Aspergillus mycotic aneurysm--case report.

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：:Left transverse sinus thrombosis developed in a 27-year-old male with ulcerative colitis. The diagnosis was based on cerebral angiography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, the latter of which clearly delineated the intraluminal thrombus. Serial MR images demonstrated thrombus organization. The use of this method in...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Moriyama E,Shinohara C,Tokunaga K,Kamitani M,Norikane H,Matsumoto Y,Motoki M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 74-year-old male was admitted because of severe headache, vertigo, and vomiting. A computed tomographic scan showed heterogeneously enhanced tumors in the supra- and the infratentorial regions, apparently attached to the cerebellar tentorium. He died 2 months after the onset despite external decompression and a vent...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kudo H,Tanaka M,Urui S,Suzuki H,Tamaki N,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman presented with an extremely rare primary central nervous system mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma manifesting as seizure and was subsequently diagnosed with dural MALT lymphoma in the cranium. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a left frontal dural mass with peritumoral edema. Hist...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kamoshima Y,Sawamura Y,Sugiyama T,Yamaguchi S,Houkin K,Kubota K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old female presented with an uncommon mixed dural-pial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with unusual venous drainage. Angiography at the initial operation for massive intracerebral hematoma in the parietal lobe showed no vascular malformations. Follow-up angiography 3 years later revealed a mixed dural-pial ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyasaka Y,Kurata A,Saegusa H,Yuzawa I,Utsuki S,Ohwada T

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:A 17-year-old female presented with a very rare case of primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull involving the occipitotemporal region. Systemic examination found no evidence of metastasis. The tumor was surgically removed, and the patient underwent radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Fourteen months after surgery there has be...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Erol FS,Ozveren MF,Ozercan IH,Topsakal C,Akdemir I

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has not been recognized as a surgical option for hydrocephalus following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), since hydrocephalus following aneurysmal SAH is considered to result from the communicating component. However, obstructions in the ventricular system may exist, so ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fukuhara T,Shimizu T,Namba Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of spinal surgery for lumbar canal stenosis was investigated in the elderly. 164 patients with lumbar canal stenosis were surgically treated over 8 years. 125 patients were followed up by letter questionnaire. The outcome and patient satisfaction with the surgical procedures were compared between the...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hanakita J,Suwa H,Mizuno M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old male presented with a huge facial schwannoma extending into both the middle cranial fossa and the cerebellopontine angle but without manifesting facial nerve palsy. Neurological examination on admission revealed no deficits except for speech disturbance. Computed tomography showed a multicystic tumor ext...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Furuta S,Hatakeyama T,Zenke K,Nagato S

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water-soluble metabolites extracted from 20 astrocytic tumors (11 glioblastomas, 3 anaplastic astrocytomas, and 6 low-grade astrocytomas) and four normal brains were measured qualitatively and quantitatively using in vitro high-resolution proton magnetic resonance (1H-MR) spectroscopy. MR spectra from tumors exhibited...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kinoshita Y,Kajiwara H,Yokota A,Koga Y

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report describes our experience with air transfer of patients with acute ischemic stroke in whom intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA) failed for rescue endovascular therapy (EVT). Twenty-three consecutive patients in whom IV t-PA failed were transferred to our hospital for rescue EVT between ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsujimoto M,Yoshimura S,Enomoto Y,Yamada N,Matsumaru N,Kumada K,Toyoda I,Ogura S,Iwama T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with growth hormone-producing pituitary adenomas were investigated to evaluate correlations between magnetic resonance (MR) appearance and tissue characteristics, sellar expansion, suprasellar tumor extension, and tumor consistency. MR imaging could detect microadenomas with a characteristic enhancemen...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Chakrabortty S,Oi S,Yamaguchi M,Tamaki N,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study conducted risk-adjusted analyses to investigate the impacts of hospital and surgeon volumes on postoperative complications and the modified Rankin scale (mRS) after intracranial clipping of unruptured aneurysms, and to discuss the efficacy of relevant policy changes. Among 107 Japanese institutions, ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yasunaga H,Matsuyama Y,Ohe K,Japan Neurosurgical Society.

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hypoxia on glioma growth including pathological changes was investigated in an experimental model of brain ischemia in the rat C6 glioma model. C6 glioma cells were inoculated into the subcortex of adult Wistar rats. Focal cerebral ischemia near the implanted glioma area was induced by permanent middle c...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mamun MH,Kamitani H,Kinoshita Y,Tabuchi S,Wasita B,Watanabe T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior decompression of a cervical ossified posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) which involves the dura mater occasionally results in a postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Bone window computed tomography (CT) was carried out to detect dural defects in 21 patients with cervical OPLL. Twelve of 21 patients h...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hida K,Iwasaki Y,Koyanagi I,Abe H

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

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：: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 traditional hypothesis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hydrodynamics presumes that CSF is primarily produced in the choroid plexus (CP), then flows from the ventricles into the subarachnoid spaces, and mainly reabsorbed in the arachnoid granulations. This hypothesis is necessary to reconsider in view of recent resear...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyajima M,Arai H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 15-year-old girl presented with a distal anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) dissecting aneurysm manifesting as sudden onset of general tonic-clonic convulsion while singing a song. Physical and neurological examinations found headache, vomiting, right perceptive deafness, and right cerebellar ataxia. Cranial...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fukushima S,Hirohata M,Okamoto Y,Yamashita S,Ishida S,Shigemori M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man developed subdural effusion after mild head trauma, which remained unchanged in volume and density on computed tomography during a follow-up period of 7 months. However, typical chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) had developed by 9 months after the head trauma. The CSDH was successfully treated by irri...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sato M,Nakano M,Sasanuma J,Asari J,Watanabe K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old man presented with an endolymphatic sac tumor (ELST) associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease, which required four surgical procedures within 10 years. The earlier two surgeries resulted in only partial removal of the tumor because of vigorous intraoperative bleeding. Stereotactic radiation therapy was ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hashimoto M,Yokota A,Urasaki E,Imada H,Yamamoto H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old man presented with low-velocity gunshot injury in the right abdomen. Neuroimaging showed the bullet located in the L2-3 intervertebral disc space, but neurological examination found no abnormalities. Exploratory laparotomy was performed because of retroperitoneal hematoma. Two months after the gunshot in...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ceylan D,Cosar M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old woman had been followed up for 10 years for recurrence of pilocytic astrocytoma 5 years after the initial treatment consisting of subtotal resection, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. The patient presented with sudden onset of headache and vomiting. Computed tomography and T(2)*-weighted magnetic reso...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shingu T,Akiyama Y,Daisu M,Maruyama N,Matsumoto Y,Miyazaki T,Nagai H,Yamamoto Y,Yamasaki T,Yoshida M,Maruyama R,Moritake K

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:A simple new method for making a rat post-angioplasty stenosis model was developed using a single-lumen compliant balloon catheter/guidewire system and no special diet. This technique was applied to 10 9-week-old Wistar rats fed a normal diet. The catheter/guidewire system was inserted from the external carotid artery...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsuruta W,Yamamoto T,Suzuki K,Yoshida F,Matsumura A

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:The efficacy of gabapentin monotherapy was investigated against both acute or chronic radicular pain caused by lumbar disk hernia (LDH) or lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Seventy-eight patients with radicular pain, 10 males and 68 females aged 23 to 76 years (mean 49.4 years), caused by LSS in 45 patients or LDH in 33 p...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kasimcan O,Kaptan H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperthermia is becoming a potent therapeutic method for malignant brain tumors, either alone or in combination with radiation therapy. The heat response of organized tissues includes other factors besides the inherent cellular thermosensitivity, that is, tissue pH, PaO2, and nutrient supply, all of which are largely ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Moriyama E

更新日期：1990-11-01 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