Transmigration of fibrino-purulent inflammation and malignant cells into an artificial dura substitute (Neuro-Patch): report of two cases.

El Majdoub, Faycal; Löhr, Mario; Maarouf, Mohammad; Brunn, Anna; Stenzel, Werner; Ernestus, Ralf-Ingo · Acta Neurochir (Wien) · 2009

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The objective of this work was to present possible, though rare, complications of Neuro-Patch implantation after brain surgery. Two patients, aged 62 and 63 years, who had a partial dural substitution with an artificial polyurethane graft after neurosurgical resection of a gross tumour, are presented. In the two patients, the a-vital tissue was infiltrated by either inflammatory or neoplastic tissue respectively. This report demonstrates a new pathological point of view in using synthetic materials for the reconstruction of dural defects.

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