Primary intracranial epidermoid carcinoma--case report.

abstract：:The authors describe the surgical anatomy for the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) to the ventrolateral skull base. The ventrolateral skull base can be divided into two segments: the upper lateral and lower lateral skull base. The upper lateral skull base includes the cavernous sinus and the orbit, while the lower ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oyama K,Tahara S,Hirohata T,Ishii Y,Prevedello DM,Carrau RL,Froelich S,Teramoto A,Morita A,Matsuno A

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of spinal surgery for lumbar canal stenosis was investigated in the elderly. 164 patients with lumbar canal stenosis were surgically treated over 8 years. 125 patients were followed up by letter questionnaire. The outcome and patient satisfaction with the surgical procedures were compared between the...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hanakita J,Suwa H,Mizuno M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old woman presented with a case of post-traumatic ethmoidal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak that was repaired using a purely endoscopic endonasal approach. Six weeks after a mild domestic maxillofacial trauma, she started complaining of clear, watery discharge from the left nostril and headache. Neuroimaging ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Komatsu M,Komatsu F,Cavallo LM,Solari D,Stagno V,Inoue T,Cappabianca P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with giant intracavernous internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms were intolerant to balloon test occlusion of the ICA, and later developed spontaneous thrombosis of the aneurysm and the parent ICA without ischemic sequelae. Case 1: A 60-year-old female with a giant right intracavernous ICA aneurysm prese...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kurokawa R,Kuroshima Y,Yoshida K,Kawase T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management, analysis, and integration of Big Data have received increasing attention in healthcare research as well as in medical bioinformatics. The J-ASPECT study is the first nationwide survey in Japan on the real-world setting of stroke care using data obtained from the diagnosis procedure combination-based pa...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nishimura A,Nishimura K,Kada A,Iihara K,J-ASPECT Study GROUP.

更新日期：2016-11-15 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：: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 radiation-induced cerebellar glioma is extremely rare, and the etiology of such a tumor is unknown. We report a rare case of hemorrhagic cerebellar anaplastic glioma occurring 12 years after prophylactic cranial radiotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia. We discuss the etiologies of the radiation-induced hemorrhag...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyazawa T,Aida S,Shima K

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe the procedures of endoscopic pituitary and skull base surgery in our institute. We also review the literature to reveal recent advances in this field. Endonasal approach via the sphenoid ostium was carried out for pituitary lesions without the nasal speculum. Postoperative nasal packing was basically ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Saeki N,Horiguchi K,Murai H,Hasegawa Y,Hanazawa T,Okamoto Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Laser-Doppler (LD) flowmetry was used to measure tissue perfusion non-invasively and continuously during neurosurgical operations using an LD scanner. Scanning was usually completed in 20 seconds. Measurements were processed in software to provide a color-coded image of the tissue perfusion. Moreover, the measurement ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakase H,Kaido T,Okuno S,Hoshida T,Sakaki T

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:A 72-year-old man presented with an extremely rare case of primary diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) of the dura and scalp existing independently without intervening cranial vault invasion. The patient presented with an indolent mass lesion at the left temporal parietal scalp. Magnetic resonance imaging and comp...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ochiai H,Kawano H,Miyaoka R,Kawano N,Shimao Y,Kawasaki K

更新日期：2010-01-01 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 6-year-old boy presented with a cerebellar medulloblastoma. Radical removal of the tumor and postoperative irradiation achieved complete remission. However, a metastatic tumor in the frontal lobe developed 2 years later. Radical removal and postoperative chemotherapy achieved partial remission, but he died of multip...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kadota Y,Arai H,Sato K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old male and a 55-year-old female presented with unruptured aneurysms in the clinoid segment of the carotid artery. Intraoperative rupture during removal of the anterior clinoid process resulted in unintended carotid artery occlusion in the former patient, causing hemispherical infarction and death. However,...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nagasawa S,Ogawa R,Suyama Y,Ohta T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of gabapentin monotherapy was investigated against both acute or chronic radicular pain caused by lumbar disk hernia (LDH) or lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Seventy-eight patients with radicular pain, 10 males and 68 females aged 23 to 76 years (mean 49.4 years), caused by LSS in 45 patients or LDH in 33 p...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kasimcan O,Kaptan H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old man presented with chronic cranial subdural hematomas (SDHs) associated with spinal SDH manifesting as onset of severe lumbago revealed in the follow up for bilateral subdural effusions after trauma. Left chronic cranial SDH was first identified. Two months after evacuation of the left chronic cranial SD...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hagihara N,Abe T,Kojima K,Watanabe M,Tabuchi K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old female presented with a meningioma of the pineal region manifesting as gait disturbance and mental dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a homogeneously well-enhanced circumscribed round mass of about 5 cm in diameter in the pineal region. Angiography demonstrated that the tumor was fed mainly...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sagoh M,Onozuka S,Murakami H,Hirose Y

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:Two patients presented with rare isolated recurrence of granulocytic sarcoma. A 29-year-old male presented with an extra- and intracranial mass 10 years after bone marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia. A 34-year-old female presented with an intracranial mass 3 years after complete remission of acute mye...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Xu Q,Wang M,You Q,Wang H,Ye K,Zhan R,Zhou Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old man presented with an epidermoid tumor of the fourth ventricle manifesting as headache with nausea and vertigo. Neurological examination revealed no cerebellar signs, except nystagmus. Bilateral vestibular impairment was identified by the caloric test. The tumor was removed via the midline suboccipital a...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kambe A,Anno Y,Oda N,Shiomi Y,Aoki H,Sasaki A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old female presented with an uncommon mixed dural-pial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with unusual venous drainage. Angiography at the initial operation for massive intracerebral hematoma in the parietal lobe showed no vascular malformations. Follow-up angiography 3 years later revealed a mixed dural-pial ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyasaka Y,Kurata A,Saegusa H,Yuzawa I,Utsuki S,Ohwada T

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications associated with intraarterial papaverine infusion occurred in two patients treated for vasospasm due to subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). A 42-year-old male with an anterior communicating artery aneurysm underwent craniotomy and aneurysm clipping. Five days after the SAH occurred, angiography demonstrated m...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsurushima H,Kamezaki T,Nagatomo Y,Hyodo A,Nose T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of symptomatic Rathke's cleft cyst simulating an arachnoid cyst is presented. Although computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed that the cyst content was identical to cerebrospinal fluid, there was faint contrast enhancement in part of the wall. Histological observation suggested that the somew...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Onda K,Tanaka R,Takeda N,Yamada N,Takahashi H

更新日期：1989-11-01 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：:Recurrent malignant gliomas (RMGs) are difficult to control, and no standard protocol has been established for their treatment. At our institute, we have often treated RMGs by tumor-selective particle radiation called boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). However, despite the cell-selectivity of BNCT, brain radiation ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shiba H,Takeuchi K,Hiramatsu R,Furuse M,Nonoguchi N,Kawabata S,Kuroiwa T,Kondo N,Sakurai Y,Suzuki M,Ono K,Oue S,Ishikawa E,Michiue H,Miyatake SI

更新日期：2018-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old male presented with choroid plexus carcinoma in the left lateral ventricle manifesting as dysarthria and gait disturbance. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a homogeneously enhanced mass in the trigone of the left lateral ventricle. Selective left posterior cerebral arteriography showed the tumor was fed...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hashizume A,Kodama Y,Hotta T,Yuki K,Taniguchi E,Eguchi K,Yamasaki F,Katayama S,Yamane T,Hada Y

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:A 38-year-old woman with Chiari I malformation presented with spinal cord edema preceding syringomyelia manifesting as a 5-month history of nuchal pain and numbness of the upper extremities. Magnetic resonance imaging showed spinal cord edema, a poorly defined syrinx at the C-2 to T-2 levels, and distorted cerebellar ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Itoh Y,Kuwahara N,Sasajima T,Mizoi K,Hatazawa J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00