Pineal region tumor manifesting initially as hearing impairment.

abstract：:A 67-year-old female presented with multiple dural arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) manifesting as dementia rapidly progressing over 2 months. The initial diagnosis was Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease based on the acute clinical course. However, angiography eventually revealed multiple dural AVFs involving the bilateral convex...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Abe K,Okuda O,Ohishi H,Sonobe M,Arai H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External lumbar drainage (ELD) is recognized as a screening method for ventriculo-peritoneal shunting (VPS) candidacy for possible normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). This study focused on the ELD predictability of the cognitive outcome after VPS for NPH. In addition, Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsy...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakatsu D,Fukuhara T,Chaytor NS,Phatak VS,Avellino AM

更新日期：2016-01-01 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

abstract：:A female baby was born at 37 weeks and 6 days gestation by vaginal delivery with omphalocele, exstrophy of the cloaca, and imperforate anus, indicating the presence of OEIS complex, a rare combination of defects consisting of omphalocele (O), exstrophy of the cloaca (E), imperforate anus (I), and spinal deformity (S),...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tokunaga S,Morioka T,Hashiguchi K,Samura K,Yoshida F,Miyagi Y,Yoshiura T,Yamanouchi T,Sasaki T

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigonocephaly involves premature fusion of both the metopic suture and the sutures in the skull base. Surgical treatment by opening of the prematurely fused metopic suture and expansion of the anterior cranial base by creating "neosutures" was used to treat three children with trigonocephaly. The combination of later...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Moriyama E,Beck H,Iseda K,Saitoh N,Sakurai M,Matsumoto Y

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old woman with Chiari I malformation presented with spinal cord edema preceding syringomyelia manifesting as a 5-month history of nuchal pain and numbness of the upper extremities. Magnetic resonance imaging showed spinal cord edema, a poorly defined syrinx at the C-2 to T-2 levels, and distorted cerebellar ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Itoh Y,Kuwahara N,Sasajima T,Mizoi K,Hatazawa J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontal sinus infection after incorrect treatment of an opened frontal sinus may require extended approaches. This article aims to introduce modified cranialization technique and secondary cranioplasty for frontal sinus infection involving the frontal sinus outflow tract after craniotomy. Eight patients with delayed o...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yoshioka N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 81-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital after suffering loss of consciousness. Computed tomography revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage. Angiography revealed middle cerebral artery fenestration and a ruptured aneurysm arising from the inferior limb of the fenestrated artery. Coil embolization of the aneurysm ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamaguchi S,Ito O,Suzuki S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya disease is a chronic, occlusive cerebrovascular disease with unknown etiology characterized by bilateral steno-occlusive changes at the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery and an abnormal vascular network at the base of the brain. Recent advances in molecular biology and genetic research have prov...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fujimura M,Tominaga T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous microcompression of the trigeminal ganglion (PMTG) was performed in nine elderly patients (> 70 years) with trigeminal neuralgia and six patients with atypical neuralgia under short-acting anesthesia using propofol. Two patients had postherpetic neuralgia and two had postoperative neuralgia following remo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mizuno M,Saito K,Takayasu M,Yoshida J

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Sixty patients with anterior clinoid meningiomas (mean age 48 years) were surgically treated. There was a slight female predominance. Headache and visual impairment were the commonest clinical symptoms at presentation. The patients were classified on the basis of extent of the visual impairment, size of the tumor, and...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Goel A,Gupta S,Desai K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphological changes in the vascular endothelium caused by the administration of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were studied in an experimental model of rat brain tumors. Wistar rats bearing implanted C6 glioma received human natural-type TNF-alpha (1.7 x 10(5) U/m2) through the carotid artery and were s...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Isaka T,Yoshimine T,Maruno M,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebral arteriovenous fistula (VAVF), which can cause subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) when having a perimedurally drainage, has been reported as a rare vascular abnormality in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). In addition, extracranial vertebral aneurysm (EVAn) coexisting with VAVF and NF-1 is considered ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Maki Y,Ishibashi R,Fukuda H,Kobayashi M,Chin M,Yamagata S

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old woman with severe mitral valve regurgitation due to infectious endocarditis was transferred to our institute in a deep coma with intracerebral hemorrhage and acute subdural hematoma. She had no history of head injury. Brain computed tomography revealed left frontoparietal intracerebral hematoma and adjac...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamakawa H,Hattori T,Tanigawara T,Enomoto Y,Ohkuma A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of ruptured tectal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) that was demonstrated angiographically only after removal of an unruptured occipital AVM. A 57-year-old man presented with sudden onset of diplopia and tinnitus. Computed tomography revealed a small hemorrhage in the right tectum mesencephali with in...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Komatsu F,Sakamoto S,Takemura Y,Nonaka M,Ohta M,Oshiro S,Tsugu H,Fukushima T,Inoue T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly and low Karnofsky performance status (KPS) patients have been excluded from most prospective trials. This retrospective study investigated glioblastoma treatment outcomes, including those of elderly and low KPS patients, and analyzed the prognostic factors using the medical records of 107 consecutive patients,...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Uzuka T,Aoki H,Natsumeda M,Takahashi H,Fujii Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old male presented with choroid plexus carcinoma in the left lateral ventricle manifesting as dysarthria and gait disturbance. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a homogeneously enhanced mass in the trigone of the left lateral ventricle. Selective left posterior cerebral arteriography showed the tumor was fed...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hashizume A,Kodama Y,Hotta T,Yuki K,Taniguchi E,Eguchi K,Yamasaki F,Katayama S,Yamane T,Hada Y

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several means of establishing a useful experimental model of cerebral venous hypertension were examined in rats. Retrograde embolization with an autologous blood clot passed through a catheter inserted in an external jugular vein, combined with ligation of the contralateral external jugular vein, was found to produce ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kurokawa Y,Hashi K,Okuyama T,Sasaki S

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the B-chain of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) was analyzed in 29 human brain tumors (4 astrocytomas, 7 glioblastomas, 3 medulloblastomas, 3 oligodendrogliomas, 7 meningiomas, and others) using monoclonal antibody after digestion with alkaline phosphatase, and compared with proliferative activi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakamura T,Takeshita I,Inamura T,Tashima T,Fukui M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental venous anomalies (DVAs), previously called venous angiomas, are the most frequently encountered cerebral vascular malformations. However, DVA is considered to be rather an extreme developmental anatomical variation of medullary veins than true malformation. DVAs are composed of dilated medullary veins co...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Aoki R,Srivatanakul K

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-year-old Chinese male patient presented with an extremely rare case of spinal teratoma with neuronal and glial tissue components manifesting as lower back pain and radiating pain to the leg. Subtotal excision of the tumor was conducted. Histological examination revealed a mature teratoma with neuronal and glial t...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Gu W,Shang H,Jin X,Xie J,Zhao W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old female patient presented with hemorrhage from a cerebellar cavernous malformation manifesting as headache and vomiting. She died of massive rebleeding within 1 week of the previous hemorrhage. The natural history of cavernous malformations was considered relatively benign, with significant hemorrhage bei...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yoshimoto Y,Wakai S,Ochiai C,Okuhata S,Nagai M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We classified the results of preoperative auditory brainstem response (ABR) in 121 patients with useful hearing and considered the utility of preoperative ABR as a preliminary assessment for intraoperative monitoring. Wave V was confirmed in 113 patients and was not confirmed in 8 patients. Intraoperative ABR could no...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Aihara N,Murakami S,Takahashi M,Yamada K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 15-year-old boy with achondroplasia developed right hemifacial spasm associated with headache, vomiting, and hearing disturbance. Computed tomography showed hydrocephalus. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was placed. His hydrocephalus subsequently resolved, the hemifacial spasm and headache disappeared, and his hearing ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamashita S,Matsumoto Y,Tamiya T,Kawanishi M,Ogawa D,Nagao S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser-Doppler (LD) flowmetry was used to measure tissue perfusion non-invasively and continuously during neurosurgical operations using an LD scanner. Scanning was usually completed in 20 seconds. Measurements were processed in software to provide a color-coded image of the tissue perfusion. Moreover, the measurement ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakase H,Kaido T,Okuno S,Hoshida T,Sakaki T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is easily overlooked in patients with central nervous system (CNS) lesions. Our clinical experience of three patients with CNS lesions associated with HHT stresses the importance of considering HHT. A 23-year-old male presented with consciousness disturbance and right hemipa...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kuwayama K,Takase K,Kashihara M,Hondo H,Shigekiyo T,Takimoto O,Matsubara S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors responsible for the development of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are not well known. Patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) have cutaneous vascular dysplasia and a high propensity to develop systemic and cerebral AVMs. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) complex has ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Malik G,Abdulrauf S,Yang XY,Gutierrez JA,Rempel SA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional digital subtraction angiography (DSA) identified a right carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF). Three-dimensional DSA (3D-DSA) was used to evaluate the CCF before treatment. The 3D-DSA images showed the anatomical relationship of the parent artery and the veins, which was difficult to understand on conventional...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishida F,Kojima T,Kawaguchi K,Hoshino T,Murao K,Taki W

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse effects of intravenous acetazolamide administration for evaluation of cerebrovascular reactivity using brain perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) were prospectively investigated in 100 patients with major cerebral artery, atherosclerotic, and steno-occlusive diseases. All patients under...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Saito H,Ogasawara K,Suzuki T,Kuroda H,Kobayashi M,Yoshida K,Kubo Y,Ogawa A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00