Utility of direct stimulation of roots in spinal surgery.

abstract：:Reappearance of symptoms of cranial nerve dysfunction is not uncommon after successful microvascular decompression (MVD). The purpose of this study was to report two quite unusual cases of recurrent and newly developed hemifacial spasm (HFS) caused by a new conflicting artery more than 20 years after the first success...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Inoue H,Kondo A,Shimano H,Yasuda S,Murao K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old boy presented with an unusual case of a supratentorial, extraaxial small round blue cell tumor of the central nervous system, which was most likely a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). Preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a large multistage hematoma in the left cent...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Burkhardt JK,Kockro RA,Dohmen-Scheufler H,Woernle CM,Bellut D,Kollias S,Bertalanffy H

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：: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 ventricle-to-background ratio and clearance rate constant measured by indium-111 diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid single photon emission computed tomography ((111)In-DTPA SPECT) were evaluated for predicting hydrocephalus in 16 patients at 2 to 3 weeks after onset of subarachnoid hemorrhage. The activity in the...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kazumata K,Kamiyama H,Ishikawa T,Makino K,Nakamura T,Takizawa K,Komeichi T,Kubota T

更新日期：2006-01-01 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 37-year-old woman presented with photophobia without visual loss associated with chiasmal compression by an unruptured anterior communicating artery (AcomA) aneurysm. She had suffered progressive photophobia for one year. Neuroimaging indicated an AcomA aneurysm attached to the chiasm. Photophobia was resolved follo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hagihara N,Abe T,Yoshioka F,Watanabe M,Tabuchi K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old female presented with vertigo, right hearing disturbance, and slight headache which were treated medically. However, she suddenly developed severe headache with vomiting and vertigo. Computed tomography revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage, and right vertebral angiography disclosed a rare aneurysm at the dis...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yokoyama S,Kadota K,Asakura T,Kawazoe K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old man presented with a ruptured right extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, manifesting as acute onset of right neck and shoulder pain, and right supraclavicular mass. Three-dimensional computed tomography angiography showed a large aneurysm involving the right ex...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hiramatsu H,Matsui S,Yamashita S,Kamiya M,Yamashita T,Akai K,Watanabe K,Namba H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perimesencephalic nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (PNSAH) is a benign form of subarachnoid hemorrhage and is usually not associated with any focal deficit. We describe two rare cases of PNSAH with unilateral third cranial nerve palsy. Both patients were treated conservatively. The outcomes of our two cases were ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sadamasa N,Sano N,Takeda N,Yoshida K,Narumi O,Chin M,Yamagata S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pituitary apoplexy causing pituitary hemorrhage with extension into the third ventricle is reported. The patient was a 73-year-old, obese female admitted with sudden onset of vomiting and impaired consciousness. Neurological examination revealed that she was stuporous, with marked neck stiffness and a dilate...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takasugi N,Doi A

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:The immunological function of 29 head-injured patients was investigated, with special reference to the relationships between changes in immunity and both severity of head injury and age. The patients were classified according to Glasgow Coma Scale scores (15, 9 to 14, and 3 to 8) and age (under 35, 35 to 65, and over ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ikeda J,Kuratsu J,Nonaka N,Matsukado Y,Ushio Y

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old female presented with a ciliated craniopharyngioma manifesting as repeated intratumoral hemorrhage. Histological examination suggested that the hemorrhage originated from the many thin blood vessels in the cyst wall stroma associated with inflammation. Symptomatic hemorrhage in cystic craniopharyngioma m...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nishioka H,Ito H,Haraoka J,Hashimoto T,Kato Y

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retrolabyrinthine presigmoid transpetrosal approach is a modification of the subtemporal approach which is suitable for complete amygdalectomy. By drilling away the retrolabyrinthine presigmoid petrosal bone, at least 1 cm more space below and 1 cm more space medially is obtained than in the subtemporal approach, ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hori T,Kondo S,Takenobu A,Hirao J,Kohaya N,Takeuchi H,Watanabe T

更新日期：1999-03-01 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 29-year-old female with neurofibromatosis presented with a right lumbar lateral meningocele. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed a huge right retroperitoneal cyst expanding anterolaterally and displacing the right kidney. CT following myelography disclosed the cyst expanding through a wide defect of the right ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyata M,Yamasaki S,Yoshida T,Matsubara M,Okamura M,Hirayama A,Tamaki N

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persisting embryonal infundibular recess (PEIR) is a rare anomaly of the third ventricular floor. Only eight cases have been published. In this report, a case of presumably Rathke's cleft cyst associated with cerebrospinal fluid leakage caused by PEIR is described. An 81-year-old woman underwent endoscopic transspheno...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kuroiwa M,Kusano Y,Ogiwara T,Tanaka Y,Takemae T,Hongo K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication-deficient adenoviral vectors are promising agents for human gene therapy of the greater transduction efficiency than other vectors. However, there are distinct disadvantages, including high immunogenicity, which limits the administration to human organs, particularly the brain. Injection of adenoviral vect...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ryuke Y,Mizuno M,Natsume A,Yoshida J

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:A 32-year-old female presented with a rare case of pituitary abscess manifesting as homonymous hemianopsia. Serum prolactin level was slightly high (40.8 ng/ml). Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed the content of the lesion as homogeneously isointense on the T1-weighted images and hyperintense on the T2-weighted im...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shimamura N,Ogane K,Takahashi T,Tabata H,Ohkuma H,Suzuki S

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:Spinal epidural cavernous hemangiomas are very rare; only 18 cases have been reported in the literature. The authors describe the case of a 38-year-old male whose first symptom was numbness of the foot, which, after 2 years, spread to the abdomen. On admission, he had no weakness but exhibited hyper-reflex of the lowe...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kurose K,Kishi H,Sadatoh T

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old female was admitted because of nausea, vomiting, and cerebellar ataxia. Computed tomography scan revealed an enhanced mass accompanied with a cyst in the right cerebellar hemisphere. The mass situated in the subcortical region was removed. Histologically, highly vascular tumor cells lined the cavities. P...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Asoh Y,Nakamura M,Maeda T,Shiogai T,Ogashiwa M,Takeuchi K,Watanabe K,Tanaka U,Matsuo E

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:The reliability of lumbar intraspinal epidural pressure (ISEDP) as an index of intracranial pressure was investigated in seven patients with high intracranial pressure following neurosurgery. ISEDP and intracranial epidural pressure (ICEDP) were measured simultaneously, the latter by the conventional method. ISEDP was...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fujioka S,Kaku M,Hamada J,Yokota A,Ushio Y

更新日期：1989-06-01 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：:The authors describe a new photodynamic therapy (PDT) method for malignant brain tumors. Pheophorbide a (Ph-a), the photosensitizer, has low toxicity, causes no skin sensitization and is activated with an acoustic Q switched neodymium yttrium-argon-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser which achieves deep tissue penetration. The Ph-a...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fujishima I,Sakai T,Tanaka T,Ryu H,Uemura K,Fujishima Y,Horiuchi K,Daikuzono N,Sekiguchi Y

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors associated with hematoma enlargement were analyzed in 24 patients, 16 males and eight females aged 46 to 77 years (mean 58 years), undergoing chronic hemodialysis who were admitted to our hospital with intracerebral hemorrhage between 1994 and 2003. Computed tomography demonstrated hematoma enlargement in ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyahara K,Murata H,Abe H

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00