Professor
Christian Medical College Vellore, Ida Scudder Road, Vellore โ 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
Sarkar S, Chacko AG, Chacko G. An analysis of granulation patterns, MIB-1 proliferation indices and p53 expression in 101 patients with acromegaly. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2014 Dec;156(12):2221-30; discussion 2230. doi: 10.1007/s00701-014-2230-6. Epub 2014 Sep 21. PMID: 25238988.
Sarkar S, Rajaratnam S, Chacko G, Mani S, Hesargatta AS, Chacko AG. Pure endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for functional pituitary adenomas: outcomes with Cushing's disease. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2016 Jan;158(1):77-86; discussion 86. doi: 10.1007/s00701-015-2638-7. Epub 2015 Nov 17. PMID: 26577636.
Chacko AG, Kumar NK, Chacko G, Athyal R, Rajshekhar V. Intraoperative ultrasound in determining the extent of resection of parenchymal brain tumours--a comparative study with computed tomography and histopathology. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2003 Sep;145(9):743-8; discussion 748. doi: 10.1007/s00701-003-0009-2. PMID: 14505099.
Sarkar S, Philip VJ, Cherukuri SK, Chacko AG, Chacko G. Implications of the World Health Organization definition of atypia on surgically treated functional and non-functional pituitary adenomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2017 Nov;159(11):2179-2186. doi: 10.1007/s00701-017-3223-z. Epub 2017 Jun 1. PMID: 28573325
Irodi A, Joseph E, Leena RV, Chacko A, Chacko G. Unusual gyriform tumor of the posterior fossa in a child. Acta Neurol Belg. 2011 Dec;111(4):377. PMID: 22368990.
Joseph E, Irodi A, Sureka J, Padmapriya G, Chacko G. Unusual fourth ventricular mass. Acta Neurol Belg. 2010 Sep;110(3):289. Erratum in: Acta Neurol Belg. 2010 Dec;110(4):358. Irodi, Aparna [added]; Sureka, Jyoti [added]; Padmapriya, G [added]; Chacko, Geeta [added]. Erratum in: Acta Neurol Belg. 2011 Mar;111(1):84. Joseph, Elisabeth [corrected to Joseph, Elizabeth]. PMID: 21114145.
Sarkar S, Chacko AG, Chacko G. An analysis of granulation patterns, MIB-1 proliferation indices and p53 expression in 101 patients with acromegaly. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2014 Dec;156(12):2221-30; discussion 2230. doi: 10.1007/s00701-014-2230-6. Epub 2014 Sep 21. PMID: 25238988.
Sarkar S, Rajaratnam S, Chacko G, Mani S, Hesargatta AS, Chacko AG. Pure endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for functional pituitary adenomas: outcomes with Cushing's disease. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2016 Jan;158(1):77-86; discussion 86. doi: 10.1007/s00701-015-2638-7. Epub 2015 Nov 17. PMID: 26577636.
Chacko AG, Kumar NK, Chacko G, Athyal R, Rajshekhar V. Intraoperative ultrasound in determining the extent of resection of parenchymal brain tumours--a comparative study with computed tomography and histopathology. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2003 Sep;145(9):743-8; discussion 748. doi: 10.1007/s00701-003-0009-2. PMID: 14505099.
Sarkar S, Philip VJ, Cherukuri SK, Chacko AG, Chacko G. Implications of the World Health Organization definition of atypia on surgically treated functional and non-functional pituitary adenomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2017 Nov;159(11):2179-2186. doi: 10.1007/s00701-017-3223-z. Epub 2017 Jun 1. PMID: 28573325
Irodi A, Joseph E, Leena RV, Chacko A, Chacko G. Unusual gyriform tumor of the posterior fossa in a child. Acta Neurol Belg. 2011 Dec;111(4):377. PMID: 22368990.
Joseph E, Irodi A, Sureka J, Padmapriya G, Chacko G. Unusual fourth ventricular mass. Acta Neurol Belg. 2010 Sep;110(3):289. Erratum in: Acta Neurol Belg. 2010 Dec;110(4):358. Irodi, Aparna [added]; Sureka, Jyoti [added]; Padmapriya, G [added]; Chacko, Geeta [added]. Erratum in: Acta Neurol Belg. 2011 Mar;111(1):84. Joseph, Elisabeth [corrected to Joseph, Elizabeth]. PMID: 21114145.
Singh S, Gibikote SV, Bannur U, Chacko G, Korah IP, Rajshekhar V. Cysticercosis of the cerebellopontine angle cistern mimicking epidermoid inclusion cyst. Acta Neurol Scand. 1999 Apr;99(4):260-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07359.x. PMID: 10225360.
Surendrababu NR, Chacko G, Daniel RT, Chacko AG. Solitary fibrous tumor of the lateral ventricle: CT appearances and pathologic correlation with follow-up. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 Nov-Dec;27(10):2135-6. PMID: 17110682; PMCID: PMC7977222.
Manesh A, Mani RS, Pichamuthu K, Jagannati M, Mathew V, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Varghese GM. Case Report: Failure of Therapeutic Coma in Rabies Encephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jan;98(1):207-210. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0153. Epub 2018 Jan 1. PMID: 29141755; PMCID: PMC5928693.
Alexander M, Patil AK, Mathew V, Sivadasan A, Chacko G, Mani SE. Recurrent craniospinal subarachnoid hemorrhage in cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2013 Jan;16(1):97-9. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.107712. PMID: 23661974; PMCID: PMC3644794.
Narasimhaiah DA, Premkumar JA, Moses V, Chacko G. Carcinoma of gall bladder presenting as dermatomyositis. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2011 Jan;14(1):44-6. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.78050. PMID: 21655205; PMCID: PMC3108078.
Gupta A, Nair BR, Chacko G, Mani S, Joseph V. Cervical intramedullary schwannoma mimicking a glioma. Asian J Neurosurg. 2015 Jan-Mar;10(1):42-4. doi: 10.4103/1793-5482.151509. PMID: 25767576; PMCID: PMC4352628.
Christudoss P, Chacko G, Selvakumar R, Fleming JJ, Pugazhendhi S, Mathew G. Expression of Metallothionein after Administration of Aspirin, Vitamin C or Zinc Supplement in the DMH Induced Colon Carcinoma in Rat. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2018 Nov 29;19(11):3237-3244. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2018.19.11.3237. PMID: 30486626; PMCID: PMC6318414.
Antony G, Dasgupta R, Chacko G, Thomas N. Pituitary tuberculoma with subsequent drug-resistant tuberculous lymphadenopathy: an uncommon presentation of a common disease. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Feb 9;2017:bcr2016218330. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218330. PMID: 28183710; PMCID: PMC5307273.
Joseph S, Janakiraman R, Chacko G, Jayaraj R, Thomas M, Thomas M, Mukhopadhyay S. Predictability of Recurrence using Immunohistochemistry to delineate Surgical Margins in mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (PRISM-HNSCC): study protocol for a prospective, observational and bilateral study in Australia and India. BMJ Open. 2017 Oct 15;7(10):e014824. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014824. PMID: 29038175; PMCID: PMC5652552.
Chacko AG, Chacko G, Seshadri MS, Chandy MJ. The 'capsule' of pituitary macroadenomas represents normal pituitary gland: a histopathological study. Br J Neurosurg. 2003 Jun;17(3):213-8. doi: 10.1080/0268869031000153099. PMID: 14565515.
Natarajan MS, Prabhu K, Chacko G, Rajaratnam S, Chacko AG. Endoscopic transsphenoidal excision of a GH-PRL-secreting pituitary macroadenoma in a patient with McCune-Albright syndrome. Br J Neurosurg. 2012 Feb;26(1):104-6. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2011.591852. Epub 2011 Jul 18. PMID: 21767126. Link
Prabhu K, Daniel RT, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Optic nerve haemangioblastoma mimicking a planum sphenoidale meningioma. Br J Neurosurg. 2009;23(5):561-3. doi: 10.1080/02688690902965964. PMID: 19718547.
Sarkar S, Rajaratnam S, Backianathan S, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Radiation-induced opticochiasmatic glioblastoma multiforme following conventional radiotherapy for Cushing's disease. Br J Neurosurg. 2014 Aug;28(4):510-2. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2013.841850. Epub 2013 Sep 25. PMID: 24066683.
Wood MD, Tihan T, Perry A, Chacko G, Turner C, Pu C, Payne C, Yu A, Bannykh SI, Solomon DA. Multimodal molecular analysis of astroblastoma enables reclassification of most cases into more specific molecular entities. Brain Pathol. 2018 Mar;28(2):192-202. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12561. Epub 2017 Oct 27. PMID: 28960623; PMCID: PMC5843525.
Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V, Chacko G. Testicular embryonal cell carcinoma metastasizing to the site of a previously excised cerebellar haemangioblastoma. Br J Neurosurg. 1996 Apr;10(2):197-200. doi: 10.1080/02688699650040377. PMID: 8861313.
Uma B, Chacko G, Chandy MJ. Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region proteins (AgNORs) as an index of clinical and radiological invasiveness in pituitary adenomas. Br J Neurosurg. 1998 Dec;12(6):582-4. doi: 10.1080/02688699844493. PMID: 10070473.
Chacko G, Chandi SM, Chandy MJ. Primary sphenoid and petrous apex esthesioneuroblastoma: case report. Br J Neurosurg. 1998 Jun;12(3):264-6. doi: 10.1080/02688699845113. PMID: 11013692.
Ranjan A, Chacko G, Chandi SM. Intracerebellar melanotic schwannoma: a case report. Br J Neurosurg. 1995;9(5):687-9. doi: 10.1080/02688699550041007. PMID: 8561945.
Srinivas B, Joseph V, Chacko G, Rajshekhar V. Extradural developmental dural root sleeve cyst presenting as a lumbar paraspinal mass with renal compression in an infant. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Jun;5(6):586-90. doi: 10.3171/2010.2.PEDS09324. PMID: 20515331.
Asirvatham JR, Deepti AN, Chyne R, Prasad MS, Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V, Chacko G. Pediatric tumors of the central nervous system: a retrospective study of 1,043 cases from a tertiary care center in South India. Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 Aug;27(8):1257-63. doi: 10.1007/s00381-011-1407-z. Epub 2011 Feb 23. PMID: 21344241.
Pratheesh R, Swallow DM, Rajaratnam S, Jacob KS, Chacko G, Joseph M, Chacko AG. Incidence, predictors and early post-operative course of diabetes insipidus in paediatric craniopharygioma: a comparison with adults. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Jun;29(6):941-9. doi: 10.1007/s00381-013-2041-8. Epub 2013 Feb 6. PMID: 23386174. Link
Chacko G. Parasitic diseases of the central nervous system. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2010 Aug;27(3):167-85. doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2010.05.003. PMID: 20919609.
Lath R, Rajshekhar V, Chacko G. Sacral haemangioma as a cause of coccydynia. Neuroradiology. 1998 Aug;40(8):524-6. doi: 10.1007/s002340050639. PMID: 9763343.
Manesh A, Barnabas R, Mani S, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Kannangai R, Varghese GM. Symptomatic HIV CNS viral escape among patients on effective cART. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Jul;84:39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.03.033. Epub 2019 Apr 2. PMID: 30951880. Link
Shankar A, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Intratumoral abscess: an unusual complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection. Childs Nerv Syst. 2004 Mar;20(3):204-6. doi: 10.1007/s00381-003-0851-9. Epub 2004 Jan 28. PMID: 14747956.
Sarkar S, Rajaratnam S, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Endocrinological outcomes following endoscopic and microscopic transsphenoidal surgery in 113 patients with acromegaly. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014 Nov;126:190-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.09.004. Epub 2014 Sep 22. PMID: 25278017. Link
Chacko AG, Thomas SG, Babu KS, Daniel RT, Chacko G, Prabhu K, Cherian V, Korula G. Awake craniotomy and electrophysiological mapping for eloquent area tumours. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Mar;115(3):329-34. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.10.022. Epub 2012 Nov 21. PMID: 23177182. Link
Chacko G, Chandi SM, Chandy MJ. Desmoplastic low grade astrocytoma: a case report and review of literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1995 Feb;97(1):32-5. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(94)00051-7. Erratum in: Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1996 May;98(2):202. PMID: 7788970. Link
Cherian L, Chacko G, Goodman JC, Robertson CS. Cerebral hemodynamic effects of phenylephrine and L-arginine after cortical impact injury. Crit Care Med. 1999 Nov;27(11):2512-7. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199911000-00031. PMID: 10579273.
Chacko AG, Natarajan MS, Prabhu K, Chacko G. Schwannoma of supraorbital nerve presenting as a subfrontal tumor. Neurol India. 2014 Jan-Feb;62(1):96-8. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.128353. PMID: 24608479.
Jonathan GE, Nair BR, Joseph V, Mani S, Chacko G. Lumbar extradural arteriovenous malformation mimicking a schwannoma in a child: Rare presentation of neurofibromatosis type-1. Neurol India. 2017 Jul-Aug;65(4):900-902. doi: 10.4103/neuroindia.NI_585_16. PMID: 28681780.
Devaprasath A, Chacko G. Diagnostic validity of the Ki-67 labeling index using the MIB-1 monoclonal antibody in the grading of meningiomas. Neurol India. 2003 Sep;51(3):336-40. PMID: 14652433.
Chacko G. Epidermal growth factor gene amplification in high grade gliomas. Neurol India. 2016 Jan-Feb;64(1):25-6. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.173672. PMID: 26754987.
Chacko G. Matrix metalloproteinases. Neurol India. 2011 Mar-Apr;59(2):224-5. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.79123. PMID: 21483122.
Varghese SS, Sebastian P, Joseph V, Chacko G, Backianathan S. An unusually long survival of a patient with glioblastoma of spinal cord: a case report. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Apr;8(4):QD01-3. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/8486.4218. Epub 2014 Apr 15. PMID: 24959488; PMCID: PMC4064906. Link
Chacko G. Meningiomas: A continuum of progress in risk-stratification. Neurol India. 2018 Jan-Feb;66(1):161-162. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.222841. PMID: 29322979.
Turel MK, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Interhemispheric neurenteric cyst. Neurol India. 2013 Sep-Oct;61(5):563-5. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.121959. PMID: 24262482.
ArunKumar MJ, Chacko G, Chandi SM, Chandy MJ. Medullomyoblastoma: A case report. Neurol India. 1999 Mar;47(1):55-7. PMID: 10339710.
Patel B, Chacko G, Nair S, Anandan J, Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V, Turel M. Clinicopathological correlates of primary central nervous system lymphoma: experience from a tertiary care center in South India. Neurol India. 2015 Jan-Feb;63(1):77-82. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.152658. PMID: 25751474.
Chacko AG, Chacko G, Seshadri MS, Chandy MJ. Hemorrhagic necrosis of pituitary adenomas. Neurol India. 2002 Dec;50(4):490-3. PMID: 12577104. Link
Sathyakumar R, Chacko G. Newer Concepts in the Classification of Pituitary Adenomas. Neurol India. 2020 May-Jun;68(Supplement):S7-S12. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.287667. PMID: 32611886.
Kumar GS, Chacko G, Rajshekhar V. Metastasis of frontal oligoastrocytoma to cerebellar vermis. Neurol India. 2004 Dec;52(4):521-2. PMID: 15626862.
Chacko G, Chandi SM, Chandy MJ. Smear diagnosis of central nervous system lesions : a critical appraisal. Neurol India. 1998 Apr-Jun;46(2):115-118. PMID: 29508798.
Abraham AP, Sarkar S, Mannam P, Chacko G, Chacko AG. A rare case of a giant tentorial bicompartmental cystic schwannoma unrelated to the cranial nerves. Neurol India. 2019 May-Jun;67(3):932-933. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.263175. PMID: 31347598.
Ahmed M, Joseph E, Mani S, Chacko G, Rajshekhar V. Cholesterol granuloma of the sphenoid sinus: an unusual sphenoid sinus lesion. Neurol India. 2012 May-Jun;60(3):332-3. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.98529. PMID: 22824698.
Mitra S, Gunasekaran K, Chacko G, Hansdak SG. Leprous neuromyositis: A rare clinical entity and review of the literature. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2016 Jan-Mar;34(1):95-7. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.174120. PMID: 26776128.
Sudarsanam TD, Chacko G, David RD. Postmortem trucut transnasal brain biopsy in the diagnosis of encephalitis. Trop Doct. 2008 Jul;38(3):163-5. doi: 10.1258/td.2007.070091. PMID: 18628546.
Asirvatham JR, Pai R, Chacko G, Nehru AG, John J, Chacko AG, Muliyil J. Molecular characteristics of meningiomas in a cohort of Indian patients: loss of heterozygosity analysis of chromosomes 22, 17, 14 and 10. Neurol India. 2013 Mar-Apr;61(2):138-43. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.111119. PMID: 23644312.
Ahmed M, Sureka J, Koshy CG, Chacko BR, Chacko G. Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the clivus: an unusual cause of a destructive central skull base mass in a child. Neurol India. 2012 May-Jun;60(3):346-8. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.98538. PMID: 22824707.
Divyashree S, Karthik R, Prabhu K, Chacko G. Pituitary aspergillosis - A report and review of the literature. Neurol India. 2018 Jul-Aug;66(4):1176-1178. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.236975. PMID: 30038117
Geevar T, Pai R, Chacko G, Malepathi K, Patel B, John J, Chacko AG, Balakrishnan R, John S. Molecular profile of tumors with oligodendroglial morphology: Clinical relevance. Neurol India. 2018 Nov-Dec;66(6):1726-1731. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.246275. PMID: 30504574.
Gupta N, Chacko G, Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V, Jayprakash M. Fluorescence in situ hybridization for chromosome 14q deletion in subsets of meningioma segregated by MIB-1 labelling index. Neurol India. 2016 Nov-Dec;64(6):1256-1263. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.193768. PMID: 27841196.
Jain A, Sharma MC, Suri V, Kale SS, Mahapatra AK, Tatke M, Chacko G, Pathak A, Santosh V, Nair P, Husain N, Sarkar C. Spectrum of pediatric brain tumors in India: a multi-institutional study. Neurol India. 2011 Mar-Apr;59(2):208-11. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.79142. PMID: 21483119.
Jonathan A, Rajshekhar V, Chacko G. Chondromyxoid fibroma of the seventh cervical vertebra. Neurol India. 2008 Jan-Mar;56(1):84-7. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.39323. PMID: 18310848.
Sujit Kumar GS, Chacko G, Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V. Alveolar soft-part sarcoma presenting with multiple intracranial metastases. Neurol India. 2004 Jun;52(2):257-8. PMID: 15269487.
Santosh V, Sravya P, Gupta T, Muzumdar D, Chacko G, Suri V, Epari S, Balasubramaniam A, Radotra BD, Chatterjee S, Sarkar C, Jalali R. ISNO consensus guidelines for practical adaptation of the WHO 2016 classification of adult diffuse gliomas. Neurol India. 2019 Jan-Feb;67(1):173-182. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.253572. PMID: 30860119.
Shah KC, Chacko G, John S, Chacko AG. Spinal intramedullary metastasis from intracranial germinoma. Neurol India. 2005 Sep;53(3):374-5. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.16957. PMID: 16230826.
Shankar SK, Mahadevan A, Sundaram C, Sarkar C, Chacko G, Lanjewar DN, Santosh V, Yasha TC, Radhakrishnan VV. Pathobiology of fungal infections of the central nervous system with special reference to the Indian scenario. Neurol India. 2007 Jul-Sep;55(3):198-215. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.35680. PMID: 17921648.
Singh V, Turel MK, Chacko G, Joseph V, Rajshekhar V. Supratentorial extra-axial anaplastic ependymoma mimicking a meningioma. Neurol India. 2012 Jan-Feb;60(1):111-3. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.93608. PMID: 22406799.
Nair BR, Prabhu K, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Calcified cavernous malformation of the lower cranial nerves. Neurol India. 2014 Jan-Feb;62(1):104-5. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.128358. PMID: 24608484. Link
Patil AK, Alexander M, Nair B, Chacko G, Mani S, Sudhakar S. Clinical, imaging and histopathological features of isolated CNS lymphomatoid granulomatosis. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2015 Jan-Mar;25(1):56-9. doi: 10.4103/0971-3026.150149. PMID: 25709167; PMCID: PMC4329689. Link
Sudarsanam TD, Chacko G, David RD. Postmortem trucut transnasal brain biopsy in the diagnosis of encephalitis. Trop Doct. 2008 Jul;38(3):163-5. doi: 10.1258/td.2007.070091. PMID: 18628546.
Joseph BV, Chacko G, Raghuram L, Rajshekhar V. Endolymphatic sac tumor: a rare cerebellopontine angle tumor. Neurol India. 2002 Dec;50(4):476-9. PMID: 12577100.
Kumar GS, Chacko G, Mathews MS, Mathew JM. Intracranial actinomadura granuloma. Neurol India. 2005 Sep;53(3):368-70. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.16952. PMID: 16230821.
Moorthy RK, Daniel RT, Rajshekhar V, Chacko G. Skull base chondroblastoma: a case report. Neurol India. 2002 Dec;50(4):534-6. PMID: 12577121.
Moorthy RK, Sam GA, Kumar SV, Chacko G, Mathews V, Chacko AG, Srivastava A, Rajshekhar V. Intralesional mesenchymal stromal cell transplant in a rodent model of cortical cryoinjury. Neurol India. 2011 Jul-Aug;59(4):573-8. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.84340. PMID: 21891936.
Nehru GA, Pai R, Samuel P, Chacko AG, Chacko G. Status of Oโถ -methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase [MGMT] gene promoter methylation among patients with glioblastomas from India. Neurol India. 2012 Sep-Oct;60(5):481-6. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.103190. PMID: 23135024.
Panicker JB, Chacko G, Patil AK, Alexander M, Muliyil J. Immunohistochemical differentiation of inflammatory myopathies. Neurol India. 2011 Jul-Aug;59(4):513-20. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.84329. PMID: 21891925. Link
Patil AK, Prabhakar AT, Sivadasan A, Alexander M, Chacko G. An unusual case of inflammatory necrotizing myopathy and neuropathy with pipestem capillaries. Neurol India. 2015 Jan-Feb;63(1):72-6. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.152642. PMID: 25751473.
Joseph V, Chacko G, Raghuram L, Rajshekhar V. Benign metastasizing leiomyoma causing spinal cord compression. Surg Neurol. 2003 Dec;60(6):575-7; discussion 577-8. doi: 10.1016/s0090-3019(03)00268-4. PMID: 14670684. Link
Chacko G Meningiomas: A continuum of progress in risk-stratification. Neurol India. 2018 Jan-Feb;66(1):161-162. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.222841. PMID: 29322979.
Prabhu K, Daniel RT, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Optic nerve haemangioblastoma mimicking a planum sphenoidale meningioma. Br J Neurosurg. 2009;23(5):561-3. doi: 10.1080/02688690902965964. PMID: 19718547.
Natarajan MS, Prabhu K, Chacko G, Rajaratnam S, Chacko AG. Endoscopic transsphenoidal excision of a GH-PRL-secreting pituitary macroadenoma in a patient with McCune-Albright syndrome. Br J Neurosurg. 2012 Feb;26(1):104-6. . Epub 2011 Jul 18. PMID: 21767126. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2011.591852
Jonathan GE, Nair BR, Joseph V, Mani S, Chacko G. Lumbar extradural arteriovenous malformation mimicking a schwannoma in a child: Rare presentation of neurofibromatosis type-1. Neurol India. 2017 Jul-Aug;65(4):900-902. doi: 10.4103/neuroindia.NI_585_16. PMID: 28681780.
Pratheesh R, Rajaratnam S, Prabhu K, Mani SE, Chacko G, Chacko AG. The current role of transcranial surgery in the management of pituitary adenomas. Pituitary. 2013 Dec;16(4):419-34. doi: 10.1007/s11102-012-0439-z. PMID: 23076713. Link
Chacko AG, Kumar NK, Chacko G, Athyal R, Rajshekhar V. Intraoperative ultrasound in determining the extent of resection of parenchymal brain tumours--a comparative study with computed tomography and histopathology. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2003 Sep;145(9):743-8; discussion 748. doi: 10.1007/s00701-003-0009-2. PMID: 14505099. Link
Sathyakumar K, Mani S, Pathak GH, Prabhu K, Chacko AG, Chacko G. Neuroimaging of pediatric infratentorial tumors and the value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in determining tumor grade. Acta Radiol. 2021 Apr;62(4):533-540. doi: 10.1177/0284185120933219. Epub 2020 Jun 15. PMID: 32539423.
Valmiki RR, Venkatesalu S, Chacko AG, Prabhu K, Thomas MM, Mathew V, Yoganathan S, Muthusamy K, Chacko G, Vanjare HA, Krothapalli SB Phosphoproteomic analysis reveals Akt isoform-specific regulation of cytoskeleton proteins in human temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis. Neurochem Int. 2020 Mar;134:104654. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2019.104654. Epub 2019 Dec 27. PMID: 31884041.
Chacko AG, Thomas SG, Babu KS, Daniel RT, Chacko G, Prabhu K, Cherian V, Korula G. Awake craniotomy and electrophysiological mapping for eloquent area tumours. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Mar;115(3):329-34. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.10.022. Epub 2012 Nov 21. PMID: 23177182. Link
Nair BR, Prabhu K, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Calcified cavernous malformation of the lower cranial nerves. Neurol India. 2014 Jan-Feb;62(1):104-5. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.128358. PMID: 24608484.
Nair BR, Joseph V, Chacko G, Keshava SN. Giant solid hemangioblastoma of the cerebellopontine angle: a technically challenging case. Neurol India. 2014 Mar-Apr;62(2):228-9. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.132450. PMID: 24823754.
Chacko AG, Natarajan MS, Prabhu K, Chacko G. Schwannoma of supraorbital nerve presenting as a subfrontal tumor. Neurol India. 2014 Jan-Feb;62(1):96-8. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.128353. PMID: 24608479. Link
Mahalingam HV, Mani SE, Patel B, Prabhu K, Alexander M, Fatterpekar GM, Chacko G. Imaging Spectrum of Cavernous Sinus Lesions with Histopathologic Correlation. Radiographics. 2019 May-Jun;39(3):795-819. doi: 10.1148/rg.2019180122. Epub 2019 Apr 12. PMID: 30978149.
Geevar T, Pai R, Chacko G, Malepathi K, Patel B, John J, Chacko AG, Balakrishnan R, John S. Molecular profile of tumors with oligodendroglial morphology: Clinical relevance. Neurol India. 2018 Nov-Dec;66(6):1726-1731. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.246275. PMID: 30504574.
Goyal-Honavar A, Sarkar S, Asha HS, Kapoor N, Thomas R, Balakrishnan R, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Impact of Experience on Outcomes After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for Acromegaly. World Neurosurg. 2021 Jul;151:e1007-e1015. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.05.030. Epub 2021 May 21. PMID: 34023462.
Nair BR, Joseph V, Chacko G, Keshava SN. Giant solid hemangioblastoma of the cerebellopontine angle: a technically challenging case. Neurol India. 2014 Mar-Apr;62(2):228-9. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.132450. PMID: 24823754.
Sigamani E, Chandramohan J, Nair S, Chacko G, Thomas M, Mathew LG, Pulimood S, Manipadam MT. Lymphomatoid granulomatosis: A case series from South India. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2018 Apr-Jun;61(2):228-232. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_471_17. PMID: 29676363.
Joseph S, Janakiraman R, Chacko G, Jayaraj R, Thomas M, Thomas M, Mukhopadhyay S. Predictability of Recurrence using Immunohistochemistry to delineate Surgical Margins in mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (PRISM-HNSCC): study protocol for a prospective, observational and bilateral study in Australia and India. BMJ Open. 2017 Oct 15;7(10):e014824. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014824. PMID: 29038175; PMCID: PMC5652552.
Sigamani E, Chandramohan J, Nair S, Chacko G, Thomas M, Mathew LG, Pulimood S, Manipadam MT. Lymphomatoid granulomatosis: A case series from South India. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2018 Apr-Jun;61(2):228-232. doi: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_471_17. PMID: 29676363.
Goyal-Honavar A, Sarkar S, Chacko G, Balakrishnan R, Asha HS, Chacko AG. Growth hormone storm following infarction of a residual growth hormone secreting pituitary macroadenoma. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Oct 7:1-4. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1988055. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34615430.
Manesh A, Mani RS, Pichamuthu K, Jagannati M, Mathew V, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Varghese GM. Case Report: Failure of Therapeutic Coma in Rabies Encephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jan;98(1):207-210. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0153. Epub 2018 Jan 1. PMID: 29141755; PMCID: PMC5928693.
Goyal-Honavar A, Sarkar S, Asha HS, Kapoor N, Balakrishnan R, Vanjare H, Chacko G, Chacko AG. A clinicoradiological analysis of silent corticotroph adenomas after the introduction of pituitary-specific transcription factors. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021 Nov;163(11):3143-3154. doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04911-2. Epub 2021 Jun 28. PMID: 34181087.
Goyal-Honavar A, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Supratentorial primary paraganglioma with good long-term outcome following radical excision. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Mar 23:1-4. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1902476. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33754919
Goyal-Honavar A, Jayachandran R, Chacko G. Meningiomas - transition from traditional histological grading to molecular profiling in WHO CNS5: A Review. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2022 May;65(Supplement):S83-S93. doi: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_1085_21. PMID: 35562138.
Goyal-Honavar A, Balasundaram A, Thayakaran IP, Babu M, Pai R, Joseph J, Jayachandran R, Chacko AG, Mathew LG, Balakrishnan R, Rajshekhar V, Jeyaseelan L, Sudarsanam TD, Chacko G. ZFTA (Zinc Finger Translocation Associated) Fusion in Supratentorial Ependymomas: Low Prevalence in South Asians and No Correlation with Survival. World Neurosurg. 2022 Apr 2:S1878-8750(22)00426-0. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.03.133. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35378317. Link
Pratheesh R, Swallow DM, Rajaratnam S, Jacob KS, Chacko G, Joseph M, Chacko AG. Incidence, predictors and early post-operative course of diabetes insipidus in paediatric craniopharygioma: a comparison with adults. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Jun;29(6):941-9. doi: 10.1007/s00381-013-2041-8. Epub 2013 Feb 6. PMID: 23386174. Link
Gupta A, Prabhu SM, Sureka J, Chack G. Role of diffusion weighted MRI in differentiating typical from atypical meningiomas at 1.5 and 3T MRI. The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. Sep 2013; 44 (3): 635-640.
Patel B, Chacko G, Nair S, Anandan J, Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V, Turel M. Clinicopathological correlates of primary central nervous system lymphoma: experience from a tertiary care center in South India. Neurol India. 2015 Jan-Feb;63(1):77-82. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.152658. PMID: 25751474.
Kaswala C, Schmiedel Y, Kundu D, George MM, Dayanand D, Devasagayam E, Manesh S A, Kumar SS, Michael JS, Ninan MM, Chacko G, Zachariah A, Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Iyadurai R, Christopher DJ, Gupta R, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Varghese GM. Accuracy of Gene Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in adult patients: A retrospective cohort study. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 7:S1201-9712(22)00410-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.07.016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35811084. Link
Chandra DS, Chacko G, Rajshekhar V, Chandy MJ, Sriram CD, Geetha C. Bilateral basal ganglia germinoma in an Indian boy. Neurol India. 1997 Apr-Jun;45(2):108-109. PMID: 29512584. Link
Goyal-Honavar A, Gupta A, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Trigeminal hybrid nerve sheath tumor - a case report and literature review. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Jun 20:1-4. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2020.1867061. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34151661.
Singh AD, Chacko AG, Chacko G, Rajshekhar V. Plasma cell tumors of the skull. Surg Neurol. 2005 Nov;64(5):434-8; discussion 438-9. doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.02.014. PMID: 16253694.
Chacko G, Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V, Muliyil JP. Intracranial hemangiopericytomas: correlation of topoisomerase IIalpha expression with biologic behavior. Surg Neurol. 2006 Jan;65(1):11-7. doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.08.013. PMID: 16378841.
Chacko G, Rajshekhar V. Thoracic intramedullary melanocytoma with long-term follow-up. J Neurosurg Spine. 2008 Dec;9(6):589-92. doi: 10.3171/SPI.2008.9.08323. PMID: 19035754.
Kumar, G. S., Raj, P. M., Chacko, G., Lalitha, M. K., Chacko, A. G. and Rajshekhar, V. Cranial melioidosis presenting as a mass lesion or osteomyelitis J Neurosurg; 2008, 108 (2): 243-7 PMID: 18240918 Link
Gaddam SS, Santhi V, Babu S, Chacko G, Baddukonda RA, Rajshekhar V. Gross and microscopic study of the filum terminale: does the filum contain functional neural elements? J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 Jan;9(1):86-92. doi: 10.3171/2011.10.PEDS11102. PMID: 22208327. Link
John AM, Vasanthi N, Khurana A, Chacko G, Mohanraj P, Rajshekhar V, Thomas N. An unusual cause for rings in the brain. Hong Kong Med J. 2012 Aug;18(4):346-7. PMID: 22865183. Link
Gilbert JW, Windsor RE, Mick GE, Herder S, Richardson GB. Filum terminale. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Apr;11(4):485. doi: 10.3171/2012.2.PEDS1297. Epub 2013 Jan 25. PMID: 23350680.
Turel MK, D'Souza WP, Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V. Giant vestibular schwannomas: Surgical nuances influencing outcome in 179 patients. Neurol India. 2016 May-Jun;64(3):478-84. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.181558. PMID: 27147157.
Abraham AP, Pai R, Beno DL, Chacko G, Asha HS, Rajaratnam S, Kapoor N, Thomas N, Chacko AG. USP8, USP48, and BRAF mutations differ in their genotype-phenotype correlation in Asian Indian patients with Cushing's disease. Endocrine. 2022 Feb;75(2):549-559. doi: 10.1007/s12020-021-02903-x. Epub 2021 Oct 18. PMID: 34664215.
Gandham EJ, Goyal-Honavar A, Beno D, Pai R, Balakrishan R, Jasper A, Gowri M, Moorthy RK, Chacko AG, Chacko G. Impact of Grade on Survival in Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma and Low Prevalence of BRAF V600E Mutation. World Neurosurg. 2022 Aug;164:e922-e928. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.05.066. Epub 2022 May 23. PMID: 35618235.
Abarna R, Nancy R, Chacko A, Chacko G, Pai R. Diagnostic utility of droplet digital PCR to detect TERT promoter mutations among glioblastoma samples using 7-deaza-dGTP. J Clin Pathol. 2022 Feb;75(2):140-142. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207402. Epub 2021 Mar 25. PMID: 33766956.
Chacko AZ, Prashanthy TAM, Gopinathan V, George AJP, Kumar S, Chacko G. Adult renal angiomyolipomas: A retrospective analysis of the histological subtypes and their clinicoradiological correlates. Urol Ann. 2022 Oct-Dec;14(4):365-371. doi: 10.4103/ua.ua_129_21. Epub 2022 Sep 7. PMID: 36505984; PMCID: PMC9731195.
Patra A, Jasper A, Vanjare H, Chacko G, Susheel S, Sivadasan A, Hephzibah J, Mannam P. Diffuse Infiltrative Non-mass-like Brain Parenchymal Lesions on MRI: Differentiating Lymphomatosis Cerebri from its Mimics. J Clin Imaging Sci. 2021 Jul 23;11:41. doi: 10.25259/JCIS_75_2021. PMID: 34345531; PMCID: PMC8326078.
Balakrishna JP, Chacko G, Manipadam MT; RamyaI. Glomerulopathy in a patient with sarcocystis infestation. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2013 Jul-Sep;56(3):285-7. doi: 10.4103/0377-4929.120400. PMID: 24152512.
Divyashree S, Karthik R, Prabhu K, Chacko G. Pituitary aspergillosis - A report and review of the literature. Neurol India. 2018 Jul-Aug;66(4):1176-1178. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.236975. PMID: 30038117. Link
Goyal-Honavar A, Balakrishnan R, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Radiation-Induced Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia in a Cavernous Sinus Hemangioma. Neurol India. 2022 Jan-Feb;70(1):359-362. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.338715. PMID: 35263914.
Sarkar S, Chacko SR, Korula S, Hesarghatta A, Balakrishnan R, Mathai S, Simon A, Chacko G, Prabhu K, Chacko AG. A Comparison of Long-Term Treatment Outcomes Between Giant and Nongiant Craniopharyngiomas. World Neurosurg. 2022 Mar 20:S1878-8750(22)00363-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.03.073. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35321841.
Abarna R, Nancy R, Chacko A, Chacko G, Pai R. Diagnostic utility of droplet digital PCR to detect TERT promoter mutations among glioblastoma samples using 7-deaza-dGTP. J Clin Pathol. 2022 Feb;75(2):140-142. doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207402. Epub 2021 Mar 25. PMID: 33766956.
Goyal-Honavar A, Sarkar S, Asha HS, Kapoor N, Thomas R, Balakrishnan R, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Impact of Experience on Outcomes After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for Acromegaly. World Neurosurg. 2021 Jul;151:e1007-e1015. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.05.030. Epub 2021 May 21. PMID: 34023462.
Kaswala C, Schmiedel Y, Kundu D, George MM, Dayanand D, Devasagayam E, S AM, Kumar SS, Michael JS, Ninan MM, Chacko G, Zachariah A, Sathyendra S, Hansdak SG, Iyadurai R, Christopher DJ, Gupta R, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Varghese GM. Accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in adult patients: a retrospective cohort study. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Sep;122:566-568. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.07.016. Epub 2022 Jul 8. PMID: 35811084.
Abraham AP, Sarkar S, Mannam P, Chacko G, Chacko AG. A rare case of a giant tentorial bicompartmental cystic schwannoma unrelated to the cranial nerves. Neurol India. 2019 May-Jun;67(3):932-933. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.263175. PMID: 31347598.
Patil AK, Alexander M, Nair B, Chacko G, Mani S, Sudhakar S. Clinical, imaging and histopathological features of isolated CNS lymphomatoid granulomatosis. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2015 Jan-Mar;25(1):56-9. doi: 10.4103/0971-3026.150149. PMID: 25709167; PMCID: PMC4329689.
Jacob P, Rose JS, Hoshing A, Chacko G. Tectonic corneal graft for conjunctival rhinosporidiosis with scleral melt. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2011 May-Jun;59(3):251-3. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.81046. PMID: 21586855; PMCID: PMC3120253.
Gupta A, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Prevalence and Pattern of Leptomeningeal Pigmentation in the Human Brain and Its Role in the Safe Surgical Excision of Extra-Axial Brain Tumors. Neurol India. 2021 Sep-Oct;69(5):1204-1209. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.329529. PMID: 34747785.
Sarkar S, Chacko AG, Chacko G. Clinicopathological correlates of extrasellar growth patterns in pituitary adenomas. J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Jul;22(7):1173-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.01.029. Epub 2015 May 12. PMID: 25979255.
Chacko G, Chacko AG, Lombardero M, Mani S, Seshadri MS, Kovacs K, Scheithauer BW. Clinicopathologic correlates of giant pituitary adenomas. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 May;16(5):660-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.08.018. Epub 2009 Mar 12. PMID: 19285407.
Ajith A, Mondal S, Chattopadhyay S, Kumar A, Sthanikam Y, Chacko AG, Prabhu K, Chacko G, Vanjare HA, Rajesh RV, Banerjee S. Mass Spectrometry Imaging Deciphers Dysregulated Lipid Metabolism in the Human Hippocampus Affected by Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2021 Nov 3;12(21):4187-4194. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00587. Epub 2021 Oct 16. PMID: 34657435. Link
Abraham AP, Pai R, Beno DL, Chacko G, Asha HS, Rajaratnam S, Kapoor N, Thomas N, Chacko AG. USP8, USP48, and BRAF mutations differ in their genotype-phenotype correlation in Asian Indian patients with Cushing's disease. Endocrine. 2021 Oct 18. doi: 10.1007/s12020-021-02903-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34664215.
Sarkar S, Chacko SR, Korula S, Simon A, Mathai S, Chacko G, Chacko AG. Long-term outcomes following maximal safe resection in a contemporary series of childhood craniopharyngiomas. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021 Feb;163(2):499-509. doi: 10.1007/s00701-020-04591-4. Epub 2020 Oct 19. PMID: 33078364.
Goyal-Honavar A, Sarkar S, Chacko G, Balakrishnan R, Asha HS, Chacko AG. Growth hormone storm following infarction of a residual growth hormone secreting pituitary macroadenoma. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Oct 7:1-4. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1988055. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34615430. Link
Joshua Franklyn, Sowmya Ramesh, Vrisha Madhuri, Bimal Patel, A Dhivya, Prabha D. Nair, Amit Kumar, Geeta Chacko & Inian Samarasam Abdominal Wall Reconstruction with Tissue-Engineered Mesh Using Muscle-Derived Stem Cells in an Animal Model. Regen. Eng. Transl. Med. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40883-022-00253-2
Gandham EJ, Goyal-Honavar A, Beno D, Pai R, Balakrishan R, Jasper A, Gowri M, Moorthy RK, Chacko AG, Chacko G. Impact of Grade on Survival in Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma and Low Prevalence of BRAF V600E Mutation. World Neurosurg. 2022 May 23:S1878-8750(22)00695-7. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.05.066. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35618235.
Balakumar S, Pai R, Chacko AG, Patel B, Nancy R, Balakrishnan R, Sarkar S, Sampath G, Chacko G. Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter Mutations in A Cohort Of Adult Gliomas - Clinicopathological Correlates. Neurol India. 2022 May-Jun;70(3):953-959. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.349649. PMID: 35864624.
Singh VY, Chacko G, Chacko AG, Rajshekhar V. Fluorescence in situ hybridization for 1p, 19q status in a cohort of glial neoplasms. Neurol India. 2014 Jan-Feb;62(1):32-6. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.128275. Erratum in: Neurol India. 2014 Mar-Apr;62(2):191. PMID: 24608451.
Manesh A, Mani RS, Pichamuthu K, Jagannati M, Mathew V, Karthik R, Abraham OC, Chacko G, Varghese GM. Case Report: Failure of Therapeutic Coma in Rabies Encephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Jan;98(1):207-210. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0153. Epub 2018 Jan 1. PMID: 29141755; PMCID: PMC5928693.
Kurien NA, John D, Chacko G, Jacob P. Granulocytic Sarcoma in an Adult with Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Jan;10(1):ND03-4. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/15215.7093. Epub 2016 Jan 1. PMID: 26894103; PMCID: PMC4740631.
Goyal-Honavar A, Balasundaram A, Thayakaran IP, Babu M, Pai R, Joseph J, Jayachandran R, Chacko AG, Mathew LG, Balakrishnan R, Rajshekhar V, Jeyaseelan L, Sudarsanam TD, Chacko G. ZFTA (Zinc Finger Translocation Associated) Fusion in Supratentorial Ependymomas: Low Prevalence in South Asians and No Correlation with Survival. World Neurosurg. 2022 Aug;164:e82-e90. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.03.133. Epub 2022 Apr 2. PMID: 35378317. Link
Ganapule AP, Varghese SS, Chacko G, Aparna I, Viswabandya A. Glioblastoma Multiforme in a Post Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Patient. A Case Report and Literature Review of Post Transplant Neurological Tumors. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2016 Jun;32(Suppl 1):192-5. doi: 10.1007/s12288-015-0500-y. Epub 2015 Jan 14. PMID: 27408389; PMCID: PMC4925482.
Jose N, Perla HT, Iyadurai R, Chacko G. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in a patient with gallbladder carcinoma. J Cytol. 2017 Apr-Jun;34(2):118-121. doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.203571. PMID: 28469324; PMCID: PMC5398020.
Benjamin RN, Thomas M, Muthusamy K, Yoganathan S, Mathew V, Chacko AG, Prabhu K, Chacko G. Age-Dependent Reduction in Severity and Discrete Topographical Patterns in Rasmussen Encephalitis: A Link to Cortical Maturation? Pediatr Neurol. 2020 Nov;112:25-33. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.07.016. Epub 2020 Aug 11. PMID: 32911260.
Ajith A, Mondal S, Chattopadhyay S, Kumar A, Sthanikam Y, Chacko AG, Prabhu K, Chacko G, Vanjare HA, Rajesh RV, Banerjee S. Mass Spectrometry Imaging Deciphers Dysregulated Lipid Metabolism in the Human Hippocampus Affected by Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2021 Nov 3;12(21):4187-4194. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00587. Epub 2021 Oct 16. PMID: 34657435.
Rose JS, Lalgudi S, Joshua A, Paul J, Thambaiah A, Wankhar S, Chacko G, Kuriakose T, Korah S. An experimental study to test the efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in reducing corneal scarring in an ex-vivo organ culture model. Exp Eye Res. 2020 Jan;190:107891. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2019.107891. Epub 2019 Dec 5. PMID: 31812437.
Christudoss P, Chacko G, Selvakumar R, Fleming JJ, Pugazhendhi S, Mathew G. Expression of metallothionein in dimethylhydrazine-induced colonic precancerous and cancerous model in rat. J Cancer Res Ther. 2016 Oct-Dec;12(4):1307-1312. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.179107. PMID: 28169244.
Philip SS, Kuriakose T, Chacko G. Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only cafรฉ-au-lait spots. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jun;65(6):531-533. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_649_16. PMID: 28643724; PMCID: PMC5508470.
Sathya A, Goyal-Honavar A, Chacko AG, Jasper A, Chacko G, Devakumar D, Seelam JA, Sasidharan BK, Pavamani SP, Thomas HMT. Is radiomics a useful addition to magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative classification of PitNETs? Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2024 Feb 20;166(1):91. doi: 10.1007/s00701-024-05977-4. PMID: 38376544.
Abarna R, J R, Chacko G, Pai R. Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) using FFPE DNA to assess methylation status of MGMT gene among patients with IDH mutant astrocytoma and IDH wild-type glioblastoma. J Clin Pathol. 2023 Dec;76(12):860-864. doi: 10.1136/jcp-2023-208953. Epub 2023 Sep 14. PMID: 37709490.