Diagnosis and treatment of brainstem abscess using magnetic resonance imaging and microsurgical aspiration--case report.

abstract：:A 60-year-old male was first treated for World Health Organization (WHO) grade II chondrosarcoma arising from the ring finger manifesting as painful swelling. Four years later, the patient presented with cerebral infarction. Echocardiography revealed a tumor occupying the left atrium. He underwent open heart surgery a...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsutsumi S,Yasumoto Y,Oizumi H,Ito M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of dolichoectatic basilar artery with a mass effect to the brainstem structure were treated by reducing hemodynamic stress. In one case, angiograms showed the dolichoectatic basilar artery creating a turbulent flow in the vertebrobasilar junction, and unilateral vertebral artery clipping in addition to poste...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumoto K,Yamada K,Hayakawa T,Kataoka K,Yamamoto K,Onishi T,Ito M,Mogami H

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the cell characteristics, neuroprotective, and transplantation effects of human cranial bone-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hcMSCs) in ischemic stroke model rats compared with human iliac bone-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hiMSCs). The expressions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and vascular...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oshita J,Okazaki T,Mitsuhara T,Imura T,Nakagawa K,Otsuka T,Kurose T,Tamura T,Abiko M,Takeda M,Kawahara Y,Yuge L,Kurisu K

更新日期：2020-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of cerebellar hemorrhage evacuation by key hole craniotomy and the importance of thorough evacuation and irrigation of the hematoma in the fourth ventricle to resolve obstructive hydrocephalus were assessed in 23 patients with spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage (SCH) greater than 3 cm or with br...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tokimura H,Tajitsu K,Taniguchi A,Yamahata H,Tsuchiya M,Takayama K,Shinsato T,Arita K

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:A 64-year-old man presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage from a small brainstem arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Cerebral angiography showed a small AVM in the lateral midbrain, which was fed by a basilar perforating artery, and drained into the right transverse pontine vein and superior petrous vein. Endovascular em...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Morihiro Y,Harada K,Kato S,Ishihara H,Shirao S,Nakayama H,Akimura T,Suzuki M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an unusual case of arteriovenous communication between extracranial and intracranial vessels, accompanied by incidentally detected bilateral arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa. A 52-year-old male was admitted with a sudden onset of headache, vomiting, and conjunctival hyperemia of the right...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kadota K,Asakura T,Kusumoto K,Kodama S,Okahara K,Miyanohara O,Kawasaki T,Kasamo S

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigators assessed the effects of the opioid antagonist naloxone on anterior pituitary hormone release in hyperprolactinemic females with pituitary microadenoma (n = 6) and macroadenoma (n = 7). In those with microadenoma, intravenous bolus injection of naloxone significantly increased serum luteinizing hormon...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shima K,Chigasaki H,Seki K

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of ruptured cerebral aneurysm associated with coarctation of the aorta are presented. The aneurysms were successfully clipped in the acute stage prior to correction of the coarctation. Ruptured aneurysm should be treated as early as possible, and unruptured aneurysm should also be treated before aortic repai...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Serizawa T,Satoh A,Miyata A,Kobayashi S,Odaki M,Nakamura H,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-stopper coil (CSC) which are available for 0.018-inch inner diameter microcenter have been used for neurointervention such as transarterial embolization (TAE) of feeding artery. Although various shapes of pushable microcoils have been developed, microcoils are usually short to embolize the lesion and require lots of...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hayashi K,Horie N,Morikawa M,Nagata I

更新日期：2014-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old woman and a 55-year-old woman were treated with gamma knife surgery (GKS) for occipital arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Angiography confirmed complete nidus obliterations 2 years after GKS. However, both patients complained of chronic headache and visual symptoms from around 7 years after GKS. Magnetic...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oyoshi T,Hirahara K,Uetsuhara K,Yatsushiro K,Arita K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old male presented with a 5-year history of progressive right exophthalmos and visual loss. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a right intraorbital lesion. [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ([(18)F]FDG-PET) revealed high uptake in the tumor. No FDG was accumulated in the remaining optic t...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyamoto J,Sasajima H,Owada K,Mineura K

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transducer-tipped ventricular drainage catheter (TVDC) was developed to allow continuous measurement of intracranial pressure (i.c.p.) without interrupting cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. The 8.5 Fr catheter with a double lumen has 16 side holes for CSF drainage and a small silicone strain-gauge transducer on th...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kasai K,Samejima H,Ueda M,Ushikubo Y,Yanai H,Kukita C,Kato T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man developed subdural effusion after mild head trauma, which remained unchanged in volume and density on computed tomography during a follow-up period of 7 months. However, typical chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) had developed by 9 months after the head trauma. The CSDH was successfully treated by irri...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sato M,Nakano M,Sasanuma J,Asari J,Watanabe K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This clinical case report represents an interesting manifestation of a neurovascular condition that can be easily overlooked by the practicing healthcare provider. In the United States, a Hispanic patient of non-Asian descent presented with atypical symptoms of intractable headache and nausea with no evidence of neuro...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Diaz UJ,Cabán-Martinez AJ,Halder GE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old woman presented with complaints of low back pain and sciatica on the left persisting for 2 years. She had undergone left hemilaminectomy and discectomy for L4-5 intervertebral disc herniation at another medical center. Spinal computed tomography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a mass lesion ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Turgut M,Akyüz O,Ozsunar Y,Kacar F

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with protein S deficiency with acquired multiple pial and dural arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) following superior sagittal sinus (SSS) thrombosis are reported. Case 1 is a 38-year-old male with protein S deficiency who developed generalized seizure due to SSS thrombosis. Local fibrinolysis was achieved in ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsubara S,Satoh K,Satomi J,Shigekiyo T,Kinouchi T,Miyake H,Nagahiro S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Confirming the patency of the proximal parent and distal artery is necessary in cerebral aneurysm surgery. To understand the relationship between the parent and distal arteries of the aneurysm, the blood vessels running through the subarachnoid space should be extensively dissected, which is time consuming. To examine...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Murai Y,Mizunari T,Koketsu K,Tateyama K,Kobayashi S,Morita A,Teramoto A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients presented with intracranial hemorrhage mainly consisting of acute subdural hematoma (ASDH), who had all undergone aneurysm clipping 2-20 years earlier. Whether the clips had slipped or new trauma had caused the bleeding was difficult to determine, since the initial computed tomography showed that the sub...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Imaizumi S,Owada K,Onuma T,Kameyama M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few clinical studies in the area of cervical spine that focused on surgery for treating degenerative lumbar disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). High rates of wound complications and instrumentation failure have been reported more for RA than for non-RA patients, although clinical outcom...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mitsuyama T,Kubota M,Yuzurihara M,Mizuno M,Hashimoto R,Ando R,Okada Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old woman presented with an extremely rare primary central nervous system mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma manifesting as seizure and was subsequently diagnosed with dural MALT lymphoma in the cranium. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a left frontal dural mass with peritumoral edema. Hist...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kamoshima Y,Sawamura Y,Sugiyama T,Yamaguchi S,Houkin K,Kubota K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (FOUR) score was previously developed for neurological assessment, but has not been validated in neurosurgical patients, so was compared to the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in practice. Four groups of raters, expert clinicians, novice clinicians, experienced nurses, and inexperienced n...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Akavipat P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 81-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital after suffering loss of consciousness. Computed tomography revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage. Angiography revealed middle cerebral artery fenestration and a ruptured aneurysm arising from the inferior limb of the fenestrated artery. Coil embolization of the aneurysm ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamaguchi S,Ito O,Suzuki S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parent artery occlusion (PAO) is an alternative to surgical clipping or endovascular endosaccular coil embolization for the management of cerebral aneurysms. Most giant and fusiform aneurysms are not amenable to endosaccular coil embolization due to anatomical considerations, such as a broad-neck. However, majority of...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishii A,Miyamoto S,Ito Y,Fujinaka T,Sakai C,Sakai N,Japanese Registry of Neuroendovascular Therapy (JR-NET) investigators.

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old boy presented with a rare case of intracranial metastasis 33 months after surgical treatment for Ewing's sarcoma of the rib. His chief complaints were headache, right hemiparesis, and disturbance of speech. Computed tomography revealed a large metastatic lesion in the left occipitoparietal region. The tu...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mizushima H,Jinbo H,Shimazu M,Abe T,Kunii N,Matsumoto K

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Adequate exposure of the distal internal carotid artery (ICA) for carotid endarterectomy may be difficult to achieve because of the position of the mandible and associated soft tissues. A simple yet effective use of a head frame is described to gain several centimeters of exposure of the distal ICA. The patient's head...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takigawa T,Yanaka K,Yasuda M,Asakawa H,Matsumaru Y,Nose T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a male patient who developed a large intracranial meningioma during the hormone therapy for pre-existing prostate cancer. A 70-year-old man received a brain check-up, and no intracranial abnormality was detected. Five months later, prostate cancer was diagnosed, and he underwent prostatectomy. Leu...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Anda T,Honda M,Ishihara T,Kamei T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the specific thyroid condition and thyroid autoantibodies in adult moyamoya disease (MMD) according to clinical presentation (ischemia vs. hemorrhage stroke). In addition, a meta-analysis was performed to reveal the association between adult MMD and elevated thyroid function, o...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ahn JH,Jeon JP,Kim JE,Ha EJ,Cho WS,Park YJ,Cho NH,Choi HS,Kang HS,Son YJ,Bang JS,Oh CW

更新日期：2018-03-15 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