Prediction of effectiveness of shunting in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus by cerebral blood flow measurement and computed tomography cisternography.

abstract：:Two patients with unusually large dorsal internal carotid artery aneurysms manifesting as subarachnoid hemorrhage are described. Surgery in both cases resulted in intraoperative rupture of the sac. The outcome was poor in the first patient and excellent in the second. The importance of wide exposure of the proximal an...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Diraz A,Kobayashi S,Gibo H,Ohsawa M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute coagulopathy is common after traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly in severe cases of acute subdural hemorrhage (ASDH). Although acute coagulopathy is associated with poor outcomes, the optimal treatment strategy remains unknown. Here, we report the initial results of an empirical cryoprecipitate transfusio...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shibahashi K,Nishimura S,Sugiyama K,Hoda H,Hamabe Y,Fujita H

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old male presented with a recurrent solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) arising from the falx cerebri with intraventricular extension manifesting as nausea and vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the heterogeneously enhanced tumor in the falx, which extended to the bilateral lateral ventricles and the third...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Teranishi K,Yamamoto T,Nakao Y,Osada H,Wada R,Mori K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old man presented with chronic cranial subdural hematomas (SDHs) associated with spinal SDH manifesting as onset of severe lumbago revealed in the follow up for bilateral subdural effusions after trauma. Left chronic cranial SDH was first identified. Two months after evacuation of the left chronic cranial SD...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hagihara N,Abe T,Kojima K,Watanabe M,Tabuchi K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old man presented with a hyperplastic anomalous anterior choroidal artery (AChA) associated with a ruptured internal carotid artery aneurysm at the origin of a perforating artery manifesting as sudden onset of headache and vomiting. The aneurysm was too small for endovascular embolization, so we performed op...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Misaki K,Uchiyama N,Nitta H,Hamada J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male neonate with vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation developed fetal heart failure after a gestation period of 37 weeks. Labor was induced, but a cesarean section had to be performed because of fetal distress. His Apgar scores were 2/8 at birth. The boy required controlled ventilation due to generalized seizure a...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Komiyama M,Nishikawa M,Yasui T,Kitano S,Sakamoto H,Inoue T

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic computed tomographic (DCT) scans with iodine contrast enhancement were compared with simultaneously obtained xenon CT studies of cerebral blood flow (CBF) in 15 patients with subacute or chronic cerebrovascular ischemic disease. Specifically, the width and corrected first moment (cMT1), as demonstrated by DCT,...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Terada T,Kikuchi H,Kuriyama Y,Nagata I,Yamagata S,Naruo Y,Minamikawa J,Kaneko T,Sawada T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man presented with a meningioma associated with hyperostotic bone containing little tumor cell infiltration. The patient presented with a growing mass on his right forehead and exophthalmos. Computed tomography (CT) taken 4 years previously revealed only hyperostosis without intracranial lesion. Repeat C...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Min JH,Kang SH,Lee JB,Chung YG,Lee HK

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perimesencephalic nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (PNSAH) is a benign form of subarachnoid hemorrhage and is usually not associated with any focal deficit. We describe two rare cases of PNSAH with unilateral third cranial nerve palsy. Both patients were treated conservatively. The outcomes of our two cases were ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sadamasa N,Sano N,Takeda N,Yoshida K,Narumi O,Chin M,Yamagata S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy sometimes complain of cognitive dysfunction, which may be coincidence. However, cognitive dysfunction may be related to disorders of the cervical spine and/or spinal cord. This study investigated cognitive dysfunction in patients with cervical spinal disorders. A total of ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hoshimaru M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old female presented with suprasellar ectopic pituitary adenoma manifesting as visual disturbances. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated intact pituitary gland and suprasellar cystic tumor, with a preoperative diagnosis of craniopharyngioma. At surgery, the tumor was identified as a suprasell...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kohno M,Sasaki T,Narita Y,Teramoto A,Takakura K

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old female presented with a large upper basilar artery (BA) aneurysm causing obstructive hydrocephalus after coil embolization manifesting as diplopia. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR angiography showed a large BA top aneurysm. Coil embolization was performed. More than 6 months after the first coil e...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sato M,Nakai Y,Takigawa T,Takano S,Matsumura A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old woman and a 55-year-old woman were treated with gamma knife surgery (GKS) for occipital arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Angiography confirmed complete nidus obliterations 2 years after GKS. However, both patients complained of chronic headache and visual symptoms from around 7 years after GKS. Magnetic...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oyoshi T,Hirahara K,Uetsuhara K,Yatsushiro K,Arita K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old man presented with a large mass bulging over the suprazygomatic temporal region. Neuroradiological examination showed that the huge extra-axial mass with osteolytic character originated from the upper surface of the petrous bone. Preoperative obliteration of the feeding arteries with super-selective intr...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsui T,Iwamuro K,Ishikawa T,Asano T,Itoyama S,Tabe H

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old man presented with a large cerebellopontine angle meningioma manifesting as a 1-year history of deafness on the right side, in whom hearing was restored from the deaf state immediately after tumor resection. Neuroimaging demonstrated a large mass in the right cerebellopontine angle, originating at the re...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Katsuta T,Inoue T,Uda K,Masuda A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman without diabetes or hypertension presented with a large posterior communicating artery aneurysm projecting beneath the oculomotor nerve manifesting as a 2-week history of progressive diplopia. Neurological examination revealed external ophthalmoplegia and blepharoptosis without pupil involvement. N...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Motoyama Y,Nonaka J,Hironaka Y,Park YS,Nakase H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of irrigation with artificial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) containing various magnesium ion (Mg(2+)) concentrations on vasospastic arteries was investigated in the dog. Cerebral vasospasm was induced by the experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage model in 15 beagle dogs. Cisternal irrigation was performed for 1 h...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mori K,Yamamoto T,Miyazaki M,Hara Y,Koike N,Nakao Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old man presented with acute onset of visual loss in his right eye. He was treated under a diagnosis of retinal artery thrombosis. Ultrasonography revealed obstruction of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery (ICA). He had no risk factor for stroke and he denied any history of trauma. Follow-up ultrasonogr...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akiyama Y,Tanaka M,Hayashi J,Fujimoto M,Harada K,Nakahara I,Taniwaki Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old male presented with a pineal region germinoma with hearing impairment as the chief complaint. Magnetic resonance image demonstrated a well-enhanced multi-cystic tumor extending into the upper fourth ventricle and wall of the bilateral lateral ventricles. Audiometry revealed bilateral mild hearing impair...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Islam MS,Asano K,Tabata H,Ohkuma H,Suzuki S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between various clinical parameters and MIB-1 (Ki-67) staining indices was evaluated in 58 acoustic neurinomas. The index ranged from 0.37% to 6.61% (mean 1.70%), and did not correlate with age, sex, or initial tumor volume. Sixteen of the 18 tumors removed subtotally or partially showed regrowth, and ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yokoyama M,Matsuda M,Nakasu S,Nakajima M,Handa J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few clinical studies in the area of cervical spine that focused on surgery for treating degenerative lumbar disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). High rates of wound complications and instrumentation failure have been reported more for RA than for non-RA patients, although clinical outcom...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mitsuyama T,Kubota M,Yuzurihara M,Mizuno M,Hashimoto R,Ando R,Okada Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increased risk of stroke during pregnancy and the puerperium. Decisions should be made immediately upon transfer to each institution, particularly with respect to when and how to treat the patient. This review highlights the feasibility of endovascular treatment in pregnancy. Most of the pharmaceutical age...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishii A,Miyamoto S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old mentally handicapped female with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia complicated by pulmonary arteriovenous fistula developed a recurrent brain abscess in the left frontal region. She responded well to surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy. Previously, she had two brain abscesses of the left parieto...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kikuchi K,Kowada M,Shioya H,Shioya T

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old female with a past history of gastric cancer presented with altered mental status, a few seizures, and low-grade fever. Lumbar puncture revealed elevated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure, lymphocytic pleocytosis, elevated protein level, remarkably decreased glucose level, and presence of cryptococcal a...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kuwahara S,Kawada M,Uga S

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old female presented subarachnoid hemorrhage from an aneurysm arising from the anterior (dorsal) wall of the internal carotid artery (ICA). During four-vessel angiography, an extravasated saccular pooling of contrast medium emerged in the suprasellar area unrelated to any arterial branch. The saccular poolin...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Okuchi K,Fujioka M,Maeda Y,Nonaka M,Sakaki T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-month-old boy presented with a rare case of intramedullary teratoma extending from T1 to S5 and associated with a lumbosacral lipoma. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the tumor extended over the lipoma. Since the tumor could not be clearly demarcated from the spinal cord, surgery was performed under a preoperativ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishiguro S,Nagashima T,Yamamoto K,Kanekawa K,Yoshida M,Kondoh T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangioblastoma in the suprasellar region is rare. We present a case of a suprasellar hemangioblastoma that underwent surgical resection using an extended endoscopic transsphenoidal approach. A 64-year-old female patient presented with headache and decreased visual acuity for the last four years, computed tomography ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Xie T,Zhang X,Hu F,Wang X,Wang J,Yu Y,Chen L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old female was stabbed by her husband with a chopstick made of wood in the left temporal region during a quarrel. She suffered laceration of the left temporal scalp. At initial examination, she concealed the assault with a chopstick. Radiography showed no abnormality, so the wound was sutured. One month afte...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ochiai H,Yamakawa Y,Fukushima T,Yamada H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old female presented with right trigeminal neuralgia. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated a tumor attached to the right petrous apex. MR imaging also revealed that the trigeminal nerve was compressed and distorted by the tumor. Tumor removal and microvascular decompression (M...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kuroki A,Kayama T,Song J,Saito S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old male presented with a rare case of spontaneous vertebral arteriovenous fistula manifesting as radiculopathy of the right arm, subsequently associated with pulsating tinnitus and vascular bruit in the nape. He had a past history of chiropractic-induced vertebrobasilar infarction. Angiography showed a simp...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yoshida S,Nakazawa K,Oda Y

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00