Variation in equation coefficients in the gravimetric method to determine brain water content.

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：:A 42-year-old man presented with a ruptured fusiform aneurysm of the proximal anterior cerebral artery (A(1) segment) manifesting as sudden onset of severe headache. Brain computed tomography revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage in the basal cisterns, and left carotid angiography demonstrated a fusiform aneurysm of the le...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Aoki Y,Nemoto M,Yokota K,Kano T,Goto S,Sugo N

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior decompression of a cervical ossified posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) which involves the dura mater occasionally results in a postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Bone window computed tomography (CT) was carried out to detect dural defects in 21 patients with cervical OPLL. Twelve of 21 patients h...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hida K,Iwasaki Y,Koyanagi I,Abe H

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:A case of pituitary apoplexy causing pituitary hemorrhage with extension into the third ventricle is reported. The patient was a 73-year-old, obese female admitted with sudden onset of vomiting and impaired consciousness. Neurological examination revealed that she was stuporous, with marked neck stiffness and a dilate...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takasugi N,Doi A

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：: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：:Trigonocephaly involves premature fusion of both the metopic suture and the sutures in the skull base. Surgical treatment by opening of the prematurely fused metopic suture and expansion of the anterior cranial base by creating "neosutures" was used to treat three children with trigonocephaly. The combination of later...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Moriyama E,Beck H,Iseda K,Saitoh N,Sakurai M,Matsumoto Y

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory brainstem implant (ABI) technology attempts to restore hearing in deaf patients caused by bilateral cochlear nerve injury through the direct stimulation of the brainstem, but many aspects of the related mechanisms remain unknown. The unresolved issues can be grouped into three topics: which patients are the b...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakatomi H,Miyawaki S,Kin T,Saito N

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old female with diabetic nephropathy presented with acute onset of severe back pain and progressive weakness in both lower extremities. Neuroimaging revealed a spinal epidural hematoma extending from the T-3 vertebra to the sacrum. Removal of all or every other lamina on levels with epidural hematoma and eme...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ziyal IM,Aydin S,Inci S,Sahin A,Ozgen T

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of postoperative neurological deficits is a major concern of spinal surgeons and has led to the introduction and current development of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring. We have used motor evoked potentials and somatosensory evoked potentials as routine monitoring techniques and, in some cases, ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takeda M,Yamaguchi S,Morishige M,Eguchi K,Kurisu K

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The authors investigated the analgesic effects of small morphine doses injected into the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of normal rats and hypophysectomized (Hx) rats. An injection cannula was stereotactically inserted into the PVN or third ventricle. On the 5-7th postoperative day, morphine (7 micrograms) was injected...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hashimoto M,Ohgami S,Yonemasu Y

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between various clinical parameters and MIB-1 (Ki-67) staining indices was evaluated in 58 acoustic neurinomas. The index ranged from 0.37% to 6.61% (mean 1.70%), and did not correlate with age, sex, or initial tumor volume. Sixteen of the 18 tumors removed subtotally or partially showed regrowth, and ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yokoyama M,Matsuda M,Nakasu S,Nakajima M,Handa J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebral arteriovenous fistula (VAVF), which can cause subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) when having a perimedurally drainage, has been reported as a rare vascular abnormality in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). In addition, extracranial vertebral aneurysm (EVAn) coexisting with VAVF and NF-1 is considered ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Maki Y,Ishibashi R,Fukuda H,Kobayashi M,Chin M,Yamagata S

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive functions are frequently impaired in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Two patients with NPH initially had dysfunctional constructional skill but exhibited improvements after shunt surgery. Dysfunction of constructional skill should be added to the important clinical features of NPH. The geo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takeuchi M,Hayashi N,Takaiwa A,Hamada H,Kuwayama N,Hirashima Y,Matsui M,Endo S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive evaluations play important roles in identifying epileptogenic zones and functional areas in patients with intractable focal epilepsy. This article reviews the usefulness, methods, and limitations of invasive evaluations for epilepsy surgery. Invasive evaluations include various types of intracranial electrode...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Enatsu R,Mikuni N

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has not been recognized as a surgical option for hydrocephalus following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), since hydrocephalus following aneurysmal SAH is considered to result from the communicating component. However, obstructions in the ventricular system may exist, so ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fukuhara T,Shimizu T,Namba Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral arterial dissection is defined as a hematoma in the wall of a cervical or an intracranial artery. Cerebral arterial dissection causes arterial stenosis, occlusion, and aneurysm, resulting in acute infarction and hemorrhage. Image analysis by such methods as conventional angiography, computed tomography, magne...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kanoto M,Hosoya T

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old female developed subarachnoid hemorrhage after trans-sphenoidal surgery for Rathke's cleft cyst. Neuroradiological examination revealed a large aneurysm at the C1 portion of the right internal carotid artery. Autopsy revealed marked proliferation of aspergillus hyphae in the wall of the aneurysm. A revie...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Komatsu Y,Narushima K,Kobayashi E,Tomono Y,Nose T

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two rare suprachiasmal carotid-ophthalmic artery aneurysms, one large and one giant, were discovered incidentally. The patients had no visual disturbances. Angiography showed superomedial projection of the sac. The aneurysms were clipped via an ipsilateral pterional approach. A suprachiasmal carotid-ophthalmic artery ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Diraz A,Kobayashi S,Okudera H,Nakagawa F,Tsuji T,Toba Y

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant presented with a rare cervical (non-terminal) myelocystocele as a congenital skin-covered mass located in the midline of the posterior aspect of her neck. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography showed a cystic mass filled with cerebrospinal fluid in the midline of the posterior aspect of the...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ochiai H,Kawano H,Miyaoka R,Nagano R,Kohno K,Nishiguchi T,Shimao Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old female presented with an unusual intracranial extracerebral neuroblastoma originating from the dura mater. The tumor was located in the right frontal convexity, and had adhered neither to the underlining arachnoid membrane nor the cerebral cortex. The tumor feeders were meningeal arteries. Light microsco...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishii N,Sawamura Y,Aoki T,Nagashima K,Kashiwaba T,Abe H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old male presented with a cystic lesion at the foramen magnum due to intracranial dissemination from a pituitary adenoma. The primary tumor had required reoperation for regrowth twice. The tumor at the foramen magnum was removed surgically. Two smaller solid tumors were located in the left parietal convexity...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shimizu K,Takamiya Y,Furuhata S,Naritaka H,Kameya T

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：: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：:A 56-year-old male presented with a posterior fossa cavernous angioma manifesting as persistent headache with mild neck stiffness. Lumbar puncture revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Repeated four-vessel angiography failed to identify the source of the SAH. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated multiple sma...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamamoto M,Fukushima T,Ikeda K,Nagasaka S,Sakamoto S,Oka K,Tomonaga M,Maehara F

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:A 39-year-old woman presented with left visual disturbance and diplopia. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a well-enhanced tumor in the left tentorium, cavernous sinus, and suprasellar region. Angiography demonstrated an abnormal origin of the ophthalmic artery from the anterior cerebral artery. The tumor was partia...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Li Y,Horiuchi T,Yako T,Ishizaka S,Hongo K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old female presented with a rare case of pituitary abscess manifesting as homonymous hemianopsia. Serum prolactin level was slightly high (40.8 ng/ml). Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed the content of the lesion as homogeneously isointense on the T1-weighted images and hyperintense on the T2-weighted im...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shimamura N,Ogane K,Takahashi T,Tabata H,Ohkuma H,Suzuki S

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00