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    Hydatid Cyst of the Cerebellopontine Angle
    (2022) Dere, Umit A.; Sahinturk, Fikret; Oktay, Kadir; Altinors, Nur; 0000-0002-0471-3177; 0000-0002-0471-3177; 35263906; N-1435-2014; AAI-7972-2021
    Hydatid disease is caused by Echinococcus granulosus. The liver is the first organ of entry, while the central nervous system is affected in about 2% of cases. Primary brain hydatid cyst is extremely rare. The cysts are generally located in cerebral lobes. Here, we reported a 68-year-old Syrian immigrant woman with hydatid cyst in the left cerebellopontine angle. The patient presented gait disturbance, asymmetrical palatal arcs, negative gag reflex, and disturbed cerebellar tests on the left side. The patient was operated via suboccipital craniotomy. The cyst ruptured during manipulation, but it was totally removed.
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    Cervical Spinal Ependymoma With Hemorrhage in a Renal Transplant Patient
    (2022) Sahinturk, Fikret; Dere, Umit Akin; Kirnap, Mahir; Sonmez, Erkin; Altinors, Nur; Ozen, Ozlem; Haberal, Mehmet; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0471-3177; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-6224; 30251937; AAI-7972-2021; N-1435-2014
    Ependymomas are the most common intramedullary spinal tumors in adults and constitute around 20% of all spinal tumors in adults. There are 3 subgroups of ependymomas according to World Health Organization classification: subependymoma or myxopapillary (grade 1), ependymoma (grade 2), and anaplastic (grade 3). Therapy for patients is aimed at safe and total surgical removal and, in selected cases, postoperative radiotherapy. Bleeding from a spinal ependymoma, with subsequent urgent surgery, is extremely rare. Here, we present a case of a renal transplant patient who had a cervical ependymoma. Although a considerable volume of peritumoral blood was observed during surgery, the patient had no neurologic deficits and no signs of deterioration.
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    A Unique Case of solated Thoracic Spinal Rosai-Dorfman Disease Related to IgG4
    (2023) Terzi, Aysen; Sercan, Cigdem; Sahinturk, Fikret; 36226609
    Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare benign histiocytosis usually characterized by massive cervical lymphadenopathy and systemic manifestations. Extranodal, especially spinal involvement, is extremely rare. Our case was deemed worthy of presentation because it was the first reported isolated case of spinal RDD related to IgG4 and mimicked meningioma clinically and radiologically. A case with an intradural extramedullary mass causing neurological compression findings in the thoracic spinal region and radiologically mimicking meningioma is presented. In the histomorphological examination of the resection material, polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the dura, histiocytes showing emperipolesis, an increase in collagenized fibrous connective tissue, and intense lymphoplasmacytic cell infiltration accompanied by obliterative phlebitis were observed. Immunohistochemically, the histiocytic cells were found to be S-100 protein, CD68, and CD163 positive and CD1a and langerin negative, and more than half of the plasma cells were immunoglobulin-G4 (IgG4) positive. Although rare, RDD or IgG4-related meningeal disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of dural-based spinal masses that radiologically suggest meningioma. The pathologist should be aware that these two histopathological entities may coexist. To our knowledge, this is the first case of "isolated spinal RDD related to IgG4" reported in the literature.