Tilly Phillips, 15, underwent a conscious craniotomy at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool to remove an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), making her the world's youngest known patient for this specific procedure. The surgery successfully reduced her seizures.
Rebecca Simonitsch, diagnosed with epilepsy at 18, found unexpected support from a stranger on a flight after learning she was a candidate for brain surgery. The man, an expert in neuropsychology, drew diagrams of the brain to explain the procedure, offering her hope and reassurance.
Surgeons in southern China have removed an 8cm-long worm from a woman’s brain after she suffered from multiple mystery health problems. The 61-year-old had brain surgery at a hospital in Guangdong province in early April, the Shenzhen Evening News reported. Doctors said the existence of the parasite may have been due to an experience the woman had when she was young. She recalled that when she was a teenager, her mother caught a frog in the wild and inserted the croaker’s leg into her tooth...
