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Couldwell, William T. | Transtemporal approach to the removal of a lateral pontine tumor | This video demonstrates a very useful trajectory to a pontine lesion. A 68-year-old man presented with tongue numbness and weakness. The approach used was a transtemporal presigmoid retrolabyrinthine approach to enable an orthogonal trajectory to the lateral pons. Following the transtemporal opening... | | 2014-01-01 |
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Couldwell, William T.; Harnsberger, H. Ric | Oronasopharyngeal chordomas | Background: Chordomas are rare tumors derived from notochordal remnants. The authors report on a series of three cases of primary familial oronasopharyngeal chordomas treated at our institution. Methods: A retrospective chart review was completed of the three cases of primary familial oronasopharyng... | Oronasopharyngeal; Chordoma; Pharynx; Notochord; Transoral; Skull base | 2009 |
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Kestle, John R. W.; Walker, Marion L. | Retained peritoneal shunt tubing causing hematuria | This 14-year-old boy with congenital hydrocephalus underwent initial shunt placement shortly after birth. During his first 6 years of life, multiple ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt revisions were performed to address seven shunt malfunctions and one shunt infection (Staphylococcus epidermidis). Dur... | | 2006 |
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Couldwell, William T.; Jensen, Randy L.; Jensen, Elizabeth M. | Development of contrast enhancement after long-term observation of a dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor | Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNET) are usually benign lesions that arise in cortical regions and are discovered after new onset of seizure. These lesions have many different imaging characteristics. We report a patient with a presumed low-grade medial temporal lobe lesion that was follow... | Brain tumor; Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors; DNET; Imaging; Seizures | 2006 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Comment on Nugent, G. R.: Targeting the ventral lateral nucleus of the thalamus: a stereotactic vignette | Dr. Nugent provides a fascinating personal account of his early experience with stereotactic surgery for movement disorders. I was especially pleased to read the positive comments regarding the personal interactions with and innovations of Irving Cooper, a neurosurgeon who was derided by his peers b... | Stereotactic surgery; Stereotaxis | 2006 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Far Lateral Transcondylar Approach for Resection of Neurenteric Cysts of the Cervicomedullary Junction (Far-lateral transcondylar approach: surgical technique and its application in neurenteric cysts of the cervicomedullary junction. Report of two cases.) | Neurenteric cysts are rare benign lesions of the central nervous system that are lined by endodermal cell-derived epithelium. Although they occur mostly in the spine, they can occur intracranially, most often in the posterior fossa. Neurenteric cysts that are located in the anterior cervicomedullary... | Cervical Vertebrae; Medulla Oblongata; Neural Tube Defects; Neurosurgical Procedure | 2005-08-15 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Recurrent infrasellar clival craniopharyngioma | The patient is a 44-year-old man who underwent resection of a posterior nasopharynx tumor 12 years earlier via left lateral rhinotomy approach. The final pathological analysis indicated the tumor was a craniopharyngioma, and the patient subsequently underwent focal radiation. The patient returned t... | Ectopic Craniopharyngioma; Recurrence; Infrasellar; Clivus | 2007 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Unruptured posterior communicating artery aneurysm presenting with gustatory seizures and temporal lobe edema | Unruptured cerebral aneurysms presenting with seizures are unusual. We describe a case of a growing middle cerebral artery aneurysm presenting with gustatory seizures with magnetic resonance imaging showing peri-aneurysmal edema. This case is the first to show temporal lobe edema associated with inc... | Seizure; Brain edema; PCOM | 2009-04 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Comment on Kitano, M. and Taneda, M.: Extended transsphenoidal approach to the anterior communicating artery aneurysm: aneurysm incidentally identified during macroadenoma resection | Kitano and Taneda describe the successful clipping of an ACoA aneurysm via the transsphenoidal approach. There are limitations of the approach; most notable are the limited and narrow corridor and the relationship between the aneurysm and the optic chiasm, which may hinder full visualization of the ... | Aneurysm; Transsphenoidal approach | 2007 |
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Couldwell, William T.; House, Paul A. | De novo fenestration of the optic nerve | Fenestration of the optic nerve or chiasm due to the presence of an aneurysmal dilation of the internal carotid artery (ICA) has been described previously. In three of five cases reviewed recently, the optic nerve was penetrated by an ICA?ophthalmic artery aneurysm.3 Penetration of the optic nerve w... | Fenestration; Aneurysm | 2005 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Comment on Wong, H. T., et al.: Comparative impact of video consultation on emergency neurosurgical referrals | The Author's explored the facility and accuracy of telephone, teleradiology, or video consultation between a large general hospital and their tertiary neurosurgical center. Although there was increased diagnostic accuracy with video consultation or teleradiology, they note that consultation via vid... | Teleradiology; Video consultation; Neurosurgical referrals | 2006 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Resolution of an anterior-inferior cerebellar artery feeding aneurysm with the treatment of a transverse-sigmoid dural arteriovenous fistula | The authors describe a 27-year old man who developed an unruptured anterior-inferior cerebellar artery feeding aneurysm from a transverse-sigmoid dAVF and its subsequent resolution with the treatment of the dAVF. The patient, with a known history of left transverse and sigmoid sinus thrombosis, pres... | Aneurysms; Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas; Endovascular therapy; Surgery | 2007 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Choroid plexus cyst development and growth following ventricular shunting | Choroid plexus cysts are typically incidental, asymptomatic cysts. They have been reported to hemorrhage and grow, causing symptoms of obstruction. However, growth and multiplication has not been reported following ventriculoperitoneal shunting procedures. A 66-year-old woman initially underwent a ... | Choroid plexus cyst; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt | 2008-01 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Comment on Aydin, K., et al: Localization of cerebrospinal fliud leaks by gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance cisternography: a 5-year single-center experience | The Author's describe the use of intrathecal Gd-enhanced MR cisternography for the definition of cerebrospinal fluid leaks in 51 patients. They were able to identify the site of leak in 43 of 51 patients (84%). Although the technique is not new, most of the previous articles are found in the neuror... | Cerebrospinal fluid leaks | 2007 |
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Kestle, John R. W. | Response to editorial: summer shunting | We thank Dr. Scott for his review and comments about our report of shunt surgery complications in the summer. He makes two very good points. Clearly, different databases are suited for different purposes, and the NIS database used in the study by Smith and colleagues is well suited to evaluating t... | | 2006 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Role of CCM1 loss-of-function-induced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in the development of cavernous malformations | Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) occur in two variants: sporadic and familial. Mutations in three genes-CCM1, CCM2, and CCM3-play a role in both subtypes, with mouse models showing the development of multiple cavernous malformations in animals with loss of function in any of these three genes.... | | 2013-01-01 |
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Kestle, John R. W. | Sporadic osteochondroma of the cervical spine | Osteochondroma is the most common benign tumor of bone, but axial skeleton involvement is uncommon and usually indicates a hereditary cause such as osteochondromatosis (hereditary multiple exostosis). 1 Approximately 7% of hereditary osteochondromas occur along the vertebral column, which is double... | | 2006 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Fenestration of the oculomotor nerve by a duplicated posterior cerebral artery and aneurysm | The authors report a case of a posterior cerebral artery aneurysm arising from an aberrant arterial branch that was found to be splitting the oculomotor nerve. This 63-year-old man presented with headaches, and CT imaging revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage primarily within the basilar cisterns. Formal... | | 2009-01-01 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Tunneled lumbar drain | The authors report a simple and rapid procedure for tunneling a lumbar drain subcutaneously to facilitate chronic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. A standard lumbar puncture (LP) is performed with a large-bore Tuohy needle (14- to 16-gauge), the drainage catheter is advanced into the subarachnoid... | Lumbar drain; Fistula | 2002 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Diagnosis and management of Cushing disease | The management of a case involving Cushing disease, defined as excess secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from a pituitary adenoma, remains one of the most vexing problems facing the pituitary surgeon. The systemic consequences of this endocrinopathy are profound morbidity and premature... | | 2007-01-01 |
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Couldwell, William T.; Davidson, H. Christian | Trigeminal amyloidoma: case report and review of the literature | The authors present a case of amyloid infiltration involving the trigeminal nerve that mimicked a malignant cavernous sinus tumor with perineural tumor infiltration. A 64-year-old man presented with trigeminal nerve numbness. Imaging revealed a plaque-like enhancing lesion along the right lateral ca... | Gasserian ganglion; Trigeminal; Amyloidoma | 2007 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Cholesteatoma of the clivus case report | Objective: Cholesteatomas (CNS epidermoids) can be found intradurally or extradurally in the central nervous system. Extradural intraosseous lesions are most commonly found in the petrous bone. Design: Case report Clinical Presentation: The authors describe a unique case of a clival cholesteatoma o... | | 2006-01-01 |
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Couldwell, William T.; Orlandi, Richard R. | Carotid artery-sparing repair of a cavernous carotid artery pseudoaneurysm | Carotid artery (CA) injury after transsphenoidal and endoscopic sinus surgery is a well-recognized but fortunately rare complication.1 It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates5 and is more common in cases of repeated surgery, cavernous sinus invasion, prior radiotherapy, and ... | Carotid artery; Sinus; Pseudoaneurysm; Endoscopic surgery | 2006 |
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Couldwell, William T.; Schloesser, Peter E. | Hemorrhage from moyamoya-like vessels associated with a cerebral arteriovenous malformation | The authors describe a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage from moyamoya-like vessels associated with an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in a 44-year-old Hispanic man who presented with severe headache. The AVM was located in the left parietal lobe and the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery was occlude... | Moyamoya-like vessels; Arteriovenous malformation; Ischemia MeSH: Arteriovenous malformations | 2004 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Comment on Kitano, M., et al.: Subdural patch graft technique for watertight closure of large dural defects in extended transsphenoidal surgery | Ahn and Kim demonstrate a suturing technique to close dural defects after transsphenoidal and extended transsphenoidal approaches. The technique entails a specifically designed forceps to cinch the knot down in the depths of the field. The Author's used the technique in 21 consecutive patients (16 e... | Transsphenoidal surgery; CSF leaks | 2009 |