Intracranial dissection: incidence and long term endovascular treatment results of a not so rare disease.

abstract：:A patient with a so-called 'butterfly vertebra' is presented. Radiography, including computed tomography, is shown. The embryology and pathogenesis of the vertebral column with respect to vertebral abnormalities are discussed, with special reference to butterfly vertebra. Finally, attention is paid to the clinical man...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： de Graaf RJ,Matricali B,Hamburger HL

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1990 to December 1995, a total of nine cases of Moyamoya disease were treated at the National Taiwan University Hospital with combined encephalo-arterio-synangiosis (EAS) and encephalo-myo-synangiosis (EMS). There were five males and four females and their ages ranged from 6 months to 31 years. Of these, ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tu YK,Liu HM,Kuo MF,Wang PJ,Hung CC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Digital subtraction angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis of vascular pathology. The value of angiography of non-target vessels following mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is unknown. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Consecutive patients treated with mechanical thrombectom...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Foreman PM,Wirtz MM,Fong R,Goren O,Schirmer CM,Dalal S,Weiner G,Griessenauer CJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are benign tumors stemming from the eighth cranial nerve. Treatment options for VS include conservative management, microsurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, and fractionated radiotherapy. Though microsurgery has been the standard of care for larger lesions, hypo-fractionated stereotactic ra...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Nguyen T,Duong C,Sheppard JP,Lee SJ,Kishan AU,Lee P,Tenn S,Chin R,Kaprealian TB,Yang I

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed a retrospective study to identify factors associated with preoperative and late postoperative seizures in primary supratentorial meningiomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between July 2003 and December 2014, we extracted 303 consecutive patients who underwent primary resection for supratentorial meningi...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Hwang K,Joo JD,Kim YH,Han JH,Oh CW,Yun CH,Park SH,Kim CY

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the present study was to examine the changes in the measurement of functions during and after pulse methylprednisolone (MP) treatment during a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) attack, using the multiple sclerosis functional composite (MSFC) and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), and to com...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Piri Cinar B,Ozakbas S,Idiman E

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:After spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (sSAH), cerebral vasospasm (CVS) is a common complication, potentially resulting in infarction mainly responsible for a poor outcome. Intra-arterial vasodilators lead to transient increase of brain perfusion, but only transluminal balloon angioplasty (TBA) promises l...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Schacht H,Küchler J,Boppel T,Leppert J,Ditz C,Schramm P,Neumann A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of beat-to-beat variations was employed in a group of 14 chronic alcoholics and compared with a group of normal individuals. A significant increase in the number of runs was found in the alcoholics reflecting impaired neurogenic control of the heart. It is concluded that cardiac neuropathy should be consid...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Melgaard B,Somnier F

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This prospective study will evaluate the socioeconomic factors responsible for the discontinuation of secondary preventive treatment of stroke in India and its outcome. DESIGNS METHODS: A total of 1212 stroke patients (male=708, mean age 58 ± 2 years; female=504, mean age 56 ± 2 years; intra-cerebral haemorrh...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Das K,Ghosh M,Khanna B,Banerjee M,Mondal GP,Singh OP,Chakraborty A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral or bilateral pedicle screw (PS) fixation in lumbar interbody fusion remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the complication and fusion rate for both surgical techniques based on published studies. Pubmed, Cochrane Library and Embase Databases were searched to identify studies reporting...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Yuan C,Chen K,Zhang H,Zhang H,He S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 38-year-old male patient who developed a Miller Fisher syndrome following a respiratory tract disorder associated with a serologically proven Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Although several neurologic manifestations have been reported after Mycoplasma pneumonia infection, Miller Fisher syndrome has not b...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Merkx H,De Keyser J,Ebinger G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible T2 hyperintense signal abnormality in the corpus callosum, although frequently seen after diffuse brain injury, has not been well clarified. With some accumulated evidence, we report a case of diffuse brain injury in a 24-year-old man. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated T2 hyperintense signals in...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Takayama H,Kobayashi M,Sugishita M,Mihara B

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first successfully treated case of Cladophialophora bantiana cerebral abscess with the relatively new antifungal agent voriconazole. Infection with this organism is often fatal. A 64-year-old man presented to our institution with progressive neurologic symptoms due to a brain abscess. A stereotactic brai...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lyons MK,Blair JE,Leslie KO

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate if pelvic incidence (PI) and lumbar lordosis (LL) mismatching affects surgical outcomes for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) related kyphosis following 1-level lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO). PATIENTS AND METHODS:AS patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis, who underwent 1-level lumbar PSO ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Liu ZJ,Qian BP,Qiu Y,Mao SH,Jiang J,Wang B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of chronic opioid use (COU) is increasing with health related complications impacting both patients and healthcare services. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify the impact of COU on postoperative urinary retention (PUR) in patients following lumbar fusion surgery as well as its imp...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Doherty RJ,Wahood W,Yolcu YU,Zreik J,Goyal A,Gazelka HM,Habermann EB,Sebastian A,Bydon M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented suffering a hemiparesis. Megadolicho-vascular malformation of the intracranial part of the internal carotid arteries and some of its branches and of the basilar artery was suggested by CT and confirmed by angiography. The value of CT compared with angiography in relation to intracranial megadoli...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lodder J,Janevski B,van der Lugt PJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Traumatic brain injury is a silent epidemic with major impacts on national productivity as it affects the economically productive age group. Bilateral injuries are usually severe with no clearly defined predictors of outcome as per current available literature. METHODS:We retrospectively assessed 102 cons...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Yeole U,Krishnakumar M,Gopalakrishna KN,Sekar A,Sadashiva N,Shukla D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comorbid cerebrovascular disease (CVD) can occur in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) but its reported prevalence varies considerably. CVD may alter the clinical presentation, course and prognosis in IPD. We aimed to determine the prevalence of radiological and clinical CVD in a neurology clinic IPD population. We ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Patel M,Coutinho C,Emsley HC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The degree of coronary artery calcification has been shown to predict outcomes in coronary artery disease. The impact of intracranial carotid artery calcification on the prognosis of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is unknown. The authors sought to examine if the degree of intracranial carotid artery calcificatio...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Haussen DC,Gaynor BG,Johnson JN,Peterson EC,Elhammady MS,Aziz-Sultan MA,Yavagal DR

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports a Chinese family that has suffered from occipital encephalocele over five generations with a pattern of autosomal dominant inheritance. There were 113 family members in this family, and 21 of them had an occipital subscalp encephalocele. The patients with the disease showed normal or nearly normal n...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Zhao X,Chi L,Zhao Y,Chi Z

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coincidence of pulmonal sarcoidosis and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) rarely occurs. So far an entire course has been recorded in only very few cases. We demonstrate the case of a 49-year-old male developing an infratentorial localized PML in the setting of advanced pulmonal sarcoidosis. PML was not...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Völker HU,Kraft K,Arnold E,Steinhoff S,Kolios G,Sommer S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Spinal meningiomas mainly occur in old patients, with a remarkable female prevalence. This study investigates the different features between younger and older patients in an adult population (>18 years). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A surgical series of 120 adult patients operated on for spinal meningiomas at the ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Maiuri F,De Caro ML,de Divitiis O,Vergara P,Mariniello G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of radicular pain in the arm due to compression of the C6 nerve root by coiling of the vertebral artery is reported; the diagnosis was confirmed by computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) angiography and echocolordoppler. Although the enlargement of an intervertebral foramen by a tortuous vertebr...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Maiuri F,Iaconetta G,Gallicchio B,Briganti F

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioneuronal neoplasms are rare tumors that typically affect patients in the first three decades of life. Since the publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2000 classification of tumors, further variants of these tumors have been reported. We present an 83-year-old gentleman who presented with a history of ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kuo YH,Edgar MA,Luther N,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the CNS is reported in which a complete and stable disappearance of an enhancing mass lesion on the CT scan after treatment with dexamethasone was followed by the occurrence of a high-grade malignant lymphoma in the opposite hemisphere 18 months later. The long-lasting and...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Pohl P,Oberhuber G,Dietze O,Vogl G,Pallua AK,Plangger CA,Huber H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cranial nerve deficits during CEA are a known complication. The purpose of this study is to evaluate if significant changes in somatosensory evoked potentials and electroencephalography increase cranial nerve deficits during CEA. PROCEDURES:This is an observational retrospective case-control study analyzed ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Thirumala PD,Kumar H,Bertolet M,Habeych ME,Crammond DJ,Balzer JR

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Only a part of MS patients treated with interferon beta (IFN) respond positively to the applied treatment and to date no parameter predicting the response to treatment has been found. The aim of the study was to determine whether the levels of interleukin-10 and -12 (IL-10 and IL-12) might be the parameters ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bartosik-Psujek H,Stelmasiak Z

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:It is well-known that Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) infrequently cause headache, endocrinological dysfunction, and visual disturbance, and in rare cases, cause diabetes insipidus (DI). Although surgical evacuation of the cyst content can result in high rates of symptomatic improvement, not only the treatment e...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Oishi M,Hayashi Y,Sasagawa Y,Kita D,Tachibana O,Nakada M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients at times present with neurological symptoms and signs for which at times extensive investigation fails to identify any structural or organic pathology within the nervous system. These pseudo neurological syndromes can mimic almost any organic disease of the central and peripheral nervous system. Some such as ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Sethi NK,Sethi PK,Torgovnick J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posterior ischaemic neuropathy (PION) is characterized by infarction in the retrobulbar optic nerve. A 73-year-old man suddenly experienced blurred vision in his left eye and intermittent weakness in his right hand. He had visual defects of superior lateral quarter and inferior medial quarter areas in the left eye. Ga...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kawabe K,Nagaoka T,Iguchi H,Ikeda K,Iwasaki Y

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00