A missed diagnosis: acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Aggressive surgery seems mandatory for poor-grade middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysm with associated intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). However, primary decompressive craniectomy (DC) is controversial. We performed a case control study to define the role of primary DC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We analyzed data ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Zhao B,Zhao Y,Tan X,Cao Y,Wu J,Zhong M,Wang S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 35-year-old woman with painful muscle cramps in both legs, this being the only symptom of the syndrome of continuous muscle fibre activity. Diagnosis was confirmed by electromyography during sleep. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： de Waal M,Bertelsmann FW,Strijers RL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas are the most common benign intracranial tumors in adults arising from the dura matter. The etiology of meningiomas is mostly unknown, although several risk factors have been described, such as ionizing radiation, head injury, hormones and genetic factors. According to WHO they are classified into 3 grades,...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Alexiou GA,Markoula S,Gogou P,Kyritsis AP

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Activation of the inflammatory cascade is a known pathophysiologic process in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) with yet non-standardized scientific data regarding relationship to outcome. The understanding of the time course of expression of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker levels following severe TBI i...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Nwachuku EL,Puccio AM,Adeboye A,Chang YF,Kim J,Okonkwo DO

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the role of laser interstitial thermal therapy in recurrent glioblastoma and to assess its effect in the overall survival and in progression-free survival. METHODS:A MEDLINE and Pubmed search was performed for the key words "laser interstitial thermal therapy", "LITT" and "glioblastoma". Studies inv...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Montemurro N,Anania Y,Cagnazzo F,Perrini P

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) is an uncommon malignant tumor. During the past decade, endoscopic approaches have been gradually applied in treating skull base tumors. However, the experience in using this approach to treat ENB is still limited. Kadish staging and Dulguerov staging are common methods used for EN...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Feng L,Fang J,Zhang L,Li H,Zhou B,Chen X,Li Y,Han D

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a frequent disease in neurosurgical practice. However, a considerable recurrence rate keeps this condition challenging to treat. We aimed to provide a simple tool for risk assessment in these patients. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective analysis of surgically treated pa...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Suero Molina E,Borscheid L,Freistühler M,Zawy Alsofy S,Stummer W,Schipmann S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During recent years, sialorrhea in Parkinson's disease (PD) has been treated with botulinum toxin type A (BT-A); however, there are no data describing its effects on swallowing dynamics in this group of patients. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether injection of BT-A into the parotid glands interferes with the ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Nóbrega AC,Rodrigues B,Melo A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a case of calcified, organized hematoma in the cerebellopontine angle which developed 20 years after subtotal removal of an acoustic neurinoma, presenting as a recurrence of acoustic neurinoma on computed tomography. It points out the difficulty in differentiating a recurrent tumor from an organiz...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ito M,Tajima A,Sato K,Ishii S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (proximal dominant form, HMSN-P) has been reported exclusively from Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. We herein report three brothers with HMSN-P who are among Brazilians of Japanese ancestry. They showed the typical clinical manifestations and were compatible with HMSN-P. Okinawa Pr...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Maeda K,Sugiura M,Kato H,Sanada M,Kawai H,Yasuda H

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular cognitive impairment associated with small vessel disease (sVCI) may manifest as both cognitive and motor dysfunctions. However, few instruments exist for systematically assessing motor symptoms in sVCI, even though many neuropsychological tests exist to evaluate cognitive function. We developed a ne...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kim SH,Seo SW,Go SM,Chin J,Lee BH,Lee JH,Han SH,Na DL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:(1) To determine the frequency of subarachnoid blood spread following epidural blood patch (EBP) in a cohort of subjects with spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH). (2) To describe the outcome of these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In a cohort of 106 patients exhibiting SIH, spiral spinal CT scans were...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ferrante E,Rubino F,Mongelli M,Arpino I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with the varicella zoster viral (VZV) infection of multiple cranial nerves mimicking Garcin syndrome, who initially presented with Ramsay Hunt syndrome (herpes zoster oticus). A 78-year-old man showed left facial palsy with zosteric eruptions in his left auricle and dysphagia, followed by left tota...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Nishioka K,Fujishima K,Kobayashi H,Mizuno Y,Okuma Y

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) is a constellation of symptoms that includes fever and altered mental status. Most cases are attributed to viral encephalitis (VE), occurring either in outbreaks or sporadically. We conducted hospital-based surveillance for sporadic adult-AES in rural Central India in order ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Joshi R,Mishra PK,Joshi D,Santhosh SR,Parida MM,Desikan P,Gangane N,Kalantri SP,Reingold A,Colford JM Jr

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stiff person syndrome is a rare neurological disorder, difficult to diagnose and to treat. Paraneoplastic patients usually present amphiphysin antibodies but the association with anti-Ri antibodies is less known. We present a case report of paraneoplastic SPS, small cell carcinoma of the bladder and anti-Ri antibo...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： de Albóniga-Chindurza A,Riva E,Jiménez-Huete A,Graus F,Franch O

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The frequency of suboccipital injections to treat headaches has increased. The third segment of the vertebral artery is located in the suboccipital triangle and its main muscular branch, the suboccipital artery of Salmon (SAS), supplies blood to the suboccipital muscles. The purpose of this study was to radi...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Macchi V,Porzionato A,Morra A,D'Antoni AV,Tubbs RS,De Caro R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant familial spastic paraparesis (AD-FSP) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder of the central nervous system characterized by a progressive spasticity of the legs. One gene causing AD-FSP (FSP1) has recently been mapped to chromosome 14q, another gene (FSP2) to chromosome 2p, and a third gene (FSP3) ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bruyn RP,van Veen MM,Kremer H,Scheltens PH,Padberg GW

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Spinal cord stimulation has been proven highly effective in the treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). The definitive implantation of a neurostimulator is usually preceded by a therapeutic test (trial), which has the purpose of identifying whether the patient would respond positively to neuromodu...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Risson EG,Serpa AP,Berger JJ,Koerbel RFH,Koerbel A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the clinical and radiological findings in a consecutive series of patients diagnosed with fibrous dysplasia of the skull. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis of collected data for 36 patients with histopathologically confirmed fibrous dysplasia involving the skull is presented. The dem...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Cai M,Ma L,Xu G,Gruen P,Li J,Yang M,Pan L,Guan H,Chen G,Gong J,Hu J,Qin S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large Dutch family is presented with pure hereditary spastic paraparesis. Pedigree analysis indicates autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance and possibly anticipation in successive generations. These observations may have implications for genetic studies. Linkage studies in this family have excluded...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bruyn RP,van Deutekom J,Frants RR,Padberg GW

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide stroke incidence seems to decrease in high income countries but to largely increase in low and middle countries. The mean age of stroke onset also seems to be gradually increasing in many developed countries, which is consistent with the third epidemiological transition in the world, being characterized by a...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Shiue I

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The annual hemorrhage rate of intracranial cavernous malformation (CM) is reported to range from 0.23% to 1.1%. Because of the low hemorrhage rate, operating on a deep symptomatic lesion with or without hemorrhage is considered controversial. For the prevention of hemorrhage, radiosurgery is an alternative m...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Huang YC,Tseng CK,Chang CN,Wei KC,Liao CC,Hsu PW

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on a case of post-denervation muscle hypertrophy in an unusual distribution. CASE REPORT:A 52-year-old patient with severe flaccid paraparesis after polio developed unilateral C-6 radiculopathy that resolved with conservative treatment. Within 2 years marked hypertrophy, stiffness and pain in the m...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Rousseff RT,Tzvetanov P

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was performed to evaluate the association between red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and 3-month mortality in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This observational study was performed from March 2007 to May 2017 in an emergency department. The baseline cha...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Hong DY,Kim SY,Kim JY,Kim JW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Updated multi-institutional database studies assessing perioperative risk factors on 30-day morbidity and mortality after skull base surgeries are limited. We aim to identify perioperative risk factors and report the incidence of 30-day morbidity and mortality in adult patients after skull base surgery. PAT...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Burton BN,Hu JQ,Jafari A,Urman RD,Dunn IF,Bi WL,DeConde AS,Gabriel RA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features and additional investigations of 20 Dutch patients suffering from cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX), an inborn error of metabolism in bile acid synthesis, are described. The onset was in the second or third decade. The clinical picture at the time of examination consisted of a combination of t...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Waterreus RJ,Koopman BJ,Wolthers BG,Oosterhuis HJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 27 normal subjects evoked potentials (EPs) were serially measured across an interval of 3.5 months. The variation in latencies of the P100 component of the VEP and of the components N13 and N20 of the SEP did not exceed 12% of the absolute values of these latencies on the first recording. The VEP and SEP were also ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： de Weerd AW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to evaluate whether the serum Anterior Gradient-2 (AGR2) can be used as a potential biomarker screening in the diagnosis of Pituitary adenomas(PAs). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The serum AGR2 protein levels were preoperatively measured in 163 PA patients, 43 patients with other sellar lesions exclud...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tohti M,Li J,Tang C,Wen G,Abdujilil A,Yizim P,Ma C

更新日期：2017-03-01 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