Lessons learned from moyamoya disease: outcome of direct/indirect revascularization surgery for 150 affected hemispheres.

abstract：:Preoperative regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured in 92 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) by iodine-123 N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine single-photon emission computed tomography. Quantitative mapping of rCBF was performed using the stereotactic extraction estimation method. The clinical features of the...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nagai T,Kajita Y,Maesawa S,Nakatsubo D,Yoshida K,Kato K,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old female presented with a giant aneurysm of the azygos anterior cerebral artery (ACA) manifesting as acute onset of akinetic mutism caused by enlargement of the aneurysm resulting from rapid thrombus formation within the aneurysmal sac. Thrombus removal to obtain decompression of the aneurysmal bulk and te...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kanemoto Y,Tanaka Y,Nonaka M,Hironaka Y

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old man presented with subclavian steal syndrome associated with left internal mammary artery (IMA) bypass graft to a coronary artery. He was admitted with a history of oppressive sensation in the chest, dizziness, and light headedness on exertion for 2 weeks in March 2002. He had undergone myocardial revasc...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nishio A,Takami T,Ichinose T,Masamura S,Hara M,Shimada K,Kamimori K,Narikawa T

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old male presented with a recurrent solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) arising from the falx cerebri with intraventricular extension manifesting as nausea and vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the heterogeneously enhanced tumor in the falx, which extended to the bilateral lateral ventricles and the third...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Teranishi K,Yamamoto T,Nakao Y,Osada H,Wada R,Mori K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New radiation modalities have made it possible to prolong the survival of individuals with malignant brain tumors, but symptomatic radiation necrosis becomes a serious problem that can negatively affect a patient's quality of life through severe and lifelong effects. Here we review the relevant literature and introduc...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyatake S,Nonoguchi N,Furuse M,Yoritsune E,Miyata T,Kawabata S,Kuroiwa T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old woman with moyamoya disease presented with choreiform movements persisting for 4.5 years. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a fine vascular plexus in the base of the brain but no parenchymal brain damage. Cerebral angiography revealed intracranial vascular abnormalities compatible with moyamoya disease. ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kamijo K,Matsui T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old male was first treated for World Health Organization (WHO) grade II chondrosarcoma arising from the ring finger manifesting as painful swelling. Four years later, the patient presented with cerebral infarction. Echocardiography revealed a tumor occupying the left atrium. He underwent open heart surgery a...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsutsumi S,Yasumoto Y,Oizumi H,Ito M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cervical spinal cord stimulation (CSCS) on glucose consumption were examined in two patients with prolonged disturbance of consciousness due to head injuries. Several clinical parameters, including glucose consumption using positron emission tomography (PET) with [18F]2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG), w...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamaguchi N,Seki H,Ikeda K,Yamashita J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old male presented with a frontal bone defect associated with a middle meningeal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) manifesting as headache. The patient had a history of head injury 19 years previously. Skull radiography and computed tomography demonstrated a left frontal bone defect. Left external carotid angiogra...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsumoto T,Nakakita K,Hayashi S,Terada T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After introduction of levetiracetam (LEV), treatment of seizures in patients with malignant brain tumors has prominently improved. On the other hand, we still experience some cases with LEV-uncontrollable epilepsy. Perampanel (PER) is a noncompetitive α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoaxazolepropionate acid receptor ant...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Chonan M,Saito R,Kanamori M,Osawa SI,Watanabe M,Suzuki H,Nakasato N,Tominaga T

更新日期：2020-01-15 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：:Elderly and low Karnofsky performance status (KPS) patients have been excluded from most prospective trials. This retrospective study investigated glioblastoma treatment outcomes, including those of elderly and low KPS patients, and analyzed the prognostic factors using the medical records of 107 consecutive patients,...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Uzuka T,Aoki H,Natsumeda M,Takahashi H,Fujii Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The authors report three cases of distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysm presenting as acute subdural hematoma (SDH). Two patients were comatose on admission and died of massive SDH. One patient underwent aneurysmal neck clipping in the chronic stage and returned to normal daily life. A convexity SDH continuous with...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Watanabe K,Wakai S,Okuhata S,Nagai M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical strategies and methods used to treat dumbbell-shaped tumors located in the lumbar-foraminal region are controversial. Although a total facetectomy and combined intra- and extraspinal canal approach provide a wide operative field, facet fusion is required, which can be rather invasive. Here, we report a su...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ngerageza JG,Ito K,Aoyama T,Murata T,Horiuchi T,Hongo K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old male patient presented with a rare dural supratentorial hemangioblastoma manifesting as severe headache persisting for 2 months. Neuroimaging revealed a tumoral mass localized in the right parietal lobe near the sagittal sinus. The tumor was totally excised successfully. The postoperative histological di...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Cosar M,Hatiboglu MA,Iplikcioglu AC,Ozcan D

更新日期：2006-06-01 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 modified provocative test to assess the safety of embolization of cerebral and spinal arteriovenous malformations is described. The modified test uses successive amobarbital and lidocaine injections to elicit any possible neurological deficit, both mixed with radiopaque material to visualize the distribution of the ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sadato A,Taki W,Nakahara I,Nishi S,Yamashita K,Matsumoto K,Tanaka M,Kikuchi H

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of exogenous 45Ca in the focal ischemia rat model (middle cerebral artery occlusion) was studied using 45Ca autoradiography. High 45Ca accumulations were observed in the frontal cortex and caudate-putamen corresponding with morphological damage shown by HE staining. Regional 45Ca concentrations were c...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tomabechi M,Sako K,Yonemasu Y

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old female presented with a rare meningioma in the petrous bone. High resolution computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated that the tumor had developed in the jugular foramen and extended into the infralabyrinthine area of the petrous bone and intracranially into the cerebellopontine an...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ohta S,Yokoyama T,Uemura K,Nishizawa S,Yamamoto S,Hoshino T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of cerebellopontine angle epidermoid presenting as typical hemifacial spasm. A 33-year-old male had experienced intermittent right hemifacial spasm for 2 years. Cranial nerve examination was otherwise normal, including auditory and trigeminal nerve functions. Metrizamide computed tomographic ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumoto K,Sakurai M,Asari S,Nishimoto A

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of dolichoectatic basilar artery with a mass effect to the brainstem structure were treated by reducing hemodynamic stress. In one case, angiograms showed the dolichoectatic basilar artery creating a turbulent flow in the vertebrobasilar junction, and unilateral vertebral artery clipping in addition to poste...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumoto K,Yamada K,Hayakawa T,Kataoka K,Yamamoto K,Onishi T,Ito M,Mogami H

更新日期：1990-09-01 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 47-year-old male presented with asymptomatic mild (45%) internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis associated with familial hypercholesterolemia. Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose ([(18)F]FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) showed that the carotid plaque had high uptake of [(18)F]FDG on the initial scan. He was treated...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Motegi H,Kuroda S,Nakayama N,Hirata K,Shiga T,Tamaki N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old woman with a history of end-stage renal disease secondary to anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis had been receiving hemodialysis for 5 years. The patient underwent attempted right internal jugular vein cannulation for temporary hemodialysis catheter placement. Pulsating mass de...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ohta T,Maekawa H,Kasuno K,Tsukamoto T,Muso E,Ishikawa M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old female presented with medulla oblongata germinoma manifesting as numbness in the extremities. Computed tomography demonstrated a mass in the medulla oblongata expanding into the fourth ventricle. The tumor was partially removed. Immunohistochemical staining of the tumor specimen demonstrated large epithe...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sugiyama K,Uozumi T,Goishi J,Sogabe T,Arita K,Maeda H,Ikawa F

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old man presented with a ruptured fusiform aneurysm of the proximal anterior cerebral artery (A(1) segment) manifesting as sudden onset of severe headache. Brain computed tomography revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage in the basal cisterns, and left carotid angiography demonstrated a fusiform aneurysm of the le...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Aoki Y,Nemoto M,Yokota K,Kano T,Goto S,Sugo N

更新日期：2007-08-01 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 new, flexible fiberoptic ventriculoscope for observation of the ventricles and major cisterns is reported. This device has been safely used to examine patients with obstructive hydrocephalus due to lesions within the lateral and third ventricles or to congenital aqueductal stenosis. With this instrument, a pineal tu...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oka K,Ohta T,Kibe M,Tomonaga M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of decompressive craniectomy on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was investigated in five patients with severe head trauma who underwent decompressive craniectomy. Repeated rCBF studies using single photon emission computed tomography with 99mtechnetium-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime observed that a hype...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamakami I,Yamaura A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00