1.Epidural Hematoma after Minor Trauma on Patient with Biparietal Osteodystrophy.
Muhammet Bahadir YILMAZ ; Emrah EGEMEN ; Bora OZBAKIR ; Ayhan TEKINER
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2013;53(1):57-58
Thinning of parietal bone bilaterally is extremely rare but well known phenomenon. Approximate prevalence is 0.4-0.5% according to radiological scans, case reports and anthropologic researches. Even though biparietal osteodystrophy occurs mostly in over 60-year-old women, it shows no special association with race or geographical area tendency. Current definition was changed by understanding that is a pathological situation, not an anatomical variety or result of growing old in time. Biparietal osteodystrophy may have an unusual presentation and treatment still remains unclear. We aim to present a patient with biparietal osteodystrophy associated with minor head trauma that caused parietal fracture and epidural hematoma underneath.
Continental Population Groups
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Craniocerebral Trauma
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Female
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Hematoma
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Humans
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Parietal Bone
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Prevalence
2.Sphingomonas Paucimobilis: A Rare Infectious Agent Found in Cerebrospinal Fluid.
Tuncer GÖKER ; Rahile Zülal AŞIK ; Muhammet Bahadır YILMAZ ; Ilhami ÇELIK ; Ayhan TEKINER
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2017;60(4):481-483
Sphingomonas paucimobilis (S. paucimobilis) is a gram negative bacillus. It has existed in soil, drinking water and plants. It has been isolated from distilled water tanks, respirators, and hemodialysis devices at the hospital setting. Patients with chronic disorders or immune suppression may be susceptible to infections with it. This microorganism has also been reported to infect healthy persons. Both nosocomial and community-acquired infections have been reported. So far, a variety of infections have been reported, including sepsis, septic pulmonary embolism, septic arthritis, peritonitis, and endophthalmitis. Only 2 cases of meningitis have been reported so far in the literature. So far, no previous reports of culture proliferation have been reported in patients with external ventricular drains, as was the case in our patient. Therefore, our case is the first to have S. paucimobilis proliferation in cerebrospinal fluid culture during intensive care unit stay for an external ventricular drain.
Arthritis, Infectious
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Bacillus
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Bacteria
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Cerebrospinal Fluid*
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Community-Acquired Infections
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Drinking Water
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Endophthalmitis
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Humans
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Intensive Care Units
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Meningitis
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Peritonitis
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Pulmonary Embolism
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Renal Dialysis
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Sepsis
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Soil
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Sphingomonas*
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Ventilators, Mechanical
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Water