Purely endoscopic repair of traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea from the anterior skull base: case report.

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：:The angiographic findings in 31 Yugoslav moyamoya patients, 16 males and 15 females, including four children, were studied by conventional or digital subtraction angiography. The angiographic findings were reviewed for stenoocclusive lesions, form of the main cerebral arteries, transdural anastomoses, and basal vascul...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Borota L,Marinkovic S,Bajic R,Prstojevic B,Kovacevic M

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate cerebral reactions to cognitive rehabilitation tasks, oxyhemoglobin changes were compared in 9 patients with cognitive impairments after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and 47 healthy controls using functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) during nine cognitive rehabilitation tasks employed at Nagoya ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hibino S,Mase M,Shirataki T,Nagano Y,Fukagawa K,Abe A,Nishide Y,Aizawa A,Iida A,Ogawa T,Abe J,Hatta T,Yamada K,Kabasawa H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old woman presented with multiple dissecting aneurysms of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) manifesting as hemiparesis on the right with dominance in the lower extremity. Computed tomography revealed hematoma in the left frontal lobe, corresponding to the area perfused by the callosomarginal artery. Initial...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sakamoto S,Inagawa T,Ikawa F,Kawamoto H,Ohbayashi N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of bilateral abducens nerve paralyses after rupture of an anterior communicating artery (AcoA) aneurysm occurred in a 56-year-old female after sudden onset of severe headache. Bilateral abducens nerve paralyses were present without additional neuro-ophthalmological signs. Computed tomography revealed subar...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nathal E,Yasui N,Suzuki A,Hadeishi H

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:A dissecting aneurysm of the vertebral artery occurred in a 38-year-old male presenting with ischemic attacks. Vertebral angiography revealed irregular narrowing and dilatation of the right vertebral artery, and retention of the contrast medium. Routine T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated signal v...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hamada J,Sato K,Nagahiro S,Ushio Y

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：: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：:The principal prognostic factors and effect on survival were retrospectively evaluated in 56 adult patients with supratentorial low grade astrocytomas treated between 1967 and 1993. Fifteen factors were evaluated with uni- and multivariate analysis to investigate their importance in predicting the length of survival. ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Iwabuchi S,Bishara S,Herbison P,Erasmus A,Samejima H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presented with primary intramedullary spinal cord germinoma (PISCG). Neither diagnosis was correct at initial evaluation, and both underwent surgical verification of the tumor. Based on the histological diagnosis, both patients were treated successfully by combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamagata T,Takami T,Tsuyuguchi N,Goto T,Wakasa K,Ohata K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in ischemia was evaluated by detecting the expression of neuronal NOS (nNOS), endothelial NOS (eNOS), and inducible NOS (iNOS) by the immunohistochemical method in the rat model of middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. Transient MCA occlusion (2 hours) was induced in 32...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Niwa M,Inao S,Takayasu M,Kawai T,Kajita Y,Nihashi T,Kabeya R,Sugimoto T,Yoshida J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old man presented with a rare case of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, or Gorlin's syndrome, associated with both medulloblastoma and meningioma, manifesting as visual field constriction due to multiple parasellar tumors. He had undergone resection of a medulloblastoma at the age of 1 year 9 months, fol...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fukushima Y,Oka H,Utsuki S,Iwamoto K,Fujii K

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:An 18-year-old male presented with a pineal region germinoma with hearing impairment as the chief complaint. Magnetic resonance image demonstrated a well-enhanced multi-cystic tumor extending into the upper fourth ventricle and wall of the bilateral lateral ventricles. Audiometry revealed bilateral mild hearing impair...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Islam MS,Asano K,Tabata H,Ohkuma H,Suzuki S

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:The authors investigated the analgesic effects of small morphine doses injected into the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of normal rats and hypophysectomized (Hx) rats. An injection cannula was stereotactically inserted into the PVN or third ventricle. On the 5-7th postoperative day, morphine (7 micrograms) was injected...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hashimoto M,Ohgami S,Yonemasu Y

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:Cancers of the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity are the most common malignant tumors of the anterior and anterolateral skull base. The treatment of these tumors affecting the skull base is complex due to the significant anatomical features. We examined 25 patients, 17 males and 8 females with mean age 61 +/- 2 years...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Jimbo H,Kamata S,Miura K,Asamoto S,Tada S,Endo T,Masubuchi T,Nakamura N,Fushimi C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old woman presented with headache and occasional numbness over her right face. Computed tomography revealed a hypodense mass in the middle cranial fossa and another adjacent hyperdense mass in the posterior fossa with erosion of the right petrous apex. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed the lesion in the mi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Arai A,Sasayama T,Koyama J,Fujita A,Hosoda K,Kohmura E

更新日期：2010-01-01 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 32-year-old man presented with subependymoma in the lateral ventricle causing intraventricular hemorrhage and manifesting as severe headache and disturbance of consciousness. Computed tomography on admission showed a massive intraventricular hemorrhage and acute obstructive hydrocephalus. Cerebral angiography reveal...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akamatsu Y,Utsunomiya A,Suzuki S,Endo T,Suzuki I,Nishimura S,Ezura M,Suzuki H,Uenohara H,Tominaga T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old, right-handed female presented with episodes of pathological laughter and left hemiparesis. She had no history of traumatic brain injury, or neurological or psychiatric disease, and showed no signs of drug or alcohol abuse. Neurological examination found moderate left hemiparesis. Her face was symmetrica...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsutsumi S,Yasumoto Y,Ito M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old female with a 3-year history of left trigeminal neuralgia presented with an unusual left cerebellopontine angle meningioma associated with asymptomatic syringomyelia at the C2 to C4 levels diagnosed by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Two months after total tumor removal, the syringomyelia had diminished...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fukui K,Kito A,Iguchi I

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) in which the hematoma rapidly resolved. Three of the four hematomas were traumatic. The outcome was good in three cases and fair in one. Spontaneous resolution of ASDH is rare. ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Niikawa S,Sugimoto S,Hattori T,Ohkuma A,Kimura T,Shinoda J,Funakoshi T

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malpositioning of cervical screws risks neurovascular injury. A cervical screw fixation system can provide proper rigidity, alignment correction, and high rates of fusion afforded by high pullout biomechanical strength. The objective is to assess the dimensions and axis of the C3-C7 cervical pedicles. A 1-mm slice thi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Wasinpongwanich K,Paholpak P,Tuamsuk P,Sirichativapee W,Wisanuyotin T,Kosuwon W,Jeeravipoolvarn P

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:A 64-year-old male presented with an extremely unusual case of solitary clivus metastasis from gastric cancer manifesting as mild headache and diplopia 10 years after radical excision of the primary tumor. The patient underwent surgical resection using an endoscopic transsphenoidal approach. Histological examination r...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fukushima M,Katayama Y,Shigemori Y,Miyake H,Hirayama T,Kotani A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two patients with radiographically proven intracranial arteriovenous malformations underwent preoperative regional cerebral blood flow measurement with 133Xe single-photon emission computed tomography. Contralateral regions of hypoperfusion were detected in all cases. Steal severity was assessed according to the...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Batjer HH,Devous MD Sr,Seibert GB,Purdy PD,Ajmani AK,Delarosa M,Bonte FJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman presented with a rare case of subependymoma associated with prominent Rosenthal fibers located in the left lateral ventricle manifesting as right hemiparesis and mild motor aphasia. The tumor was well demarcated and consisted of clusters of round nuclei embedded in an abundant gliofibrillary matrix...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ohmura T,Tsugu H,Iwaasa M,Utsunomiya H,Fukushima T,Inoue T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00