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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-021-05409-w | DOI Listing |
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
September 2025
Department of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Electronic address:
This study describes the clinical characteristics and treatment of vertebral infection caused by Coxiella burnetii through a case report and literature review. We present a 60-year-old male with isolated lumbar vertebral infection. A comprehensive literature review identified 17 cases, with 82.
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September 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland.
Background: Meningioma en plaque (MEP) is a rare subtype of meningioma with a carpet-like growth pattern, often causing hyperostosis. Even rarer is the presentation of bilateral MEP posing diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Management of MEP usually entails early complete resection.
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September 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Background: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive primary CNS anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is an extremely rare pediatric malignancy. Its radiological appearance often mimics infectious or glial lesions, complicating diagnosis and delaying treatment.
Observations: The authors report the case of a 10-year-old immunocompetent female who presented with absence seizures and vomiting.
J Neurosurg Case Lessons
September 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center, Roslyn, New York.
Background: Myxoid spindle cell neoplasm and meningioma are two different pathologies that can have similar radiographic findings. Despite their benign radiographic appearance, myxoid spindle cell neoplasms are heterogeneous, prone to recurrence, and associated with high mortality.
Observations: The authors present the case of a woman in her late 60s who experienced a witnessed seizure characterized by right arm tonic-clonic movements and subsequent left-sided manifestations.
Retin Cases Brief Rep
September 2025
Doheny Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Purpose: To report the examination and multimodal imaging findings of a patient with unilateral bull's eye maculopathy.
Methods: A retrospective chart review of a 77-year-old patient with unilateral bull's eye maculopathy who presented to a tertiary retinal practice was performed. The patient's history, visual acuity, examination and multimodal imaging findings over five years of follow-up were described.