Armando Basso

TL;DR: AIP mutations, of which nine new mutations have been described here, occur in approximately 15% of FIPA families, and although pituitary tumors occurring in association with AIP mutations are predominantly somatotropinomas, other tumor types are also seen.

TL;DR: A new technique was applied to treat a dissecting aneurysm of the intracranial portion of the vertebral artery with a combination of stents and coils, and this evolving technology may play a role in the near future as the alternative of choice in some cases of aneurYSm treatment via the endovascular route.

TL;DR: A marked activation of the Hh pathway is shown in meningiomas, which may be important for their biological and clinical characterization and would be useful for gene therapy.

TL;DR: It appears that these tumors are aggressive in youth than in adults, and early diagnosis and treatment is essential because there was a close relationship between tumor size, invasiveness, and the patients' final outcome.

TL;DR: This work studied expression of ErbB receptor and ligand genes by real-time RT-PCR in different meningioma grades and found a strong Erb1–ErbB2 correlation, which might be useful for gene therapy.