowels, sexual function, kidney functions etc.). Similarly, our legs and arms do voluntary movement because of our brain. But which way does our brain reach our body? Of course, through spinal cord. All data...
Narrow canal, called lumbar spinal stenosis in medicine, is the calcified bone and connective tissue around the spinal cord causing compression. It is usually seen in patients above 55 years and is more frequent in females than males. If the spinal canal is narrow by birth, it can be seen in earlier ages. There is...
“Spine” is the term for the mobile chain of bones that starts from the base of the head and reaches up to the tailbone. The spine also assures our posture and the mobility of our body. As tumors or cancer can arise from any tissue, there are certain types of tumors that involve the spine...
Cavernoma or cavernous malformation is a vascular abnormality of the central nervous system. There is a group of abnormal, dilated vessels in this disease. They look like a raspberry and they are usually smaller than 3 cm. cavernomas are seen more commonly in some people than others. Who gets cavernomas and what is the frequency?...
WHAT IS THE PITUITARY GLAND? Pituitary gland is an organ with the size of a hazelnut, located in a small space in the skull under the brain (skull base), connected with the brain via the pituitary stalk but separated from it (under the brain’s control) and controls the hormonal system of the whole body. Pituitary...