The pitfalls in surgical management of lumbar canal stenosis associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) is an invasive surgical procedure used to identify epileptogenic zones. The combination of both subdural grids and depth electrodes (DEs) is currently used for invasive intracranial monitoring in many epilepsy centers. To perform DE implantation, some centers use frame-based stereot...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fujimoto A,Okanishi T,Kanai S,Sato K,Nishimura M,Enoki H

更新日期：2017-09-15 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：: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：: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：:A 44-year-old woman and a 55-year-old woman were treated with gamma knife surgery (GKS) for occipital arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Angiography confirmed complete nidus obliterations 2 years after GKS. However, both patients complained of chronic headache and visual symptoms from around 7 years after GKS. Magnetic...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oyoshi T,Hirahara K,Uetsuhara K,Yatsushiro K,Arita K

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:A 53-year-old woman presented with intracranial hemorrhage caused by a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. Digital subtraction angiography revealed a large aneurysm arising from the top of the basilar artery and a Spetzler-Martin grade 3 arteriovenous malformation. Endovascular embolization of the aneurysm was completed with ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishii D,Takechi A,Seyama G,Sogabe T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven males and nine females with glossopharyngeal neuralgia were treated by microvascular decompression (MVD) over a 4-year period. Their ages ranged from 40 to 72 years (average, 54.7 years). The duration of pain ranged from 2 months to 13 years, and all except one patient had brief attacks of lancinating pain in th...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Wakiya K,Fukushima T,Miyazaki S

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrovascular disease is a lethal complication for patients with renal failure because of the hemostatic disturbance and equivocality about management of the central nervous system. Appropriate management of the renal failure in neurosurgical patients was considered on the basis of experience. Hemodialysis (HD), whi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hirano K,Ishii R,Suzuki Y,Kikuoka M,Hirano H,Ohsawa G,Ohtsuka R,Itoh Y

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole induced encephalopathy (MIE), an encephalopathy brought by an antibiotic, is characterized with cerebellar dysfunction, altered mental status and extrapyramidal symptoms. MIE can result in an acute manifestation, but MIE has not been reported as a stroke mimic. An 86-year-old patient undergoing metronida...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takada K,Maki Y,Kinosada M,Ishibashi R,Chin M,Yamagata S

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the B-chain of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) was analyzed in 29 human brain tumors (4 astrocytomas, 7 glioblastomas, 3 medulloblastomas, 3 oligodendrogliomas, 7 meningiomas, and others) using monoclonal antibody after digestion with alkaline phosphatase, and compared with proliferative activi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakamura T,Takeshita I,Inamura T,Tashima T,Fukui M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suboccipital transmeatal approach uses packing of a muscle or fat graft into the internal auditory canal (IAC) to prevent postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage. However, preserved hearing after removal of vestibular schwannomas may decline over time because of the progressive constriction of cochlear vas...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamakami I,Kobayashi E,Ono J,Yamaura A

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:Cine-magnetic resonance (MR) imaging examinations were performed in 10 patients with middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts to evaluate communication between the cysts and the normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space. Eight of 10 patients were evaluated by time of flight cine-MR imaging, and two by phase contrast cine-MR ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Eguchi T,Taoka T,Nikaido Y,Shiomi K,Fujimoto T,Otsuka H,Takeuchi H

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya disease is a chronic, occlusive cerebrovascular disease with unknown etiology characterized by bilateral steno-occlusive changes at the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery and an abnormal vascular network at the base of the brain. Recent advances in molecular biology and genetic research have prov...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fujimura M,Tominaga T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontal sinus infection after incorrect treatment of an opened frontal sinus may require extended approaches. This article aims to introduce modified cranialization technique and secondary cranioplasty for frontal sinus infection involving the frontal sinus outflow tract after craniotomy. Eight patients with delayed o...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yoshioka N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated cortical vein thrombosis (ICVT) is extremely rare. Only single case or small series of ICVT have been reported; clinical details are still uncertain. We report a case of isolated superficial sylvian vein thrombosis with exceedingly long cord sign. A 14-year-old female with severe sudden onset headache visited...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kitamura Y,Hara K,Tsunematsu K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two nonimmunosuppressed patients with primary intracranial malignant lymphoma demonstrated ring-enhanced lesion on postcontrast CT scans. One patient underwent total removal of the tumor and the other patient biopsy, both followed by whole brain irradiation. Histological examination revealed the tumors contained diffu...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tan EC,Wakabayashi S,Kanai H,Nagai H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumors. Since the adhesions in the plane of dissection are of interest in surgical planning, we suggest that digital image subtraction of FLAIR data from the T2 sequence of MRI may represent better the CSF spaces in the brain-tumor interface and may be a predictor o...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Thenier-Villa JL,Alejandro Galárraga Campoverde R,Ramón DE LA Lama Zaragoza A,Conde Alonso C

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the cell characteristics, neuroprotective, and transplantation effects of human cranial bone-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hcMSCs) in ischemic stroke model rats compared with human iliac bone-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hiMSCs). The expressions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and vascular...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oshita J,Okazaki T,Mitsuhara T,Imura T,Nakagawa K,Otsuka T,Kurose T,Tamura T,Abiko M,Takeda M,Kawahara Y,Yuge L,Kurisu K

更新日期：2020-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old woman presented with multiple neurenteric cysts in the posterior fossa and spinal canal. Neuroimaging demonstrated neurenteric cysts in the interspace between the left cerebellar hemisphere and vermis, the lateral side of the right cerebellar hemisphere, and the ventral side of the spinal cord at the C-2...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oyama H,Ikeda A,Inoue S,Nakamura S,Nishimura Y,Shibuya M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of cloverleaf skull syndrome are reported. The patients were born with trilobed deformity of the skull associated with synostosis of the lambdoidal, coronal, and sagittal sutures in Case 1 and of the lambdoidal suture in Case 2. Both patients had hydrocephalus, low-set ears, and ocular hypertelorism. Ventric...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takano S,Enomoto T,Onizuka H,Nose T

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical results of 18 cases of clival/upper cervical chordoma treated in the last decade via the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA, 9 cases) and the transoral-transpalatal approach (TO-TPA, 9 cases) were compared. Each group showed the same incidence of subdural invasion, with 5 cases each. The superior (frontal...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shidoh S,Toda M,Kawase T,Nakajima H,Tomita T,Ogawa K,Yoshida K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute coagulopathy is common after traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly in severe cases of acute subdural hemorrhage (ASDH). Although acute coagulopathy is associated with poor outcomes, the optimal treatment strategy remains unknown. Here, we report the initial results of an empirical cryoprecipitate transfusio...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shibahashi K,Nishimura S,Sugiyama K,Hoda H,Hamabe Y,Fujita H

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is controversy among neurosurgeons regarding whether irrigation or drainage is necessary for achieving a lower revision rate for the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) using burr-hole craniostomy (BHC). Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of all available published reports. Multiple electronic hea...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Xu C,Chen S,Yuan L,Jing Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:We report a case of ruptured tectal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) that was demonstrated angiographically only after removal of an unruptured occipital AVM. A 57-year-old man presented with sudden onset of diplopia and tinnitus. Computed tomography revealed a small hemorrhage in the right tectum mesencephali with in...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Komatsu F,Sakamoto S,Takemura Y,Nonaka M,Ohta M,Oshiro S,Tsugu H,Fukushima T,Inoue T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old woman presented with a case of primary medulla oblongata germinoma manifesting as sleep apnea, aspiration pneumonia, and left hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a dorsal mass in the medulla oblongata with heterogeneous enhancement by gadolinium (Gd). Emergent biopsy and foramen magnum ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yasuhara T,Ichikawa T,Miyoshi Y,Kurozumi K,Maruo T,Yanai H,Date I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old male presented with a large cholesterol granuloma arising from the frontal sinus manifesting as a large, fluctuated, soft mass in his brow, compressing left eye. Skull radiography showed dilation of the frontal sinus. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic mass extending int...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ochiai H,Yamakawa Y,Fukushima T,Nakano S,Wakisaka S

更新日期：2001-05-01 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