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Vertebroplasty is a percutaneous procedure for the treatment of medically refractory pain caused by acute or subacute vertebral body compression fractures. The procedure has been gaining popularity as outcomes have been shown to be good. The overall risks of these procedures are low but vertebroplasty has some complications like other all surgical procedures. In this report we present a rare complication of vertebroplasty as psoas abscess. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary supratentorial tumor of the brain. Infratentorial type GBM is very rare especially in young patients. In this report we present a case of primary infratentorial GBM in a young patient which was treated surgically with concomitant chemoradiotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Multiple aneurysms and multiple meningiomas coexistance can be seen rarely. Subarachnoid hemorrhage and subacute subdural hematoma coexistance in the same case is very rare. The female patient, at the age of 52, was hospitalized through emergency service with temporary blackout and severe headache complaints. There were no signs of trauma seen during her physical examination. Neck stiffness was positive. The patient's Glasgow Coma Scale score was 15. Right frontoparietal subacute subdural hematoma and subarachnoid hemorrhage were determined with computerized brain tomography. Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging showed two lesions which were sized 1.5×0.5 cm and 2.5×2.0 cm in the left occipital lobe. Bilateral middle cerebral artery (MCA) bifurcation aneuryms were determined at cerebral angiography. Bilateral MCA bifurcation aneurysm clippage and total excision of both tumoral lesions were done in the same operation with bilateral pterional and left occipital craniotomy. Pathological investigation of the tumoral lesions were reported as meningioma. The postoperative stage was uneventful. The patient's neurological examination was intact without any neurological deficit. Multiple cerebral aneurysms and multiple meningiomas coexistance can be seen rarely in the course of some connective tissue diseases and neurofibromatosis. In this report we present a case of multiple aneurysms and meningiomas without connective tissue disease or neurofibromatosis. The patient was treated succesfully by different surgical approaches in the same session. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this report we present a case of varicella zoster infection at the third division of trigeminal nerve, which was developed after radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFT) of the Gasserian ganglion for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. A-65-year-old female patient who was suffering from left-sided facial pain, a vesicular erythematous rash in the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, and left eye pain, was admitted to our department. The patient had suffered from trigeminal neuralgia for 5 years. Her complaints increased during the past 6 months and became refractory to the medical treatment. Finally, the patient underwent RFT of the Gasserian ganglion 1 month ago. During the past 10 days, vesicular erythematous rash, and left eye pain and tearing occurred with an exacerbation of left-sided facial pain. The painful rash consisted of varicella zoster infection. This is the first report about reactivation of varicella zoster infection after RFT in the literature. RFT of Gasserian ganglion might act as a precipitator in the reactivation of latent varicella zoster infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intradural spinal tumors are classified into extramedullary and intramedullary tumors. The most frequent intradural-extramedullary tumors are meningiomas and neurinomas. Meningiomas mostly occur in thoracic region and are generally located at the dorsal aspect. Multiplicity is a rare condition for spinal meningiomas, and multiple spinal meningiomas are usually associated with neurofibromatosis. In this report, we present a case of thoracic spinal multiple meningiomas which was located at the ventral aspect and not associated with neurofibromatosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]