Epidermoid tumor within Meckel's cave--case report.

abstract：:A 32-year-old man presented with subependymoma in the lateral ventricle causing intraventricular hemorrhage and manifesting as severe headache and disturbance of consciousness. Computed tomography on admission showed a massive intraventricular hemorrhage and acute obstructive hydrocephalus. Cerebral angiography reveal...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akamatsu Y,Utsunomiya A,Suzuki S,Endo T,Suzuki I,Nishimura S,Ezura M,Suzuki H,Uenohara H,Tominaga T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical features of high risk brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) are well characterized. However, pathological evidences about the differences that are possessed by high risk patients are still lacking. We reviewed archived routine hematoxylin-eosin specimens from a total of 54 surgical treated BAVMs. The hist...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hermanto Y,Takagi Y,Yoshida K,Ishii A,Kikuchi T,Funaki T,Mineharu Y,Miyamoto S

更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an unusual case of arteriovenous communication between extracranial and intracranial vessels, accompanied by incidentally detected bilateral arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa. A 52-year-old male was admitted with a sudden onset of headache, vomiting, and conjunctival hyperemia of the right...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kadota K,Asakura T,Kusumoto K,Kodama S,Okahara K,Miyanohara O,Kawasaki T,Kasamo S

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cine-magnetic resonance (MR) imaging examinations were performed in 10 patients with middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts to evaluate communication between the cysts and the normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space. Eight of 10 patients were evaluated by time of flight cine-MR imaging, and two by phase contrast cine-MR ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Eguchi T,Taoka T,Nikaido Y,Shiomi K,Fujimoto T,Otsuka H,Takeuchi H

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old woman presented with complaints of low back pain and sciatica on the left persisting for 2 years. She had undergone left hemilaminectomy and discectomy for L4-5 intervertebral disc herniation at another medical center. Spinal computed tomography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a mass lesion ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Turgut M,Akyüz O,Ozsunar Y,Kacar F

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the surgical anatomy for the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) to the ventrolateral skull base. The ventrolateral skull base can be divided into two segments: the upper lateral and lower lateral skull base. The upper lateral skull base includes the cavernous sinus and the orbit, while the lower ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oyama K,Tahara S,Hirohata T,Ishii Y,Prevedello DM,Carrau RL,Froelich S,Teramoto A,Morita A,Matsuno A

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two young adult males presented with paranasal sinus osteoma associated with mucocele. A 20-year-old man presented with headache and seizure, and another 20-year-old man presented with headache, frontal deformity, and visual disturbances. Both patients underwent surgery and satisfactory results were obtained. Isolated...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akay KM,Ongürü O,Sirin S,Celasun B,Gönül E,Timurkaynak E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old boy presented with headache, visual disturbance, and psychomotor seizures persisting for 7 months. He had mild hemiparesis and homonymous hemianopia on the left. Neuroimaging showed bilateral temporal lobe masses with calcification and cysts. The right temporal mass was subtotally resected. The histologic...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Maruyama K,Morita A,Shibahara J,Nakazato Y,Kirino T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old man presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage from a small brainstem arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Cerebral angiography showed a small AVM in the lateral midbrain, which was fed by a basilar perforating artery, and drained into the right transverse pontine vein and superior petrous vein. Endovascular em...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Morihiro Y,Harada K,Kato S,Ishihara H,Shirao S,Nakayama H,Akimura T,Suzuki M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presented with rare isolated recurrence of granulocytic sarcoma. A 29-year-old male presented with an extra- and intracranial mass 10 years after bone marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia. A 34-year-old female presented with an intracranial mass 3 years after complete remission of acute mye...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Xu Q,Wang M,You Q,Wang H,Ye K,Zhan R,Zhou Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of porencephaly in a 33-year-old male is presented. The patient exhibited right hemiparesis and generalized seizures. Computed tomography and, subsequently, craniotomy revealed a cerebral defect in the left parietal lobe, which communicated with the lateral ventricle. On angiography and at surgery, the cortical...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumae M,Yoshioka M,Muraoka I,Morita A,Mannen T,Kaku S,Tsubai F

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of endovascular interventions based on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for acute ischemic stroke caused by embolic carotid T occlusion was assessed. Endovascular intervention was performed in 10 of 751 consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients admitted to our institution between April 2001 and July 2003....

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Watanabe M,Mori T,Imai K,Izumoto H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous angiomas (CAs) and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) sometimes show growth or de novo appearance. Proliferative capacity of the endothelium is evident in such malformations. Intermediate filament nestin is a newly identified marker for proliferative endothelium, which was originally detected in the neuroepi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shimizu T,Sugawara K,Tosaka M,Imai H,Hoya K,Takeuchi T,Sasaki T,Saito N

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide dismutase (SOD) expression in tumor tissues was investigated in 10 cases of medulloblastoma by immunohistochemistry, using a monoclonal antibody against human copper and zinc-superoxide dismutase. Abundant SOD was expressed in tumors from patients with poor outcomes and little SOD in patients with good outc...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kurisaka M,Mori K

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of thoracic epidural angiolipoma in a 38-year-old female with clinical, radiological, and histological findings including magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging can provide preoperative diagnosis of spinal angiolipoma, and complete removal can achieve a successful outcome. The pos...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shibata Y,Sugimoto K,Matsuki T,Nose T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old female with transient vertigo and a 51-year-old female with headache and numbness of the hand presented with four vessel occlusion of the cerebral arteries (bilateral internal carotid arteries and bilateral vertebral arteries). This is an extremely rare entity, and the clinicoradiological features are no...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Okada Y,Shima T,Nishida M,Kagawa R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old woman presented with a solitary neurofibroma in an unusual presacral location without neurofibromatosis manifesting as bilateral chronic sciatica for 2 years. She was initially considered as having a giant right ovarian mass, but was referred with a prediagnosis of solitary giant sacral nerve sheath tumo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Topsakal C,Erol FS,Ozercan I,Murat A,Gurates B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in ischemia was evaluated by detecting the expression of neuronal NOS (nNOS), endothelial NOS (eNOS), and inducible NOS (iNOS) by the immunohistochemical method in the rat model of middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. Transient MCA occlusion (2 hours) was induced in 32...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Niwa M,Inao S,Takayasu M,Kawai T,Kajita Y,Nihashi T,Kabeya R,Sugimoto T,Yoshida J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Four patients presented with rare spinal subdural hematoma (SDH) occurring after intracranial aneurysm surgery and manifesting as postoperative back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging performed from 4 to 11 days after the operation showed acute or subacute thoracolumbar SDH. No patient had risk factors for bleeding at t...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kim MS,Lee CH,Lee SJ,Rhee JJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:C-stopper coil (CSC) which are available for 0.018-inch inner diameter microcenter have been used for neurointervention such as transarterial embolization (TAE) of feeding artery. Although various shapes of pushable microcoils have been developed, microcoils are usually short to embolize the lesion and require lots of...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hayashi K,Horie N,Morikawa M,Nagata I

更新日期：2014-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the working conditions of female neurosurgeons in Japan, two surveys were conducted by The Japan Neurosurgical Society: one involving female neurosurgeons themselves and the other involving the chiefs of neurosurgical departments. The responses were received from 224 (43.8%) female neurosurgeons and 496...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fujimaki T,Shibui S,Kato Y,Matsumura A,Yamasaki M,Date I,Hongo K,Kuroda S,Matsumae M,Nakao N,Sakurada K,Shimokawa S,Kayama T,Gender Equality Committee of the Japan Neurosurgical Society.

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old female presented with dysphasia and slight hemiparesis following a head trauma, who had a non-treated growing skull fracture which had remained asymptomatic for about 18 years, despite an encephalocele in the left parietal region. Neuroimaging demonstrated secondary brain damage and herniated brain resul...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Onizuka K,Momma F,Ohara S,Ohyama T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic biologic modeling was used to calculate the transfer rate constant for gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid (Gd-DTPA) and capillary permeability in the outer membrane of chronic subdural hematomas and effusions. Following intravenous Gd-DTPA injection, Gd concentrations in the subdural fluid and in t...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mori K,Adachi K,Cho K,Ishimaru S,Maeda M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retrolabyrinthine presigmoid transpetrosal approach is a modification of the subtemporal approach which is suitable for complete amygdalectomy. By drilling away the retrolabyrinthine presigmoid petrosal bone, at least 1 cm more space below and 1 cm more space medially is obtained than in the subtemporal approach, ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hori T,Kondo S,Takenobu A,Hirao J,Kohaya N,Takeuchi H,Watanabe T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical effects of two different types of antiplatelet drugs, cilostazol and thienopyridine drugs, were compared in patients treated by carotid artery stenting (CAS). Two hundred patients scheduled for CAS were randomized to either cilostazol or a thienopyridine drug (ticlopidine or clopidogrel). The study was co...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsutsumi M,Aikawa H,Nii K,Etou H,Sakamoto K,Kureshima M,Inoue R,Yoshida H,Matsumoto Y,Narita S,Kazekawa K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old boy presented with a pontine abscess initially misdiagnosed as brainstem glioma, but he deteriorated rapidly and developed new symptoms of respiratory distress. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a rapidly growing mass lesion in the pons. Microsurgical evacuation of the abscess via a suboccipital re...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Imai H,Ono N,Zama A,Tamura M

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical localization of prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha synthesized during recirculation following experimental forebrain ischemia was studied in Mongolian gerbils. The bilateral carotid arteries were clamped for 5 minutes, and the brains were frozen in situ after 5 minutes of recirculation. Sham-operated gerb...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakagomi T,Sasaki T,Ogawa H,Noguchi M,Saito I,Takakura K

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00