Unusual radiological appearance of a skull osteoma.

abstract：:The history of chronic subdural haematoma (CSH), spanning from its possibly earliest beginnings throughout the centuries until the early 1980s, was investigated within the context of four different epochs. In the 'era of uncertainty', successful trephination, the modem method of choice for the treatment of CSH, was de...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Weigel R,Krauss JK,Schmiedek P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gross congenital lesions of the nervous system are obvious at birth and usually present early for management and corrective surgery. However in tropical and developing nations, late presentations are common. AIMS:To determine the factors responsible for very late presentations of gross congenital lesions. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Komolafe EO,Komolafe MA,Adeolu AA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the association between extent of brachial plexus injury and shoulder abduction/external rotation outcomes after spinal accessory nerve (SAN) to suprascapular nerve (SSN) transfer.Methods: A systematic review of the literature was conducted according to PRISMA guideli...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rezzadeh K,Donnelly M,Vieira D,Daar D,Shah A,Hacquebord J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of spontaneous haemorrhage in a cerebellar abscess is reported. Only two reports of this complication have been found in the literature. An incidental acoustic schwannoma was also found close to the abscess. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jamjoom AB,Atasoy M,Coakham HB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to measure metabolic changes monitored by bedside microdialysis during impending and manifest hypoxia in traumatic brain injury. In 41 patients, a PtiO2-catheter (Licox; 1/min) was placed into non-lesioned frontal white matter together with a microdialysis catheter (CMA, hourly). Data were analysed f...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sarrafzadeh AS,Kiening KL,Callsen TA,Unterberg AW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transnasal approach is the most utilized approach to the sellar region. This study was conducted to identify an anatomical landmark on the lateral surface of the head that corresponds to the midpoint of the sellar floor at the level of sphenoidal rostrum. This point, lined up with the nostril, simulates the surgic...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Campero A,Socolovsky M,Torino R,Martins C,Yasuda A,Rhoton AL Jr

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distant intraventricular metastasis is extremely rare in childhood craniopharyngioma. Here, we report the isolated posterior ventricular recurrence of an adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma, in a child previously treated with surgery and proton beam therapy for local progression. The importance of surveillance imaging ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carleton-Bland N,Kilday JP,Pathmanaban ON,Stivaros S,Kelsey A,Kamaly-Asl ID

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied 139 cases of intracranial germ cell tumours up to the beginning of 1993, 63.3% of which showed monotypic histological patterns and 36.7% were shown to be mixed tumours. All these cases underwent surgery followed by radiation and/or chemotherapy. All cases of choriocarcinoma died within 2 years. Cases o...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sano K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic and granulocytic hypophysitis are rare pituitary masses. A series of five dealt with at a single centre is presented and discussed. Retrospective analysis of pathology records revealed the cases. Of pituitary mass lesions dealt with in this centre, 0.8% have the diagnosis. Five females presented, one pregn...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Buxton N,Robertson I

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant fusiform aneurysm is a rare vascular lesion which presents difficult management issues. We describe one such aneurysm in a middle cerebral artery branch (M2) that presented with subarachnoid haemorrhage and was managed operatively. Clinical, radiological and pathological presentations, as well as the different t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： al-Yamany M,Ross IB

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of plasma cell granuloma which is a rare intracranial tumour showing plasma cell infiltration. It mimics meningioma and solitary plasmacytoma clinically and radiologically. Clinical presentation, diagnostic investigations and management are discussed with a review of the literature. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Saxena A,Sinha S,Tatke M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Mixed growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) secreting adenomas are the most common type of plurihormonal pituitary adenomas. We assessed the clinical presentations and impacts of transsphenoidal surgery (TS) on patients with mixed GH and PRL adenomas including surgical outcomes, complications, and prognos...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gulbadin D,Li Z,Shahbaz M,Farhaj Z,Shabbir A,Qi Q,Tang K,Ni S,Sun L

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and acute ischaemic stroke are major causes of mortality and morbidity and there is an urgent demand for new neuroprotective strategies following the translational failure of neuroprotective drug trials. Oxygen therapy--especially normobaric, may offer a simple and effective therapeutic st...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kumaria A,Tolias CM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern cancer therapy has improved the prognosis for several tumour types. This, however, does not apply to the largest group of brain tumours, the malignant astrocytomas grades III-IV. Hence, there is need for new ideas to improve treatment. Ca2+ and the Ca(2+)-binding protein calmodulin have been shown to be involve...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aas AT,Brun A,Pero RW,Salford LG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the investigation was to document the clinical presentations of a group of patients with neurofibromatosis type two syndrome (NF2), and took the form of a retrospective case note review. The investigation took place in the tertiary referral skull base unit. The dominant presentation of patients with N...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： da Cruz MJ,Hardy DG,Moffat DA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OCT4 expresses variably in primary intracranial germinomas. In this study, we tested our hypothesis that such variation of OCT4 is predictive of outcome in primary intracranial germinomas. Thirty-one histologically identified CNS germinoma patients were enrolled in our study. We collected medical data, immunohistochem...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wanggou S,Jiang X,Yuan X,Ren C,Zeng Y,Li G,Li Q

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulae almost invariably lead to meningitis, even in the absence of other clinically obvious sequelae of the fistula such as a CSF fluid leak. The only effective means of reducing the risk of meningitis is surgical closure of the fistula. If surgery is to be recommended to patients with CSF...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hamilton JW,Foy PM,Lesser TH

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sellar melanocytomas represent a small subgroup of primary melanocytic tumors arising from leptomeningeal melanocytes. They are benign, slow-growing tumors with a high risk of recurrence. We report two cases of sellar melanocytoma treated at the same institute. A 35-year-old woman presented with amenorrhea and an intr...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Albano L,Losa M,Spatola G,Panni P,Terreni MR,Barzaghi LR,Mortini P

更新日期：2019-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing techniques for lengthening a peritoneal catheter require a formal laparotomy, and exploration for the catheter which is then extended by the addition of a necessary length. We describe a simplified technique which is quicker and which in co-operative patients can be done under local anaesthesia on an out-pati...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mittal P,Chand M,Chhabra DK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, warfarin, clopidogrel and aspirin have provided the mainstay for prevention of thrombotic disease in cardiac patients. However, new classes of drugs have recently emerged that promise better clinical outcomes and lower risks. Use of such agents has increased, but increased risk and severity of intra-cr...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kimpton G,Dabbous B,Leach P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The determination of language lateralisation is important for patients with medically intractable epilepsy or a brain tumour near the language areas to avoid the risk of post-surgical language deficits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to ident...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ota T,Kamada K,Kawai K,Yumoto M,Aoki S,Saito N

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the unique case of a 51-year-old lady who developed a contralateral lumbosacral plexopathy two days after a lumbar microdiscectomy. This is the first report to date of this complication occurring following this procedure. We review the literature regarding lumbosacral plexopathy and discuss the evidence ba...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tulloch I,Ali R,Papadopoulos MC

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of 16-row multislice computed tomography angiography (CTA) compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in the detection of aneurysm remnants and arterial patency after clipping of intracranial aneurysms. Thirty-seven consecutive patients with 40 clip...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen W,Yang Y,Qiu J,Peng Y,Xing W

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2015, the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the common law case of Montgomery vs Lanarkshire Health Board established the doctrine of informed patient consent, setting the legal standards that doctors should abide by. In this review, our primary aim has been to establish whether, despite the well-publicised ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Greenway F,Tulloch I,Laban J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four patients having an extremely rare and hitherto unreported clinical condition of spondyloptosis of the atlas over axis. Between the year 1999 and 2004, four patients with spondyloptosis were retrospectively analysed. The age of the patients ranged from 12 to 31 years. In three patients, the aetiology of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A,Muzumdar D,Dange N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study occipital lobectomies were carried out on 12 foetal lambs on about the 100th day of gestation. Three lambs were born alive and had computed tomographic (CT) scans performed on the 13th or 18th day of life. One lamb was found to have hydrocephalus due to ventriculitis. All three lambs had low attenuation ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bannister CM,Chapman SA,Cranley JJ,Turnbull IW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess changes in neurological function after cranioplasty. METHODS:Functional and neurocognitive assessments including activities of daily living assessment, functional independence measure (FIM) and the Cognitive assessment report (COGNISTAT) were conducted on all patients within 72 h before and 7 days...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Honeybul S,Janzen C,Kruger K,Ho KM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optic nerve is an unusual site of schwannoma as it lacks Schwannoma cells on it. We report a primary optic sheath schwannoma and to review the literature. CASE REPORT:A 29-year old female presented with progressive painless non-pulsatile proptosis. Ocular examination revealed only axial proptosis. Imagi...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sharma A,Singh D,Saran R

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Few data exist regarding the management of severe head injury in non-neurosurgical centres within the UK. We aimed to discover the number of intensive care units admitting head injury patients, the number of patients admitted annually, and the monitoring and treatment methods followed. Questionnaires were sent to the ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： McKeating EG,Andrews PJ,Tocher JI,Menon DK

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to delineate preoperative factors that may predict perforator injuries following open surgery for an unruptured middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysm. METHODS:The authors conducted a retrospective review of 85 consecutive patients who underwent surgical clipping of 91 unrupture...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yeon JY,Kim JS,Hong SC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00