Probable brain abscess presenting as a high uptake lesion on thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomography--case report.

abstract：:A 15-year-old girl presented with a distal anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) dissecting aneurysm manifesting as sudden onset of general tonic-clonic convulsion while singing a song. Physical and neurological examinations found headache, vomiting, right perceptive deafness, and right cerebellar ataxia. Cranial...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fukushima S,Hirohata M,Okamoto Y,Yamashita S,Ishida S,Shigemori M

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Replication-deficient adenoviral vectors are promising agents for human gene therapy of the greater transduction efficiency than other vectors. However, there are distinct disadvantages, including high immunogenicity, which limits the administration to human organs, particularly the brain. Injection of adenoviral vect...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ryuke Y,Mizuno M,Natsume A,Yoshida J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the mean cerebral blood flow (mCBF) with growth in normal children (1-20 years old) were evaluated, and compared to serial mCBF changes in children with spontaneous occlusion of the circle of Willis (moyamoya disease) after vascular reconstructive surgery. mCBF gradually decreased with growth in control chi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kuroda S,Kamiyama H,Abe H,Yamauchi T,Kohama Y,Houkin K,Mitsumori K

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old male presented with an extremely unusual case of solitary clivus metastasis from gastric cancer manifesting as mild headache and diplopia 10 years after radical excision of the primary tumor. The patient underwent surgical resection using an endoscopic transsphenoidal approach. Histological examination r...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fukushima M,Katayama Y,Shigemori Y,Miyake H,Hirayama T,Kotani A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old female presented with right trigeminal neuralgia. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated a tumor attached to the right petrous apex. MR imaging also revealed that the trigeminal nerve was compressed and distorted by the tumor. Tumor removal and microvascular decompression (M...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kuroki A,Kayama T,Song J,Saito S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External lumbar drainage (ELD) is recognized as a screening method for ventriculo-peritoneal shunting (VPS) candidacy for possible normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). This study focused on the ELD predictability of the cognitive outcome after VPS for NPH. In addition, Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsy...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakatsu D,Fukuhara T,Chaytor NS,Phatak VS,Avellino AM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presented with sciatica-like pain caused by thoracic disk herniation. Sciatica-like pain was the initial and major symptom in both patients, but careful neurological examination showed vague signs of upper motor neuron disturbance, and thoracic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed disk herniations at ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Cho HL,Lee SH,Kim JS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old woman presented with cerebellar infarction caused by occlusion of the right posterior inferior cerebellar artery. She had papules on her face that were identified histologically as multiple trichoepithelioma. Angiography revealed right subclavian-pulmonary collateral vessels and a cerebral aneurysm arisi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Inatomi Y,Yonehara T,Fujioka S,Urata J,Ohyama K,Uchino M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old man complaining of headache and nuchal pain was treated initially under a diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. The meningitis resisted antibiotic therapy, and one week later was complicated by a ruptured retropharyngeal abscess, which led to the correct diagnosis of osteomyelitis of the odontoid process of...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kubo S,Takimoto H,Hosoi K,Toyota S,Karasawa J,Yoshimine T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perimesencephalic nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (PNSAH) is a benign form of subarachnoid hemorrhage and is usually not associated with any focal deficit. We describe two rare cases of PNSAH with unilateral third cranial nerve palsy. Both patients were treated conservatively. The outcomes of our two cases were ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sadamasa N,Sano N,Takeda N,Yoshida K,Narumi O,Chin M,Yamagata S

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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 60-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital due to a sudden loss of consciousness. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a thick subarachnoid hemorrhage in almost all of the parachiasmatic cisterns, including the sylvian cisterns, with mild hydrocephalus. Three dimensional (3D)-CT angiography showed an irregularly sh...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Minami N,Kimura T,Ichikawa Y,Morita A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 15-year-old boy with achondroplasia developed right hemifacial spasm associated with headache, vomiting, and hearing disturbance. Computed tomography showed hydrocephalus. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was placed. His hydrocephalus subsequently resolved, the hemifacial spasm and headache disappeared, and his hearing ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamashita S,Matsumoto Y,Tamiya T,Kawanishi M,Ogawa D,Nagao S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superficial peroneal nerve (S-PN) entrapment neuropathy (S-PNEN) is comparatively rare and may be an elusive clinical entity. There is yet no established surgical procedure to treat idiopathic S-PNEN. We report our surgical treatment and clinical outcomes. We surgically treated 5 patients (6 sites) with S-PNEN. The 2 ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumoto J,Isu T,Kim K,Iwamoto N,Yamazaki K,Isobe M

更新日期：2018-07-15 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：: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：:A 74-year-old male was admitted because of severe headache, vertigo, and vomiting. A computed tomographic scan showed heterogeneously enhanced tumors in the supra- and the infratentorial regions, apparently attached to the cerebellar tentorium. He died 2 months after the onset despite external decompression and a vent...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kudo H,Tanaka M,Urui S,Suzuki H,Tamaki N,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1990-05-01 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 relationship between hyperperfusion and temporary clipping was evaluated to determine the safe limit for the duration of temporary clipping in aneurysm surgery. Twenty-one patients surgically treated for a ruptured aneurysm were examined using xenon-enhanced computed tomography on postoperative days 4 to 13. Eight...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Araki Y,Andoh H,Yamada M,Nakatani K,Andoh T,Sakai N

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：: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 4-month-old girl fell off a table onto the floor. Computed tomography performed 4 hours after the trauma showed a left parietal epidural hematoma (EDH) with an omega-shaped fracture line in the left parietal region. The EDH was enlarged after another 4 hours. However, the EDH showed drainage into the subgaleal space...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Chida K,Yukawa H,Mase T,Endo H,Ogasawara K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of gabapentin monotherapy was investigated against both acute or chronic radicular pain caused by lumbar disk hernia (LDH) or lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Seventy-eight patients with radicular pain, 10 males and 68 females aged 23 to 76 years (mean 49.4 years), caused by LSS in 45 patients or LDH in 33 p...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kasimcan O,Kaptan H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontal sinus infection after incorrect treatment of an opened frontal sinus may require extended approaches. This article aims to introduce modified cranialization technique and secondary cranioplasty for frontal sinus infection involving the frontal sinus outflow tract after craniotomy. Eight patients with delayed o...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yoshioka N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant fibrous histiocytomas (MFHs) are mesenchymal tumors, usually arising in soft tissue of the extremities and are remarkably resistant to radiation and chemotherapy. A 45-year-old female presented with a rare case of MFH originating in the cranial bone manifesting as a lump in the left parietal region with no n...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yoshida D,Harashima K,Node Y,Kojima T,Shimura T,Teramoto A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present an unusual case of ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure due to invagination of a valve in the proximal portion of the silicone casing of the shunt system. The shunt had been in place for 5 years and the 57-year-old male patient had incurred no head injury during that period. The valve failure was dis...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yoshida M,Ohshima Y,Kuramoto S

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old man presented with a rare case of synchronous multifocal osteosarcoma involving the skull associated with intracerebral hemorrhage, manifesting as sudden headache and left homonymous hemianopia. Computed tomography revealed a skull tumor in the right occipital bone and intracerebral hemorrhage in the rig...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sato H,Hayashi N,Yamamoto H,Nagai S,Ohmori K,Kanamori M,Endo S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old right-handed male with a 12-year education presented with a 2-month history of generalized epileptic activity. Neuroradiological imaging demonstrated a large lesion in the left frontal lobe involving the insulooperculum and in the temporal tip. Neurological and neuropsychological examination revealed no ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kumabe T,Nakasato N,Suzuki K,Sato K,Sonoda Y,Kawagishi J,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00