Disappearance of hemifacial spasm after ventriculoperitoneal shunting in a patient with achondroplasia--case report.

abstract：:A 60-year-old female presented with sudden onset of severe headache and back pain, followed by nausea. The initial head computed tomography (CT) scan revealed posterior fossa subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Spinal T(2)-weighted magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated SAH, and a homogeneous and slightly low signal inten...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Iihoshi S,Miyata K,Murakami T,Kaneko T,Koyanagi I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic spinal cord herniation is a rare disease, and surgical treatment is recommended for patients with motor deficits or progressive neurological symptoms. Surgery is performed to release and reposition the tethered spinal cord. In terms of repositioning and prevention of reherniation, various procedures have be...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akutsu H,Takada T,Nakai K,Tsuda K,Sakane M,Aita I,Matsumura A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old woman presented with a rare case of endodermal cyst located ventral to the lower brain stem manifesting as recurrent aseptic meningitis. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a cystic mass located ventral to the lower brain stem and extending from the prepontine to the upper cer...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsunaga S,Fujitsu K,Yagishita S,Ichikawa T,Takemoto Y,Takeda Y,Miyahara K,Niino H,Shiina T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man presented with a ruptured aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery (ACoA) complex anomaly with the neck of the aneurysm located in the upper ACoA. The right pterional approach was performed 2 days after admission. Retraction of the frontal lobe exposed the lower half of the ACoA complex consisti...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Namiki J,Doumoto Y

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) porous material (GORE(®) PRECLUDE(®) Dura Substitute) does not degenerate or deteriorate in vivo, and is currently used as artificial dura mater. This material does not adhere well to the surrounding tissues, but cerebrospinal fluid leakage along the suture line has been observ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

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

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old male presented with a spinal neurinoma originating from the T-1 anterior root and located ventral to the spinal cord. The tumor was removed by hemilaminectomy with only partial facetectomy without costotransversectomy. No stabilization was necessary, and no complications secondary to surgery occurred. Co...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kanemoto Y,Ohnishi H,Koshimae N,Yamada T,Kim YJ,Kobitsu K,Motoyama Y

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with protein S deficiency with acquired multiple pial and dural arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) following superior sagittal sinus (SSS) thrombosis are reported. Case 1 is a 38-year-old male with protein S deficiency who developed generalized seizure due to SSS thrombosis. Local fibrinolysis was achieved in ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsubara S,Satoh K,Satomi J,Shigekiyo T,Kinouchi T,Miyake H,Nagahiro S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old female presented with a unique case of multifocal primary intracerebral malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) manifesting as partial seizure. Neuroimaging showed a mass lesion in the right frontal lobe, which was totally removed. The histological diagnosis was MFH. Follow-up neuroimaging one month after s...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mitsuhashi T,Watanabe M,Ohara Y,Hatashita S,Ueno H

更新日期：2004-05-01 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 4-month-old girl fell off a table onto the floor. Computed tomography performed 4 hours after the trauma showed a left parietal epidural hematoma (EDH) with an omega-shaped fracture line in the left parietal region. The EDH was enlarged after another 4 hours. However, the EDH showed drainage into the subgaleal space...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Chida K,Yukawa H,Mase T,Endo H,Ogasawara K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old female presented with a rare uterine leiomyosarcoma metastasis to the skull appearing as a gross mass beneath her scalp. She had no neurological or other physical symptoms on admission. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an enhanced dumbbell-shaped mass at the mid-frontal reg...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Uchino M,Endo G,Shibata I,Terao H,Kuramitsu T,Kushida Y,Nakamura N

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A huge uncal branch of the anterior choroidal artery was found in one of 22 cerebral hemispheres. The uncal artery measured 0.7 mm in diameter. It gave off small branches to the uncus, as well as a large parahippocampal artery, the accessory anterior temporal artery, and the anterior hippocampal artery. This uncal art...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Marinković S,Gibo H,Erdem A

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:Late onset cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage, such as rhinorrhea or otorrhea, is a rare complication of closed head injury. We encountered two cases of delayed CSF leakage more than 10 years after head injury. In both cases, surgical treatments were performed using intradural approaches, and the dural defects were clo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kamochi H,Kusaka G,Ishikawa M,Ishikawa S,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75-year-old man suffered acute subdural hematoma shortly after trivial head trauma. Thirteen hours after a trivial brow to the occipital region, caused by contact with a mat, he suddenly deteriorated to the level of a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 6. Computed tomography demonstrated an acute subdural hematoma on the l...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Murakami M,Kakita K,Hosokawa Y

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：: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 61-year-old woman suffered transient mydriasis and prolonged facial nerve palsy after intracisternal papaverine application subsequent to elective clipping of an unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm. The mydriasis resolved within 90 minutes, but the facial nerve dysfunction persisted for 2 months before comple...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Lang EW,Neugebauer M,Ng K,Fung V,Clouston P,Dorsch NW

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old male presented with a cystic lesion at the foramen magnum due to intracranial dissemination from a pituitary adenoma. The primary tumor had required reoperation for regrowth twice. The tumor at the foramen magnum was removed surgically. Two smaller solid tumors were located in the left parietal convexity...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shimizu K,Takamiya Y,Furuhata S,Naritaka H,Kameya T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactive bio-feedback (iBF) was initially developed for the rehabilitation of motor function in patients with neurological disorders, and subsequently yielded the development of the hybrid assistive limb (HAL). Here, we provide a review of the theory underlying HAL treatment as well as our clinical experience and r...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Morishita T,Inoue T

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse was investigated as a model system to study the growth and immunogenicity of human gliomas. Human glioma cell lines U-251MG, KNS-42, SF-188, A-172, and T-98G were injected subcutaneously into SCID mice. The cell lines U-251MG and KNS-42 grew as large, subcutaneous mass...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sawa H,Tamaki N,Kokunai T

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old boy presented with a rare case of intracranial metastasis 33 months after surgical treatment for Ewing's sarcoma of the rib. His chief complaints were headache, right hemiparesis, and disturbance of speech. Computed tomography revealed a large metastatic lesion in the left occipitoparietal region. The tu...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mizushima H,Jinbo H,Shimazu M,Abe T,Kunii N,Matsumoto K

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：:Metronidazole induced encephalopathy (MIE), an encephalopathy brought by an antibiotic, is characterized with cerebellar dysfunction, altered mental status and extrapyramidal symptoms. MIE can result in an acute manifestation, but MIE has not been reported as a stroke mimic. An 86-year-old patient undergoing metronida...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takada K,Maki Y,Kinosada M,Ishibashi R,Chin M,Yamagata S

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients with spontaneous carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas (CCFs) were treated using a variety of techniques. Three of four patients with direct CCFs underwent intravascular embolization with a detachable balloon. Embolization with polyvinyl alcohol particles through an external carotid endoarterial route...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kinugasa K,Tokunaga K,Kamata I,Mandai S,Sugiu K,Handa A,Ohmoto T

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restenosis following carotid endarterectomy is not a rare condition. Among 122 endarterectomies we experienced, five restenoses (4.1%) were encountered and treated by the second surgery. The present report clarifies the clinical profiles and pathological findings of restenosis following carotid endarterectomy. Mean ag...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamada K,Kishiguchi T,Ito M,Otsuki H,Kohmura E,Taneda M,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of ruptured intracranial aneurysm associated with moyamoya disease are presented. Endovascular treatments were performed successfully in two patients with major artery aneurysms. One patient with a collateral aneurysm was managed conservatively and follow-up angiography 1 year later demonstrated spontaneou...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Arai Y,Matsuda K,Isozaki M,Nakajima T,Kikuta K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Japan Neurosurgical Database (JND) is a prospective observational study registry established in 2017 by the Japan Neurosurgical Society (JNS) to visualize real-world clinical practice, promote science, and improve the quality of care and neurosurgery board certification in Japan. We summarize JND's aims and method...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Iihara K,Tominaga T,Saito N,Suzuki M,Date I,Fujii Y,Hongo K,Houkin K,Kato A,Kato Y,Kawamata T,Kim P,Kinouchi H,Kohmura E,Kurisu K,Maruyama K,Mikuni N,Miyamoto S,Morita A,Nakase H,Narita Y,Nishikawa R,Nozaki K

更新日期：2020-04-15 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：: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