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We describe her clinical course over 3 years and the management done.

NCC can sometimes follow a very aggressive course and can involve both cranial and spinal compartments. Management of such patients is not standardized given the rarity of such cases.

NCC can sometimes follow a very aggressive course and can involve both cranial and spinal compartments. Management of such patients is not standardized given the rarity of such cases.

Differential diagnosis of giant cell glioblastoma (GC) and classic glioblastoma (GBM) using conventional radiological modalities is difficult. This study aimed to use diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) to distinguish GC from GBM and thereby improve the accuracy of preoperative assessment of patients with GB.

The clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and pathologic data of 12 patients with GC and 21 patients with GBM were retrospectively analyzed. Independent sample t tests were used to compare the minimum apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC

) and the normalized apparent diffusion coefficients (nADC) of the 2 tumor types. Receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis was used to assess the diagnostic efficacy of ADC

and nADC values.

Compared with that of the classic GBM group, the ADC

(0.98 ± 0.14 vs. 0.80 ± 0.19×10

mm

/second, P= 0.007) and nADC (1.42 ± 0.25 vs. 1.17 ± 0.25, P= 0.011) of the GC group were significantly higher. ROC curve analysis showed that the maximum area under the curve of ADC

and nADC were 0.800 ± 0.080 and 0.778 ± 0.082, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy distinguishing GC and classic GBM was best (83.33%, 76.19%, and 78.79%, respectively) when ADC

= 0.84×10

mm

/second (maximum area under the ROC, 0.800). Its positive and negative predictive values under this condition were 88.89% and 66.67%, respectively.

By distinguishing GC from classic GBM, the ADC

parameter of DWI can improve the accuracy of the preoperative differential diagnosis of the 2 tumor types.

By distinguishing GC from classic GBM, the ADCmin parameter of DWI can improve the accuracy of the preoperative differential diagnosis of the 2 tumor types.

Anticipating postdischarge complications after neurosurgery remains difficult. The LACE index, based on 4 hospitalization descriptors, stratifies patients by risk of 30-day postdischarge adverse events but has not been validated in a procedure-specific manner in neurosurgery. Our study sought to explore the usefulness of the LACE index in a population undergoing cranial neurosurgery and to develop an enhanced model, LACE-Cranial.

The OptumClinformatics Database was used to identify cranial neurosurgery admissions (2004-2017). DDD86481 Procedures were grouped as trauma/hematoma/intracranial pressure, open vascular, functional/pain, skull base, tumor, or endovascular. Adverse events were defined as postdischarge death/readmission. LACE-Cranial was developed using a logistic regression framework incorporating an expanded feature set in addition to the original LACE components.

A total of 40,431 admissions were included. Predictions of 30-day readmissions was best for skull base (area under the curve [AUC], 0.636) a index shows inconsistent classification performance, the enhanced LACE-Cranial model offers excellent prediction of short-term postdischarge mortality across procedure groups and significantly improved anticipation of short-term postdischarge readmissions.

The study of quality of life (QOL) in patients with asymptomatic diseases receiving interventional treatment provides an essential metric for the assessment of procedural benefits in the surgical patient population. In this study, we analyzed QOL data collected from patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) before and after endovascular coiling in the HEAT Trial, alongside a systematic review on QOL in unruptured brain aneurysms.

HEAT was a randomized controlled trial comparing recurrence rates in aneurysms treated with either bare platinum coils or hydrogel coils. Patients enrolled in this trial completed a short form-36 (SF-36) QOL questionnaire before treatment and at the 3- to 12- and 18- to 24-month follow-ups. The change in QOL before and after treatment was assessed. Regression analysis evaluated the effect of select baseline characteristics on QOL change.

A total of 270 patients were eligible for analysis. There was an increase in the role physical (P= 0.043), vitality (P= 0.022), ahe diagnosis of UIAs and their treatment on QOL.

Intracranial aneurysms (IAs) are occasionally associated with moyamoya disease (MMD). The purpose of this study was to elucidate differences between patients with MMD with and without IAs and differences between patients with IAs at different locations.

Between May 2012 and December 2017, consecutive patients with MMD were enrolled in a retrospective single-center study. IAs were classified as circle of Willis (CoW) or peripheral aneurysms according to the anatomic location. Clinical characteristics and hemodynamic parameters were collected and analyzed. A hemispheric analysis was performed for Suzuki stage and computed tomography perfusion parameters.

The study included 31 patients with MMD with IAs and 279 patients with MMD without IAs. The patients with IAs had more severe neurological dysfunction, more advanced Suzuki stage, and less hemodynamic dysfunction than the patients without IAs (P < 0.05). Of patients with MMD with IAs, 17 had CoW aneurysms, and 13 had peripheral aneurysms. Patients with CoW aneurysms were older and had more advanced Suzuki stage than patients with peripheral aneurysms (P < 0.05).

Patients with MMD with IAs had different clinical and hemodynamic features compared with patients with MMD without IAs. CoW aneurysms and peripheral aneurysms may occur at different stages of MMD, which may explain their differences in anatomical location, type of hemorrhage, and treatment strategy.

Patients with MMD with IAs had different clinical and hemodynamic features compared with patients with MMD without IAs. CoW aneurysms and peripheral aneurysms may occur at different stages of MMD, which may explain their differences in anatomical location, type of hemorrhage, and treatment strategy.