Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of radiation necrosis in the brain.

abstract：:A 21-year-old woman presented with cervical myelopathy due to nontraumatic cervical disc herniation associated with cervical canal stenosis. The patient underwent removal of the herniated disc and anterior fusion with an autogenous iliac crest bone graft. After surgery, the patient showed satisfactory improvement. Cas...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ikeda H,Hanakita J,Takahashi T,Kuraishi K,Watanabe M

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Water-soluble metabolites extracted from 20 astrocytic tumors (11 glioblastomas, 3 anaplastic astrocytomas, and 6 low-grade astrocytomas) and four normal brains were measured qualitatively and quantitatively using in vitro high-resolution proton magnetic resonance (1H-MR) spectroscopy. MR spectra from tumors exhibited...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kinoshita Y,Kajiwara H,Yokota A,Koga Y

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) in which the hematoma rapidly resolved. Three of the four hematomas were traumatic. The outcome was good in three cases and fair in one. Spontaneous resolution of ASDH is rare. ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Niikawa S,Sugimoto S,Hattori T,Ohkuma A,Kimura T,Shinoda J,Funakoshi T

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with growth hormone-producing pituitary adenomas were investigated to evaluate correlations between magnetic resonance (MR) appearance and tissue characteristics, sellar expansion, suprasellar tumor extension, and tumor consistency. MR imaging could detect microadenomas with a characteristic enhancemen...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Chakrabortty S,Oi S,Yamaguchi M,Tamaki N,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactive bio-feedback (iBF) was initially developed for the rehabilitation of motor function in patients with neurological disorders, and subsequently yielded the development of the hybrid assistive limb (HAL). Here, we provide a review of the theory underlying HAL treatment as well as our clinical experience and r...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Morishita T,Inoue T

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old female patient presented with hemorrhage from a cerebellar cavernous malformation manifesting as headache and vomiting. She died of massive rebleeding within 1 week of the previous hemorrhage. The natural history of cavernous malformations was considered relatively benign, with significant hemorrhage bei...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yoshimoto Y,Wakai S,Ochiai C,Okuhata S,Nagai M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increased risk of stroke during pregnancy and the puerperium. Decisions should be made immediately upon transfer to each institution, particularly with respect to when and how to treat the patient. This review highlights the feasibility of endovascular treatment in pregnancy. Most of the pharmaceutical age...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishii A,Miyamoto S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old male presented with a rare case of possible neuro-Sweet Disease (NSD) mimicking brain tumor in the medulla oblongata, manifesting as numbness in the bilateral upper and lower extremities, gait disturbance, dysarthria, and swallowing disturbance which gradually deteriorated over 3 months. Magnetic resonan...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akiba C,Esaki T,Ando M,Furuya T,Noda K,Nakao Y,Yamamoto T,Okuma Y,Mori K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman presented with a rare case of subependymoma associated with prominent Rosenthal fibers located in the left lateral ventricle manifesting as right hemiparesis and mild motor aphasia. The tumor was well demarcated and consisted of clusters of round nuclei embedded in an abundant gliofibrillary matrix...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ohmura T,Tsugu H,Iwaasa M,Utsunomiya H,Fukushima T,Inoue T

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:The present study assessed the safety and efficacy of embolization using Guglielmi detachable coils (GDCs) in 100 asymptomatic cerebral aneurysms classified as sidewall (70) or terminal (30) aneurysms according to the parent artery (68 small aneurysms with a small neck, 21 small aneurysms with a wide neck, and 11 larg...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Soeda A,Sakai N,Sakai H,Iihara K,Nagata I

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：: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 21-year-old man presented with a hemorrhagic central neurocytoma manifesting as acute onset of disturbance of consciousness and right hemiparesis. Computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a tumor in the left lateral ventricle during the course of evaluation for mental alteration 12 days before onset, but the tumor was ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Terakawa Y,Tsuruno T,Ishibashi K,Okada Y,Shimotake K,Murata T

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) porous material (GORE(®) PRECLUDE(®) Dura Substitute) does not degenerate or deteriorate in vivo, and is currently used as artificial dura mater. This material does not adhere well to the surrounding tissues, but cerebrospinal fluid leakage along the suture line has been observ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumoto Y,Aikawa H,Tsutsumi M,Narita S,Yoshida H,Etou H,Sakamoto K,Kazekawa K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a newborn male infant with a giant congenital capillary hemangioma of the pericranium. An elastic mass, measuring 6.5 x 6.9 x 3.9 cm, was located in the parieto-occipital region. Neurological examination revealed no abnormality. Angiographically, the tumor was fed symmetrically by the bilateral supe...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tokuda Y,Uozumi T,Sakoda K,Yamada K,Yamanaka M,Nomura S,Hamasaki T

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old male presented with a huge facial schwannoma extending into both the middle cranial fossa and the cerebellopontine angle but without manifesting facial nerve palsy. Neurological examination on admission revealed no deficits except for speech disturbance. Computed tomography showed a multicystic tumor ext...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Furuta S,Hatakeyama T,Zenke K,Nagato S

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old man presented with acute onset of visual loss in his right eye. He was treated under a diagnosis of retinal artery thrombosis. Ultrasonography revealed obstruction of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery (ICA). He had no risk factor for stroke and he denied any history of trauma. Follow-up ultrasonogr...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akiyama Y,Tanaka M,Hayashi J,Fujimoto M,Harada K,Nakahara I,Taniwaki Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous microcompression of the trigeminal ganglion (PMTG) was performed in nine elderly patients (> 70 years) with trigeminal neuralgia and six patients with atypical neuralgia under short-acting anesthesia using propofol. Two patients had postherpetic neuralgia and two had postoperative neuralgia following remo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mizuno M,Saito K,Takayasu M,Yoshida J

更新日期：2000-07-01 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 24-year-old female presented with basilar invagination and kyphoscoliosis of the cervical spine associated with a large intercarotid paraganglioma. She had suffered from pharyngeal discomfort from the age of 9 years due to the tumor. The tumor had originated from the right carotid body and extended in the parapharyn...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishii N,Sawamura Y,Tada M,Kato T,Abe H

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:Patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy sometimes complain of cognitive dysfunction, which may be coincidence. However, cognitive dysfunction may be related to disorders of the cervical spine and/or spinal cord. This study investigated cognitive dysfunction in patients with cervical spinal disorders. A total of ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hoshimaru M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old woman presented with a solitary neurofibroma in an unusual presacral location without neurofibromatosis manifesting as bilateral chronic sciatica for 2 years. She was initially considered as having a giant right ovarian mass, but was referred with a prediagnosis of solitary giant sacral nerve sheath tumo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Topsakal C,Erol FS,Ozercan I,Murat A,Gurates B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old, right-handed female presented with episodes of pathological laughter and left hemiparesis. She had no history of traumatic brain injury, or neurological or psychiatric disease, and showed no signs of drug or alcohol abuse. Neurological examination found moderate left hemiparesis. Her face was symmetrica...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsutsumi S,Yasumoto Y,Ito M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old man presented with a very rare cerebral aneurysm arising from the trunk of the persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA) manifesting as subarachnoid hemorrhage. Angiography showed a saccular aneurysm at the curved mid-section of the trunk of the left PPTA of the adult type. The patient underwent surg...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takase T,Tanabe H,Kondo A,Nonoguchi N,Tane K

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old woman presented with multiple dissecting aneurysms of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) manifesting as hemiparesis on the right with dominance in the lower extremity. Computed tomography revealed hematoma in the left frontal lobe, corresponding to the area perfused by the callosomarginal artery. Initial...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sakamoto S,Inagawa T,Ikawa F,Kawamoto H,Ohbayashi N

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 88-year-old woman presented with a supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) manifesting as disturbance of consciousness and left hemiplegia. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a large mass lesion in the right frontotemporal region. She underwent biopsy of the lesion that confirmed the diagnosis of PNET....

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shingu T,Kagawa T,Kimura Y,Takada D,Moritake K,Hoshii Y

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00