Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Twenty-seven cases of histologically confirmed congenital dermoid cysts of the anterior fontanel in children are reported. ⋯ Ages ranged between 2 months and 6 years. There was a female predominance, and 77.7% of these patients were children of mixed race. Surgical excision resulted in complete cure without complications or recurrences.
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The goal of this study was to investigate the differences between clinical findings in youth and in adulthood on microvascular decompression (MVD) of the facial nerve for the treatment of hemifacial spasm (HFS). ⋯ Our results suggest that the cause and progress of HFS are the same in youth as in adulthood, even though the pathogenesis of early onset remains unclear.