New grading system to predict resectability of anterior clinoid meningiomas.

abstract：:Several structures including subthalamic nucleus (STN), the caudal zona incerta (cZI), the prelemniscal radiation (Raprl), and the thalamic ventral intermediate nucleus (Vim) have been reported to be useful for improving symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the effect of each target is still unclear. Therefo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sasagawa A,Enatsu R,Kitagawa M,Mikami T,Nakayama-Kamada C,Kuribara T,Hirano T,Arihara M,Mikuni N

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients presented with intracranial hemorrhage mainly consisting of acute subdural hematoma (ASDH), who had all undergone aneurysm clipping 2-20 years earlier. Whether the clips had slipped or new trauma had caused the bleeding was difficult to determine, since the initial computed tomography showed that the sub...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Imaizumi S,Owada K,Onuma T,Kameyama M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old woman presented with a case of post-traumatic ethmoidal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak that was repaired using a purely endoscopic endonasal approach. Six weeks after a mild domestic maxillofacial trauma, she started complaining of clear, watery discharge from the left nostril and headache. Neuroimaging ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Komatsu M,Komatsu F,Cavallo LM,Solari D,Stagno V,Inoue T,Cappabianca P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two rare cases of multiple meningiomas in both the intracranial and spinal regions. A 64-year-old female presented with a right sphenoidal ridge meningioma and a cervical extramedullary meningioma. Tumor histology was transitional and vacuolated types, respectively. The tumors were removed successfu...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kannuki S,Soga T,Hondo H,Matsumoto K,Takada K,Makino A

更新日期：1991-11-01 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：:The expression of Wilms' tumor gene WT1 protein was investigated immunohistochemically in 73 glial tumors, including 60 astrocytic tumors, eight oligodendroglial tumors, and five ependymal tumors. WT1 protein was detected in 70 of the 73 glial tumors (95.9%) examined. Almost all glioblastomas, anaplastic astrocytomas,...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hashiba T,Izumoto S,Kagawa N,Suzuki T,Hashimoto N,Maruno M,Yoshimine T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the case of an 11-day-old boy with high fever and signs of meningeal irritation in whom computed tomography demonstrated a large brain abscess with intracystic hemorrhage in the right temporal lobe. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis indicated purulent meningitis caused by Escherichia coli. After aspira...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakagawa Y,Shinno K,Akaike Y,Fujimoto N,Okajima K,Matsumoto K

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic stress and chronic inflammation are closely associated with the pathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms (IAs). However, the hemodynamic and biological mechanisms triggering IA formation remain to be elucidated. To clarify them, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and histopathological analyses in the early p...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kataoka H,Yagi T,Ikedo T,Imai H,Kawamura K,Yoshida K,Nakamura M,Aoki T,Miyamoto S

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between hyperperfusion and temporary clipping was evaluated to determine the safe limit for the duration of temporary clipping in aneurysm surgery. Twenty-one patients surgically treated for a ruptured aneurysm were examined using xenon-enhanced computed tomography on postoperative days 4 to 13. Eight...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Araki Y,Andoh H,Yamada M,Nakatani K,Andoh T,Sakai N

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) are expected to be useful donor sources for cell transplantation therapy in Parkinson's disease. However, control of the differentiational lineage, especially into dopaminergic neurons, is still difficult. Thus, genetic modification of NPCs to produce l-dopa is potentially useful. The pr...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kodama Y,Hida H,Jung CG,Baba H,Isono M,Kobayashi H,Nishino H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-month-old boy and a 29-year-old woman presented with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) following therapy for primary malignant brain tumor. Both received intensive alkylating agent doses for induction and maintenance chemotherapy combined with craniospinal or cranial radiation for medulloblastoma and anaplastic astro...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sugiyama K,Kurisu K,Arita K,Taniguchi E,Okamura T,Itoh Y,Yamasaki F,Kajiwara Y,Ueda H,Sakai A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old woman with a history of viral influenza infection was admitted with rapidly progressive numbness and weakness of the right extremities. On admission, general physical examination revealed no abnormality. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed no abnormal findings. Brain computed tomography and magnetic reso...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akimoto J,Nakajima N,Saida A,Haraoka J,Kudo M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gravimetric method to determine the tissue water content is widely used for studying brain edema because the tissue water content can be calculated from only the density of the wet tissue using a gradient column. This method has been used in only a few studies of cerebellar water content. We estimated the water co...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hayazaki K,Matsuoka Y,Kan M,Hakuba A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) were studied in 15 adults with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) before and after shunting. The patients were divided into Groups A (shunt-ineffective) and B (shunt-effective). The pre- and postoperative ABRs of each patient were compared with those of 20 normal voluntee...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hashimoto K,Shibasaki H,Tabuchi K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old male with two mycotic aneurysms associated with infective endocarditis was treated by endovascular surgery before mitral valve replacement. Angiography revealed a ruptured proximal aneurysm and an unruptured distal aneurysm on the right middle cerebral artery. The ruptured aneurysm was successfully treat...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Watanabe A,Hirano K,Ishii R

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The committee of Brain Tumor Registry of Japan (BTRJ) was founded in 1973 and conducts surveys and analyses of incidence, therapeutic methods, and treatment outcomes of primary and metastatic brain tumors with the cooperation of the Japan Neurosurgical Society members. Newly diagnosed 3,000-4,000 primary brain tumors ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Narita Y,Shibui S,Committee of Brain Tumor Registry of Japan Supported by the Japan Neurosurgical Society.

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:Blood blister-like aneurysms are dangerous aneurysms with fragile walls arising from the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA). Primary treatment of these aneurysms in the acute stage is challenging, due to the substantial risk of periprocedural bleeding. We describe a series of 4 patients who presented with rupt...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishikawa T,Mutoh T,Nakayama N,Yasuda H,Nomura M,Kazumata K,Moroi J,Yasui N

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the specific thyroid condition and thyroid autoantibodies in adult moyamoya disease (MMD) according to clinical presentation (ischemia vs. hemorrhage stroke). In addition, a meta-analysis was performed to reveal the association between adult MMD and elevated thyroid function, o...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ahn JH,Jeon JP,Kim JE,Ha EJ,Cho WS,Park YJ,Cho NH,Choi HS,Kang HS,Son YJ,Bang JS,Oh CW

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Large numbers of T lymphocytes were successfully cultured for use in adoptive immunotherapy using immobilized anti-CD3 antibody. This method allows more than 1.5 x 10(10) T lymphocytes to be cultured within 2 weeks from only 20 ml of blood. Proliferated T lymphocytes were less cytotoxic than lymphokine-activated kille...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamazaki T,Sekine T

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：:We apply endovascular coiling as the first treatment option for ruptured pericallosal artery aneurysms. We conducted a retrospective analysis of the clinical and radiological outcomes of this treatment strategy and morphological factors associated with the success of endovascular coiling, to assess the safety and feas...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamazaki T,Sonobe M,Kato N,Kasuya H,Ikeda G,Nakamura K,Ito Y,Tsuruta W,Nakai Y,Matsumura A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high concentration of a type of cholic acid, 7 alpha-hydroxy-3-oxo-4-cholestenoic acid, is observed in the content of chronic subdural hematoma. To investigate the possible causes, the level of this compound was measured in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients who underwent surgery for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrh...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nagata K,Seyama Y,Shimizu T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with giant intracavernous internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms were intolerant to balloon test occlusion of the ICA, and later developed spontaneous thrombosis of the aneurysm and the parent ICA without ischemic sequelae. Case 1: A 60-year-old female with a giant right intracavernous ICA aneurysm prese...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kurokawa R,Kuroshima Y,Yoshida K,Kawase T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman, with a one-year history of headache, gait disturbance, and slight aphasia, was transferred to our hospital after head injury. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography revealed a large meningioma with peripheral edema. However, priority was given to previously planned gynecological s...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kano T,Kobayashi M,Yoshida K,Kawase T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya disease can be associated with a rapidly progressive course in young patients. This report describes a patient with moyamoya disease who experienced rapid disease progression, resulting in cerebral infarction and a wide area of diminished cerebral perfusion. Double superficial temporal artery (STA)-middle cer...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yokosawa M,Hayashi T,Shirane R,Tominaga T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old woman presented with a partially thrombosed giant aneurysm of the vertebral artery (VA) manifesting as a 3-month history of left hemiparesis. She developed subarachnoid hemorrhage during hospitalization and underwent emergency surgery for surgical proximal clipping and ventricular drainage with decompres...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Terakawa Y,Yamamura A,Murayama N,Kimura H,Nakagawa T,Fujishige M,Nunomura K,Ogawa D,Hashi K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old woman presented with a rare anaplastic ganglioglioma in the right cerebellopontine angle manifesting as dizziness persisting for 2 weeks. Preoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a partially enhanced cystic lesion of the right cerebellopontine angle. The tumor was subtotally removed through ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsuzaki K,Uno M,Kageji T,Hirose T,Nagahiro S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-month-old boy was admitted to our hospital in a semicomatose state after a minor head injury. Computed tomography (CT) scans revealed a posterior interhemispheric and a thin convexity subdural hematoma. Two and a half hours later, repeated CT scans disclosed a development of the right hemispheric diffuse low dens...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyata I,Masaoka T,Nishiura T,Harada Y,Ishimitsu H,Mano S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00