Les kystes dermoïdes de la fosse cerebrale postereure

Matériel et Méthode 3 enfants âgés de 18 mois à 8 ans ont été colligés au service entre 2005 et 2010. Résultas 3 patients ont présenté un syndrome d’hypertension intracrânienne, dont un patient a présenté une méningite récidivante. Tous avaient un sinus dermique. L’IRM a été réalisée dans tous les cas. Tous ont bénéficié d’une exérèse chirurgicale totale et d’une dérivation du LCR par ventriculo-cisternostomie première en urgence dans un cas et par dérivation ventriculo-péritonéale en post-opératoire dans deux cas. L’évolution était satisfaisante sans récidive avec un recul moyen de 3 ans. Conclusion Dans notre série, le KD de la fosse cérébrale postérieure est toujours associé à un sinus dermique et à une hydrocéphalie. La prise en charge repose sur l’exérèse chirurgicale et sur la dérivation du liquide cérébro-spinal.Mots clés : kyste dermoïde, sinus dermique, fosse cérébrale postérieure, chirurgie, résonance magnétiqu

Hémangiopéricytome de l’angle ponto-cérébelleux: cas clinique et revue de la littérature

Les hémangiopéricytomes primitifs du système nerveux central sont rares et représentent moins de 1% des tumeurs intracraniennes. La localisation au niveau de l'angle ponto-cerebelleux est très rare, pouvant simuler un neurinome de l'acoustique ou un méningiome. Le diagnostic de certitude est basé sur l'étude histologique et immunohistochimique. Notre but est d'illustrer avec une revue de la littérature les aspects clinicoradiologiques, anatomopathologiques et la prise en charge thérapeutique de ce type de lésion

Nocardia brain abscess - case report and literature review

Background and purposeNocardia species is an aerobic soil-saprophyte bacterium, responsible for rare opportunistic infections, mainly reported in immunocompromised patients. Nocardia brain abscess accounts for 1 to 2% of cerebral abscess. Abscesses are mainly located in the brain stem. Prognosis is poor.Methods The authors report one biloculated cerebral abscess case located in the left cerebellar and occipital lobes. We describe clinical, radiological and bacteriological findings and management; we also a review literature on Nocardia cerebral abscess.Case report A 56 year old man who was immunosuppressed, presented with headache and cerebellar syndrome. Head Computerised Tomography showed an irregularly enhancing cystic lesion in the left cerebellar and occipital lobes. He underwent posterior fossa cranitomy and chemotherapy that included high doses of Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim and cefotaxime as microbateriologic examination revealed norcardia asteroids. He was eventually discharged home.Conclusion Nocardiasis is a rare cause of cerebral abcess in Morocco. Effective management includes early surgery and treatment with appropriate antibiotics

Pleomorphic liposarcoma of bone: a rare primary malignant bone tumour

Abstract Background Liposarcoma is an extremely rare primary bone sarcoma. Case presentation We report a case of primary pleomorphic liposarcoma that arose in an 18 year old male in the metaphysis of the left tibia. Plain radiographs showed a partly sclerotic lesion and MR imaging a heterogeneous tumour predominantly isointense on T1- and high-signal on T2-weighted sequences with focal areas of increased T1 signal that suppressed with fat saturation. PET/CT showed marked FDG uptake (SUV = 17.1) in the primary tumour as well as a metastasis in the right distal femur and multiple small pulmonary metastases. Histologically, the tumour was a pleomorphic liposarcoma containing large tumour cells with vacuolated cytoplasm and hyperchromatic pleomorphic nuclei as well as numerous lipoblasts and scattered brown fat-like cells. Tumour cells strongly expressed FABP4/aP2, a marker of adipocyte differentiation, and UCP1, a marker of brown fat, but not S100. The case was treated with neoadjuvant MAP chemotherapy, resulting in extensive (> 95%) necrosis in the primary tumour and almost complete resolution of the femoral and pulmonary metastases. Conclusions Pleomorphic liposarcoma can present as a sclerotic primary malignant bone tumour; markers of adipose differentiation are useful in histological diagnosis and neoadjuvant MAP chemotherapy results in significant tumor necrosis

A Tragical Paediatric Case History of Intraorbital and Intracranial Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare tumor of intermediate malignancy. We report a case of intracranial and intraorbitar EHE. A 3-year-old girl presented with a 3-month history of progressive left exophthalmia. Neuroradiologic imaging (CT scan and MRI) showed an intraorbitar process with an intense enhancement extending to temporal fossa, ethmoidal bone, nasal fossa, maxillary sinus, and cavernous sinus. The angiogram was normal. The tumor was operated through subfrontal approach but only a partial resection was performed. The histological diagnosis was epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. The patient was neurologically intact 2 months after surgery without exophtalmia. However 4 months after surgery he displayed a fall of the right eye vision with intense headache. Control CT scan showed persistence of important tumoral residue. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a hemorrhagic tumor. Total removal must be possible. Otherwise, we recommend a complementary chemoradiotherapy and close followup. We propose this interesting case history of a tragical evolution of EHE in contradiction with what has already been reported