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Developmental venous anomaly (DVA) is a common lesion formerly known as venous angioma. DVAs drain normal brain parenchyma; however, parenchymal abnormalities surrounding DVAs have been reported. Unilateral putamen and caudate calcification in the drainage territory of DVAs has so far been reported in 7 cases, all with deep venous drainage. We present two additional cases of DVAs, one with superficial and the other one with deep venous drainage, associated with basal ganglia calcifications. We emphasize that DVAs should be in the differential diagnosis of unilateral basal ganglia calcifications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bone wax is a well-known agent used to prevent bleeding from the bone that can be used in different surgical procedures. Bone wax is a safe agent, but it may rarely lead to significant foreign body reactions. In this report, we present a patient who developed bone wax-related disc space foreign body granuloma following L4 total laminectomy, extremely rare complication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and Purpose: Dysarthria is a speech disorder that is common in cerebral lesions. Pure dysarthria is a very rare form of lacunar syndromes. The purpose of this study is to clarify the clinical picture and the anatomic site of the lesions causing pure dysarthria. Methods: Twenty-nine patients with sudden onset of pure dysarthria due to acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke confirmed by cranial computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging were included. Dysarthria was evaluated within the first 72 hours after stroke onset and at the end of the first week. Dysarthria was graded as mild, moderate or severe. Results: Neuroimaging showed supratentorial lesions (86.2%) which were located in corona radiata in 13 patients, frontal lobe in 3, posterior limb of the internal capsule in 2, external capsule in 2, thalamus in 2, insular area in 2 and parietal cortex in 1 patient. In 4 patients (13.8%), the infratentorial region was affected. In all patients with infratentorial involvement, the lesions were located in the paramedian pontin area. Supratentorial and infratentorial lesions were also more frequent on the left. Conclusions: In our study corona radiata involvement was more frequent in patients with pure dysarthria than the other regions. Pure dysarthria was more frequent in corona radiata lesions due to selective involvement of corticobulbar tract. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We report the case of a 39-year-old woman with unilateral intracranial chronic subdural haematoma that occurred after epidural anesthesia for excision of a skin scar, complicated by postdural puncture headache. The patient had no history of trauma, headache, coagulation abnormalities, or neurological disorders. Most physicians encountering a case of headache after epidural or spinal anesthesia first think of a postdural puncture headache. Nonetheless, the symptoms subside within 7 days when treated with analgesics and bed rest in the majority of cases. The presence of a continued postdural puncture headache without neurological deterioration, as in this case, should prompt a search for an intracranial lesion.