Transforming growth factor-beta inhibits interferon-gamma secretion by lymphokine-activated killer cells stimulated with tumor cells.

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：:A 58-year-old female, who had suffered from Weber-Christian disease for 26 years, presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Cerebral angiography showed dilatation of the basilar tip. An operation was performed in the chronic stage. The wall of dilated basilar artery was tough, but that of the right superior cerebellar a...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oyama H,Ueda M,Kida Y,Tanaka T,Iwakoshi T,Niwa M,Kitamura R,Taira M,Kobayashi T

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preservation of facial nerve (FN) function is the most important goal in acoustic neuroma (AN) surgery. We have been using intraoperative continuous facial nerve monitoring (ICFNm) of evoked electromyography during AN surgery. ICFNm is very useful, and we can identify the real-time functions of the FN. Some surgeons h...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Torihashi K,Sora S,Sato H,Kohno M

更新日期：2018-11-15 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：:Several structures including subthalamic nucleus (STN), the caudal zona incerta (cZI), the prelemniscal radiation (Raprl), and the thalamic ventral intermediate nucleus (Vim) have been reported to be useful for improving symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the effect of each target is still unclear. Therefo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sasagawa A,Enatsu R,Kitagawa M,Mikami T,Nakayama-Kamada C,Kuribara T,Hirano T,Arihara M,Mikuni N

更新日期：2020-12-15 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：:The efficacy of endovascular interventions based on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for acute ischemic stroke caused by embolic carotid T occlusion was assessed. Endovascular intervention was performed in 10 of 751 consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients admitted to our institution between April 2001 and July 2003....

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Watanabe M,Mori T,Imai K,Izumoto H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old male had suffered near-syncopal episodes for more than one year that occurred immediately on turning his head to the left. Cerebral magnetic resonance (MR) imaging did not detect any contributing lesions with well-developed posterior communicating arteries. Dynamic radiography of the cervical spine showe...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tsutsumi S,Ito M,Yasumoto Y

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present an extremely rare case of a 48-year-old female who developed repeated perianeurysmal edema at 2, 9, and 16 weeks after endovascular coil embolization for the ruptured intracranial aneurysm. Interestingly, the mechanism for this edema could be different at each time point in this case; acute thrombo...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takeshita T,Horie N,Fukuda Y,So G,Hayashi K,Morikawa M,Suyama K,Nagata I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery for deeply seated arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is controversial because stereotactic irradiation is applicable to the lesion. We have, however, experienced 30 deeply seated AVMs treated by direct surgery and/or endovascular treatment. The present study shows profiles of those patients and results of surger...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamada K,Mase M,Matsumoto T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term survival probability, causes of delayed mortality, and relationship between short-term outcome and long-term survival after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage were retrospectively studied in 106 patients followed up for longer than 5 years. The Kaplan-Meier cumulative survival probabilities at 1 month, 6...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mori T,Mori K,Kurisaka M,Morimoto M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhage in regions remote from the site of initial intracranial operations is rare, but may be fatal. Postoperative cerebellar hemorrhage as a complication of supratentorial surgery, with a radiological appearance known as zebra sign, is an increasingly recognized clinical entity and is associated mainly with vascu...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Figueiredo EG,de Amorim RL,Teixeira MJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old man with a 9-year history of prostate cancer presented with high fever and dysphagia. The initial diagnosis was aspiration pneumonia, but the patient became comatose 2 days after admission, and neuroradiological workup revealed cerebellar hemorrhage, obstructive hydrocephalus, and extensive destruction o...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Inamasu J,Nakamura Y,Saito R,Kuroshima Y,Mayanagi K,Orii M,Ichikizaki K

更新日期：2004-02-01 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 65-year-old man presented with a hyperplastic anomalous anterior choroidal artery (AChA) associated with a ruptured internal carotid artery aneurysm at the origin of a perforating artery manifesting as sudden onset of headache and vomiting. The aneurysm was too small for endovascular embolization, so we performed op...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Misaki K,Uchiyama N,Nitta H,Hamada J

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and computed tomography (CT) cisternography were performed in 37 patients with a tentative diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) to predict their surgical outcome. The mean CBF of the whole brain was measured quantitatively by single photon emission computed tomograp...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Chang CC,Kuwana N,Ito S,Ikegami T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral limit of endoscopic endonasal surgery has yet to be defined. The aim of this study was to investigate the lateral limit of endoscopic endonasal surgery at the level of the sphenoid sinus. Access from the sphenoid sinus to the middle cranial fossa through the cavernous sinus triangles was evaluated by cadav...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Komatsu F,Oda S,Shimoda M,Imai M,Shigematsu H,Komatsu M,Tschabitscher M,Matsumae M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of an epidermoid tumor lying within Meckel's cave is reported. A 27-year-old housewife presented with complaints of right facial hypesthesia for two and a half years. On examination she had partial loss of touch sensation in the right trigeminal nerve distribution. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a tum...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nadkarni T,Dindorkar K,Muzumdar D,Goel A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old male presented with progressive quadriparesis. Twelve years previously he had undergone anterior decompression with bone grafting for cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament associated with spinal trauma. Radiological examination showed ossification of the transverse ligament of the ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hayashi T,Hirose Y,Sagoh M,Murakami H

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old man with hemophilia type A presented with a huge intracerebral hematoma (ICH) in the left frontoparietal lobe due to rupture of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Angiography demonstrated the AVM in the frontoparietal lobe fed by the anterior cerebral arteries and the middle cerebral arteries, with a v...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Saito N,Yamazaki M,Kobayashi S,Teramoto A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) by glioma cell lines was investigated. The effects of interferon (IFN)-gamma or irradiation on the expression was also assessed. Two glioma cell lines showed more than 75% NCAM-positive cells. After treatment with...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamanaka R,Tanaka R,Yoshida S

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:Surgical approaches for stabilizing the craniovertebral junction (CVJ) are classified as either anterior or posterior approaches. Among the anterior approaches, the established method is anterior odontoid screw fixation. Posterior approaches are classified as either atlanto-axial fixation or occipito-cervical (O-C) fi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takayasu M,Aoyama M,Joko M,Takeuchi M

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate management of moyamoya syndrome associated with Graves' disease is undetermined because of the rarity of this combination. Patients tend to present with cerebrovascular events such as transient ischemic attack (TIA) in a thyrotoxic state, which is relieved by proper antithyroid therapy. Four patients with ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Endo H,Fujimura M,Niizuma K,Shimizu H,Tominaga T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of porencephaly in a 33-year-old male is presented. The patient exhibited right hemiparesis and generalized seizures. Computed tomography and, subsequently, craniotomy revealed a cerebral defect in the left parietal lobe, which communicated with the lateral ventricle. On angiography and at surgery, the cortical...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumae M,Yoshioka M,Muraoka I,Morita A,Mannen T,Kaku S,Tsubai F

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old woman presented with a case of primary medulla oblongata germinoma manifesting as sleep apnea, aspiration pneumonia, and left hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a dorsal mass in the medulla oblongata with heterogeneous enhancement by gadolinium (Gd). Emergent biopsy and foramen magnum ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yasuhara T,Ichikawa T,Miyoshi Y,Kurozumi K,Maruo T,Yanai H,Date I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is controversy among neurosurgeons regarding whether irrigation or drainage is necessary for achieving a lower revision rate for the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) using burr-hole craniostomy (BHC). Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis of all available published reports. Multiple electronic hea...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Xu C,Chen S,Yuan L,Jing Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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