Rupture of giant cerebral aneurysms during angiography. Case report and review of literature.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Results from surgical series of tuberculum and planum sphenoidale meningiomas tends to be heterogeneous. Sekhar-Mortazavi tumor classification system has been recently proposed in order to predict the surgical risk and outcome. METHOD:We retrospectively reviewed a consecutive series of tuberculum and planum...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Giammattei L,Messerer M,Belouaer A,Daniel RT

更新日期：2018-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneurysms of the M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery are rare. Anatomically they are classified into a "temporal" variety, projecting supero-laterally and a "striate" variety projecting infero-laterally. Between 1960 and 1992, 13 such aneurysms were treated at our Institution. Among them, 11 underwent surgery: 8 ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Nardi PV,Gigli R,Brunori A,Chiappetta F

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of a so called azygous anomaly of the distal ACA, consisting in a single branch, is rare. Authors report two cases of azygous aneurysm on which surgery was performed successfully, and describe their angiographic characteristics, the frequent association of an aneurysm with azygous and the morphological ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Nardi PV,Esposito S,Greco R,Massari A,Patricolo A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acromegaly associated to a giant osteoma of the cranial vault and hydrocephalus in a young woman is reported. It can be suggested that acromegaly favoured the marked growth of the osteoma. Hydrocephalus resulted consequent to both the compression of the superior longitudinal sinus by the tumor and alteration...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Corriero G,Maiuri F,Giamundo A,Cirillo S,Briganti F

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurately locating small subcortical brain lesions is very important for maximal surgical resection with minimal neurological damage. Intraoperative MRI has proved to be more precise than ultrasound, it is relatively expensive and is not available in all centers. Herein we describe a new, simple, safe and e...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Kazanci A,Gurcan O,Gurcay A,Bozkurt I,Algin O,Turkoglu O,Bavbek M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 52-year-old male presented with an unusual penetrating brain injury with nasal entry. At admission he had erythema of periorbital soft tissue in the left eye and epistaxis. His neurological condition was lethargic (Glasgow Coma Scale of 13) with nonfluent aphasia. Computed tomography scan revealed intracra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Takanashi Y,Shinonaga M,Manaka H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embolization is commonly used for the treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) prior to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Due to mixed outcomes, however, its use remains controversial. This article is a review of recent studies assessing the efficacy of pre-radiosurgical embolization for brain AVMs. Articl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Iyer A,D'souza M,Steinberg GK

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological and clinical profile of Chronic Post-Traumatic Headache (CPTH) has been studied in 57 out of 130 consecutive patients hospitalized, following closed head injuries, at the Institute of Neurosurgery of the University of Milan. The incidence of CPTH has been 44%. Age of the patients ranged between 4 a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： De Benedittis G,De Santis A

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Today, transcranial (TC) approach indications are particularly rare in pituitary adenomas (PA), representing 1.1% of all PA surgeries in our experience. In these rare and selected cases, the complications, advantages, and disadvantages of TC approach were also analyzed. METHODS:Nineteen cases of giant PA (≥...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Graillon T,Castinetti F,Fuentes S,Gras R,Brue T,Dufour H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe 2 patients with solitary cerebral metastasis occurring 13 years after treatment for a renal tumor in one and 17 in the other. Both patients are alive 30 and 36 months after surgery respectively. The pathogenetic and therapeutic features typical of this type of solitary metastasis with late-onset a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Cervoni L,Salvati M,Delfini R

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has greatly disturbed healthcare and the practice of neurosurgery. As healthcare systems evolve in the face of COVID-19, the use of telehealth platforms has expanded. We present the results of a large survey of patient perspectives on the role of telehealth in the care of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Maurer RK,Hallan D,Maurer TC,Lee C,Kelleher JP

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A short review of polyamines and their possible clinical interest and applications in the field of brain neoplasms is presented. Dosage of CSF polyamines was proved to be useful in monitoring patients with medulloblastomas and others malignancies with meningeal involvement. Polyamines and their enzymes in neoplastic t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Pierangeli E,Occhiogrosso M,Vailati G

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subependymoma was first described by Scheinker in 1945; it frequently occurs in the ventricles and rarely in the spinal canal representing 0.7% of all central nervous system tumours. Most of these intraventricular tumours are subclinical entities, remaining of small size and discovered at autopsy with 0.4%incidence. W...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Romoli S,Abbruzzese A,Castagna M,Becherini F,Parenti G

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of an encapsulated intradiploic hematoma observed in a 2 year old patient who, 6 months prior to their observation, underwent an internal CSF drainage for hydrocephalus. The surgical findings are described and the possible etiopathological causes discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Giammusso V,Strukelj S

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two clinical trials concerning chemotherapy and immunotherapy combined in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors. In the first study bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and in the second Levamisole (LMS) were utilized as immunostimulating agents. Chemotherapy was performed with BCNU or CCNU...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Knerich R,Robustelli della Cuna G,Butti G,Pavesi L,Adinolfi D,Preti P,Locatelli D

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetrating cranio-cerebral trauma caused by fire-arm constitute the most frequent penetrating wounds in civilian ambit; in these cases the great extention of cerebral damage is the result of distructive forces generated by high velocity which moves this bodies. In civilian ambit cranio-cerebral wounds caused by penet...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Tancioni F,Gaetani P,Pugliese R,Rodriguez y Baena R

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of complex cerebral arteriovenous fistula in an infant is reported. An 8-month-old boy first presented with a syndrome of increased intracranial pressure. Neuroradiological assessment showed a direct intracerebral arteriovenous shunt with marked venous engorgement. No hemorrhage was evident. Direct surgica...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Talamonti G,Versari PP,D'Aliberti G,Villa F,Fontana RA,Collice M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors propose a new experimental model of nervous anastomosis between intercostal and lumbar nerves in rabbit with the purpose of providing a technique to by-pass a spinal lesion. Before carrying out the surgical experiments, an histological study has been performed on the donor and receiver nerves which demonst...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： de Divitiis E,Donzelli R,Caputi F,Crisci C,Gargiulo G,Francica D

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors have carried out a retrospective study to assess the advantages of real-time spinal navigation with 3D-fluoro images (O-arm® and StealthStation® navigation systems, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) versus fluoroscopy in spinal surgery. The aim of the study is to ascertain whether this technology ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Roccucci P,Peron S,Minotti M,Stefini R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Authors report a rare case of traumatic aneurysm of the internal carotid artery observed in a 19-year-old man after a car accident. The aneurysm was recognized by cerebral angiography performed immediately after trauma and clipped to avoid delayed rupture. The literature on traumatic aneurysms is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Cerillo A,Vizioli L,Meglio G,Villano M,Kniahynicki C,Tedeschi G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraventricular neoplasms are rare tumours (1% of the tumours of the central nervous system). The surgical approach sometimes is quite difficult, particularly in the dominant hemisphere. The best choice of surgical approach is discussed. METHODS:The authors describe a series of 25 patients who underwent su...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Santoro A,Salvati M,Frati A,Polli FM,Delfini R,Cantore G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantia nigra (SN) hyperechogenicity has been proved to be a characteristic finding for idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), occurring in more than 90% of the patients. This echofeature is owed to increased amounts of iron in the SN region and reflects a functional impairment of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic syste...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Bor-Seng-Shu E,Paschoal FM,Almeida KJ,De Lima Oliveira M,Nogueira RC,Teixeira MJ,Walter U

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-beta (IFN-B) plus thymostimulin (Th) were administered for eight weeks, intravenously and by intramuscular route to eight patients with metastatic brain tumors. No patient had a complete response. One had a stable disease and seven a progressive disease during that time. The mechanisms of the action of IFN-...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Salpietro FM,Cipri S,Alafaci C,Tripodi M,Alonci A,Buda G,Tomasello F

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyponatremia is a frequent occurrence after pituitary surgery, having been described in 9% to 35% of the patients. It is produced by the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) or, more frequently, by the cerebral salt-wasting syndrome (CSWS). The clinical presentation of both syndromes is ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Casulari LA,Costa KN,Albuquerque RC,Naves LA,Suzuki K,Domingues L

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the results of a long-term follow up of 52 juvenile head-injured patients who showed early epileptic seizures. The purpose of this study is to stress the role of long-term prognosis in the early seizures and to determine in which cases a treatment preventing late seizures is eligible. They consider...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： De Santis A,Marossero F,Pagni CA,Rampini P

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive electrophysiological method to modulate cortical excitability. As such, rTMS can be used in conjunction with conventional physiotherapy or occupational therapy to facilitate rehabilitation of motor function in patients with focal brain lesions. This...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Paquette C,Thiel A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple meningiomas in different neuraxial compartments are quite rare. The authors report two new cases of association between cranial and spinal meningiomas, one of them in a patient operated upon for multiple intracranial meningiomas. The first case was a 60-year-old woman with progressive paraparesis who had been...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Santoro A,Tacconi L,Paolini S,Bristot R,Bastianello S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The results of randomized trials indicate that carotid endarterectomy, performed with a low morbidity-mortality perioperative risk, is the best therapeutic option both for patients with high-grade symptomatic and asymptomatic stenosis. Since the main operative risk is represented by embolic or hemodynamic ce...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： D'Angelo V,Catapano G,Bozzini V,Catapano D,De Vivo P,Del Gaudio A,Ciritella P,Simone P

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old woman with a subarachnoid hemorrhage was operated on for an anterior communicating artery aneurysm demonstrated by angiography. A month later she developed intestinal hemorrhage and a selective angiography showed multiple aneurysmatic dilatations, which were compatible with angiodysplasia, to be the caus...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Isla A,Roda JM,Alvarez F,Blázquez MG

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the relationship between the modalities of the surgical ablation of medulloblastomas--partial versus total tumor exeresis--and the pattern of tumoral relapse (local regrowth or metastases at distance), we have analyzed forty-five children affected by cerebellar medulloblastomas, observed at the Po...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences

authors： Di Rocco C,Iannelli A,Tancredi A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00