Diffusion-weighted imaging demonstrates transient cytotoxic edema involving the corpus callosum in a patient with diffuse brain injury.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The association between peripheral facial paralysis (PFP) and HIV infection has been scarcely explained. The authors aimed to describe the association between PFP and HIV infection status, along with the related co-morbidities and the outcomes of PFP, as well as the literature review on this topic. PATIENTS ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Sathirapanya P,Fujitnirun C,Setthawatcharawanich S,Phabphal K,Limapichat K,Chayakul P,Silpapojakul K,Jaruratanasirikul S,Siripaitoon P,Chusri S,Kositpantawong N

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Fish oil is claimed to improve outcome in multiple sclerosis (MS) through anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects by reducing cytokines including TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL6, and IL-1β. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of adding fish oil to Fingolimod on these serum cytokines. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This double-blin...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Zandi-Esfahan S,Fazeli M,Shaygannejad V,Hasheminia J,Badihian S,Aghayerashti M,Maghzi H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed a retrospective study to identify factors associated with preoperative and late postoperative seizures in primary supratentorial meningiomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between July 2003 and December 2014, we extracted 303 consecutive patients who underwent primary resection for supratentorial meningi...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Hwang K,Joo JD,Kim YH,Han JH,Oh CW,Yun CH,Park SH,Kim CY

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of neurological manifestations in falciparum malaria. METHODS:We analyzed adult patients with malaria admitted from 2001 to 2003, diagnosed by asexual forms of Plasmodium falciparum in peripheral blood films and identified cases of malar...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Wasay M,Taqi A,Aziz H,Azam I,Beg MA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a condition that is frequently seen in the neurological and neurosurgical practice. Surgical treatment is overall preferred; however, conservative treatment is also an option. Both surgical and conservative treatment of CSDH vary across neurosurgeons. The aim of the present...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Laldjising ERA,Cornelissen FMG,Gadjradj PS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the clinical characteristics, aetiology, neuro-physiological characteristics, imaging findings and other investigations in a cohort of patients with non-traumatic brachial plexopathy (BP). METHODS:A 3-year retrospective study of patients with non-traumatic BP identified by electromyography (EMG)...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Mullins GM,O'Sullivan SS,Neligan A,Daly S,Galvin RJ,Sweeney BJ,McNamara B

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of multiple brain abscesses (BAs) in a 67-year-old man with symptoms of progredient disorientation and amnestic aphasia. Onset of symptoms occurred one week after surgical treatment of a perianal abscess. No other source of infection was identified and the abscesses were limited to the brain. The immu...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Doepp F,Schreiber SJ,Wandinger KP,Trendelenburg G,Valdueza JM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present series of 655 brachial plexus lesions includes 240 obstetric palsies. The results of neurophysiological and radiological examinations in these cases are often disappointing in regard to the evaluation of the severity of the lesion. Timing for surgery was according to the criterium of Gilbert: lack of clini...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Slooff AC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a unique case of secondary gliosarcoma (SGS) with widespread extra-cranial metastases that developed more than 5 years after the initial diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). This interval is the longest among the cases reported to date. METHODS:A PUBMED search using the key words "secondar...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Dawar R,Fabiano AJ,Qiu J,Khushalani NI

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among posterior fossa tumors, schwannomas arising from glossopharyngeal nerve are rare; only about 30 cases of glossopharyngeal neuroma have been described. Though a typical 'jugular foramen syndrome' has been described for tumors of this region, the clinical onset may often closely resemble that of acoustic neuromas ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Rapanà A,Lamaida E,Bracale C,Lepore P,Pizza V,Graziussi G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Several strokes of potential embolism do not clearly meet the definitions of embolic stroke with unknown source, cryptogenic stroke, or cardioembolic (CE) stroke. Considering the high mortality and recurrence of CE strokes, it is very important to detect treatable cardiac sources of embolism. Although region...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kim Y,Kim TJ,Lee SH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pseudohypoxic brain swelling, a newly defined entity, is described. The patient experienced generalized seizures and did not awake initially after a seemingly uneventful elective craniotomy for clipping of an unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm. Neuroimaging findings demonstrated diffuse brain ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Yokota H,Yokoyama K,Miyamoto K,Nishioka T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Electrical cortical stimulation mapping (ECSM) is the current gold standard functional mapping technique; however, it is burdened by several limitations. Our objective in this study is to show that extended functional mapping modalities can (1) allow neurosurgeons to map and preserve eloquent regions that ar...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Flouty O,Reddy C,Holland M,Kovach C,Kawasaki H,Oya H,Greenlee J,Hitchon P,Howard M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 27 normal subjects evoked potentials (EPs) were serially measured across an interval of 3.5 months. The variation in latencies of the P100 component of the VEP and of the components N13 and N20 of the SEP did not exceed 12% of the absolute values of these latencies on the first recording. The VEP and SEP were also ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： de Weerd AW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of brain necrosis is life-long risk of repeat radiation therapy, even after a long time interval and a moderate radiation dose. We report on a 34-year-old patient who had prophylactic cranial irradiation with 25Gy and adjuvant chemotherapy in childhood for leukaemia and in adulthood, 28 years later, th...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Koot RW,Stalpers LJ,Aronica E,Andries Bosch D

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) as part of bone cement is a widely used material in the context of orthopaedic implants and also in cranioplasty. Although PMMA is characterised by excellent biocompatibility with low intrinsic toxicity and inflammatory activation, a minor portion of patients develop allergic reactions. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Gautschi OP,Schlett CL,Fournier JY,Cadosch D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty three chronic subdural hematomas, obtained by surgery or by necropsy, were examinated. The patient age distribution curve of the non-complicated operative cases showed the highest incidence in the first year of life and also a moderate increase in the elderly group. Recurrent hemorrhage in the walls and in the ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Reuck JD,Roels H,Eecken H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 36 year-old woman who had sensorimotor and sphincter dysfunction 0.5 day after having an epidural anesthesia to deliver her baby. The patients' neurological deficits recovered gradually and she could walk without support 1.5 months after the operation. However, her neurological function deteriorated 4 m...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tseng SH,Lin SM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed computerized tomograms (CT) for basal ganglia and dentate nucleus calcifications in 79 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), 54 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 109 controls aged 50 or more. When it was determined, no patient had disturbances in calcium metabolism. We found: (1) 30 subjects out...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Vermersch P,Leys D,Pruvo JP,Clarisse J,Petit H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The apparent association between varicella zoster virus (VZV) and multiple sclerosis (MS) has been described. In patients with relapse/remission (R/R) MS we have found high loads of VZV DNA in lymphocytes and in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), as well as abundant viral particles in CSF visualized by electron micro...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ordoñez G,Martinez-Palomo A,Corona T,Pineda B,Flores-Rivera J,Gonzalez A,Chavez-Munguia B,Sotelo J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Most imaging studies of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have focused on gray matter alterations, although many MCI patients demonstrate subcortical vascular changes. We investigated the changes of the hippocampal area and various white matter areas in MCI patients with using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Shim YS,Yoon B,Shon YM,Ahn KJ,Yang DW

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The study is aimed at evaluating neuroendoscopic procedures in the management of various intra-cranial intra-ventricular lesions. METHODS:We retrospectively review 24 consecutive patients harboring various intra-ventricular lesions with or without associated hydrocephalus, operated and managed by the author...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Najjar MW,Azzam NI,Baghdadi TS,Turkmani AH,Skaf G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trigeminal neuralgia or tic douloureux is sometimes described as the most excruciating pain known to humanity. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of trigeminal neuralgia among the population of Al-Quseir city. METHODS:This study forms a part of door to door survey of major neurological disorders in Al-Q...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： El-Tallawy HN,Farghaly WM,Rageh TA,Shehata GA,Abdel Hakeem M N,Badry R,Kandil MR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cranioplasty is considered as a routine procedure in everyday neurosurgical practice for the patient with cranial defect, however, there is no established consensus on optimal surgical timing. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effect of early cranioplasty (1-3 months after DC) and late cranioplasty (3-6 months after...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Xu H,Niu C,Fu X,Ding W,Ling S,Jiang X,Ji Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented with paroxysmal choreoathetosis precipitated by movement, sound and photic stimulation associated with an arterio-venous malformation (AVM) who responded to carbamazepine treatment. Hemodynamic circulatory disorder of the sensory-motor cortices having AVM may alter striatal function and produce ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Shintani S,Shiozawa Z,Tsunoda S,Shiigai T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meige's syndrome is a rare form of segmental dystonia characterized by blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia. Medical treatment including botulinum toxin injections usually present disappointing results. The experience on Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in the treatment of Meige's syndrome and other segmenta...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Markaki E,Kefalopoulou Z,Georgiopoulos M,Paschali A,Constantoyannis C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a so-called 'butterfly vertebra' is presented. Radiography, including computed tomography, is shown. The embryology and pathogenesis of the vertebral column with respect to vertebral abnormalities are discussed, with special reference to butterfly vertebra. Finally, attention is paid to the clinical man...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： de Graaf RJ,Matricali B,Hamburger HL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients tend to develop progressive respiratory muscle weakness, leading to ventilatory failure and ineffective cough, principal causes of morbidity and mortality. Since patients are usually unaware of these symptoms, these are generally not noticed until the advanced stag...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Pirola A,De Mattia E,Lizio A,Sannicolò G,Carraro E,Rao F,Sansone V,Lunetta C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoscope has traditionally been used in neurosurgery to access a lesion within a natural body cavity. The challenge has been to access and resect deep-seated intraparenchymal lesions using a minimally invasive endoscopic technique. Endoscopic endonasal trans-sphenoidal surgery has gained increasing acceptance by ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Gao H,Liu C,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ventriculostomy is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures and an important tool in the treatment and monitoring of elevated intracranial pressure. Low accuracy has frequently been reported in the literature with risk of drain misplacement over 20% and with a need for reinsertion in up to 40%. As an ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bergdal O,Springborg JB,Holst AV,Hauerberg J,Way S,Breum P,Romner B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00