Neuromyotonia, myocloni, sensory neuropathy and cerebellar symptoms in a patient with antibodies to neuronal nucleoproteins (anti-Hu-antibodies).

abstract：:We report a 38-year-old male patient who developed a Miller Fisher syndrome following a respiratory tract disorder associated with a serologically proven Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Although several neurologic manifestations have been reported after Mycoplasma pneumonia infection, Miller Fisher syndrome has not b...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Merkx H,De Keyser J,Ebinger G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In a previous polysomnographic cross-sectional study we found a significant relationship between sleep disorders and multiple sclerosis (MS) related fatigue. The purpose of this open follow-up observation was to compare the impact of treatment of sleep disorders on MS related fatigue measured with the Modifie...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Veauthier C,Gaede G,Radbruch H,Gottschalk S,Wernecke KD,Paul F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a severe demyelinating disease of the central nervous system caused by the JC virus; the mortality rate is high and it is usually refractory to treatment. In non-HIV patients, PML occurs as a late consequence of hematologic malignancies or during prolonged immunosupp...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Yagi T,Hattori H,Ohira M,Nakamichi K,Takayama-Ito M,Saijo M,Shimizu T,Ito D,Takahashi K,Suzuki N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Shunt obstructions may partly be caused by brain debris, which intrude into the ventricular catheter during ventricle puncture. Avoiding contact between the catheter and brain tissue, by using a peel-away sheath, should reduce the number of shunt failures caused by obstruction. To test this hypothesis, we con...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kehler U,Langer N,Gliemroth J,Meier U,Lemcke J,Sprung C,Schlosser HG,Kiefer M,Eymann R,Heese O

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic endonasal (EE) transsphenoidal surgery is an important surgical approach to the treatment of sellar pathology, particularly for pituitary adenomas. Risk factors for the radiographic recurrence of pituitary adenomas resected using a purely endoscopic approach have not been established. This study i...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bodhinayake I,Ottenhausen M,Mooney MA,Kesavabhotla K,Christos P,Schwarz JT,Boockvar JA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the changes in the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in a single neurosurgical unit in the UK, following the publication of the international subarachnoid aneurysm trial (ISAT). METHODS:The presentation, investigations, treatments and outcome data of all patients admitted with...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Gnanalingham KK,Apostolopoulos V,Barazi S,O'Neill K

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Arrested hydrocephalus is stable ventriculomegaly without evidence of neurologic deterioration or symptoms. Management of arrested hydrocephalus in asymptomatic adults is controversial, with little clinical data. This case highlights the potential for decompensation in adults with arrested hydrocephalus and r...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Hong J,Barrena BG,Lollis SS,Bauer DF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri was found in a 38-year-old Chinese man living in Hong Kong who presumably acquired the infection from swimming in a hot spring in neighbouring China. Amoebic cysts were identified in tissue taken from a brain abscess. The patient responded to surgical draina...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Wang A,Kay R,Poon WS,Ng HK

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A lack of visualization of the proximal internal carotid artery (ICA) on computed tomography angiography (CTA) in acute ischemic stroke may be caused by an atherosclerotic occlusion or a pseudo-occlusion by a massive thrombus in the ICA. Pseudo-occlusion of the proximal ICA is caused by stagnant flow from a d...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kim H,Kwak HS,Chung GH,Hwang SB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) are rare, non-neoplastic heterotopic tissues which contains normal neurons and glia including oligodendrocytes and fibrillary astrocytes but in an abnormal distribution. They arise from the floor of the third ventricle, tuber cinereum, or mammillary bodies. Estimated incidence ranges from ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Alomari SO,El Houshiemy MN,Bsat S,Moussalem CK,Allouh M,Omeis IA

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dural arteriovenous fistulae (DAVFs) are infrequent lesions, the most common locations of which are the cavernous, sigmoid and transverse sinuses. The cribiform plate is one of the less frequent sites for DAVFs, where they entail a high hemorrhage risk. Feeding arteries for ethmoidal DAVFs can be uni- or bilateral. Ho...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ros de San Pedro J,Pérez CJ,Parra JZ,López-Guerrero AL,Sánchez JF

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate if pelvic incidence (PI) and lumbar lordosis (LL) mismatching affects surgical outcomes for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) related kyphosis following 1-level lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO). PATIENTS AND METHODS:AS patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis, who underwent 1-level lumbar PSO ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Liu ZJ,Qian BP,Qiu Y,Mao SH,Jiang J,Wang B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is the most common cause of intracerebral haemorrhages (ICHs), yet the short-term impact factors associated with hypertensive intracerebral haemorrhages (HICHs) in patients who undergo different surgical treatments are still unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All consecutive patients with acute HIC...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Zhao Z,Wang H,Li Z,Wang X,Zhang W,Feng K,Fan J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man was kicked on the neck, 10 days after which he noted right-sided numbness. Clinically, he had diminished deep tendon reflexes over the left upper limb, absent left superficial abdominal reflexes, a left extensor plantar response, mild left hemiparesis, diminished pinprick, temperature and vibratory sensation up ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lim E,Wong YS,Lo YL,Lim SH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the segmental instability of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) with a kyphotic configuration at the involved segment, and to determine the most useful diagnostic modalities in the evaluation of instability. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This study reviewed a consecutive series of patients wit...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Chen X,Zhou QS,Xu L,Chen ZH,Zhu ZZ,Li S,Qiu Y,Sun X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative bilateral cavernous sinus sampling combined with rapid ACTH measurement was performed in a pilot study in seven patients with Cushing's disease during transsphenoidal pituitary surgery before and immediately after removal of the ACTH-producing pituitary microadenoma. Before tumor removal a gradient in A...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Czirják S,Bezzegh A,Gál A,Rácz K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No specific treatment exists for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who fail to respond to conventional immunosuppressive and immunomodulating modalities. Furthermore, no method is available for regeneration of existing defect in the central nervous system (CNS). The ultimate goals of MS treatment, similarly to oth...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Slavin S,Kurkalli BG,Karussis D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presenting a relapsing form of sporadic brachial plexus neuropathy, the so-called Parsonage Turner syndrome, are reported. The diagnosis is based on clinical and electromyographic features. Recurrent attacks, although infrequently encountered, have been well described in the past. Sporadic cases of this s...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Michotte A,Dierckx R,Deleu D,Herregodts P,Schmedding E,Bruyland M,Ebinger G

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amongst the protean extra-intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease, scant mention is made of muscle involvement. This report outlines the clinical features, electrodiagnostic and muscle biopsy findings in a patient with ulcerative colitis who developed progressive proximal muscle weakness. The demonstra...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bhigjee AI,Bill PL,Cosnett JE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The frequency of suboccipital injections to treat headaches has increased. The third segment of the vertebral artery is located in the suboccipital triangle and its main muscular branch, the suboccipital artery of Salmon (SAS), supplies blood to the suboccipital muscles. The purpose of this study was to radi...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Macchi V,Porzionato A,Morra A,D'Antoni AV,Tubbs RS,De Caro R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pancerebellar syndrome of subacute progression associated with cerebellar atrophy is highly suggestive of a paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD). We describe a 27-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that presented with a subacute pancerebellar syndrome. Serum and CSF anti-Yo, anti-Hu and a...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Manto MU,Rondeaux P,Jacquy J,Hildebrand JG

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HFSRT) is a common salvage treatment for recurrent malignant glioma (MG). However, it remains controversial whether the combination of HFSRT and chemotherapy could improve survival for patients with recurrent MG compared to HFSRT alone. The present systematic review and meta...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Hu YJ,Zhang LF,Ding C,Chen D,Chen J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The postoperative change in cervical sagittal alignment has an impact on health-related quality of life in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients who have undergone deformity correction. However, the effect of deformity correction on sagittal cervical profile is still controversial in the literatures....

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Luo SG,Zhong ZM,Zhu SY,Chen JT

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Deep brain stimulation is nowadays a frequently performed surgery in patients with movement disorders, intractable epilepsy, and severe psychiatric disorders. The most feared complication of this surgery is an intracerebral hemorrhage due to the electrode placement, either for intraoperative electrophysiolog...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tonge M,Ackermans L,Kocabicak E,van Kranen-Mastenbroek V,Kuijf M,Oosterloo M,Kubben P,Temel Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tic disorders are commonly considered to be childhood syndromes. Newly presenting tic disorders during adulthood are uncommon and mostly described in relation to an acquired brain lesion or as incidental tics, particularly in context with other neurological or psychiatric diseases. Tic disorder involving the ears is e...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Agrawal A,Shrestha R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posterior ischaemic neuropathy (PION) is characterized by infarction in the retrobulbar optic nerve. A 73-year-old man suddenly experienced blurred vision in his left eye and intermittent weakness in his right hand. He had visual defects of superior lateral quarter and inferior medial quarter areas in the left eye. Ga...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kawabe K,Nagaoka T,Iguchi H,Ikeda K,Iwasaki Y

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past year huge advances have been made in our ability to determine the genetic aetiology of many neurological diseases through the utilisation of next generation sequencing platforms. This technology is, on a daily basis, providing new breakthroughs in neurological disease. The aim of this article is to clear...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Keogh MJ,Chinnery PF

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients, in particular recipients of orthotopic liver transplants, receiving the immunosuppressant tacrolimus (FK-506), are at risk for developing central neurotoxic adverse events. We report the occurrence of a tacrolimus-induced peripheral neurotoxic event, i.e. pure motor axonal polyneuropathy of the lower limbs i...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： De Weerdt A,Claeys KG,De Jonghe P,Ysebaert D,Chapelle T,Roeyen G,Jorens PG

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 35-year-old woman with painful muscle cramps in both legs, this being the only symptom of the syndrome of continuous muscle fibre activity. Diagnosis was confirmed by electromyography during sleep. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： de Waal M,Bertelsmann FW,Strijers RL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 200 female patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to investigate whether pregnancy after the onset of disease influences long term disability. As an index of progression, we used the time between disease onset and wheelchair dependence. Patients who had at least one pregnancy after onset were wheelchair depe...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Verdru P,Theys P,D'Hooghe MB,Carton H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00