Spontaneous haemorrhage in a cerebellar abscess: a unique complication.

abstract：:Multicentre gliomas are a well recognized entity but the occurrence of such tumours both above and below the tentorium remains uncommon. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy who underwent stereotactic biopsy of a brain stem ring enhancing tumour with histology of an anaplastic astrocytoma (Grade 3). Nine months fo...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pell MF,Revesz T,Thomas DG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the use of a twist drill method for placement of external ventricular drains and ventriculoperitoneal shunts. We have found this method to be efficient and safe, and provides an excellent cosmetic effect. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Timothy J,Hall G,Chumas P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is a dearth of comparative outcome data on vertebroplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures (VCF) according to vertebral level, the number of levels and aetiology. The aim of this study was to investigate the improvement of pain and function following vertebroplasty for a heterogeneo...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mukherjee S,Yeh J,Ellamushi H

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:A case where the administration of intrathecal gentamycin, used to treat a ventriculitis consequent upon a ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection, with a persistent elevation of the CSF leucocyte count is described. In a situation where the number of white cells in the CSF is taken to indicate resolution of infection, i...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee TK,Kerr RS,Adams CB

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts at radical excision of craniopharyngioma have been made increasingly possible by progress in neuroradiological imaging and the use of microscopic technique. Between 1977 and 1990, 50 patients of The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, have undergone radical surgical excision of craniopha...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Symon L,Pell MF,Habib AH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) reduces tremor and improves hand performance in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The purpose of this paper is to describe the cost implications of DBS in MS patients and to highlight postoperative medical requirements that can be associated wi...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hooper J,Whittle IR

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of all patients who had surgery for cauda equina syndrome (CES) due to a herniated lumbar disc between January 1996 and November 1999 was undertaken. All underwent laminectomy and discectomy, and had been admitted as emergencies with cauda equina syndrome. Ten women and 10 men with a mean age of...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hussain SA,Gullan RW,Chitnavis BP

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irrigation may elevate the intracranial pressure (ICP) during neuroendoscopic procedures. It is unlikely that rinsing the ventricles during routine endoscopic ventriculostomy causes persistent neurological impairment or damage, but procedures such as the endoscopic evacuation of intraventricular haematomas (...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Trnovec S,Halatsch ME,Putz M,Behnke-Mursch J,Mursch K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen patients with simultaneous presentation of meningiomas with other intracranial tumours are reviewed. The associated tumours included a brain metastasis in six cases, glioma in three, pituitary adenoma in two, craniopharyngioma in one,acoustic schwannoma in two and brain lymphoma in one. A correct preoperative ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Maiuri F,Cappabianca P,Iaconetta G,Esposito F,Messina A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify independent anatomic, morphologic and hemodynamic features of the ACoA (anterior communicating artery) complex that serve as risk factors for the occurrence of ACoA aneurysms. METHODS:Fifteen consecutive patients with 15 ACoA aneurysms were included. Computational fluid ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhou G,Wang J,Liu W,Gu W,Su M,Feng Y,Qin B,Zhu Y

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The bursting pressure of samples of cerebral arteries was measured. Eighty-five samples of cerebral arteries were taken from 11 fresh cadavers. These samples were filled with saline under pressure to the point of bursting. The bursting pressures were recorded. The mean bursting pressure of all samples was 1.8 bar (137...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mitchell P,Jakubowski J

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the infraorbital nerve (ION) has been used to establish an animal mode of trigeminal neuralgia (TN), but key parameters of the model have not been quantified until now. Objective: The aim of the study was to quantify a standard of pain threshold to evaluate a succes...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Xia L,Liu MX,Zhong J,Dou NN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the fourth case of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) meningitis and the only one associated with brain abscess formation. A 29-years-old male patient developed septic shock 13 days after a right nasopharyngeal AVM resection. CRKP was grown from CSF with a MIC for meropenem ≥16 mg/L. Intraveno...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen Y,Liu L

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nowadays the endoscopic endonasal approach is increasingly being used to remove craniopharyngiomas, tuberculum sellae meningiomas and other presellar and parasellar lesions and its value in anterior skull base surgery is undisputed. Herein, we assess the relative advantages, disadvantages and feasibility of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Peraio S,Chumas P,Nix P,Phillips N,Tyagi A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen cases of idiopathic common peroneal nerve palsy were reviewed and the clinical presentation and course evaluated. Incomplete nerve palsy of unknown aetiology has a good prognosis and all the patients in this group made a full recovery without surgical intervention. Those presenting with a clinically and elect...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pigott TJ,Jefferson D

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Hemangiopericytoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor originating from capillary pericytes, known as Zimmermann pericytes. The adult form is not uncommon and generally malignant but tumor is found rarely in children. Here we describe an intracranial hemangiopericytoma in a preterm newborn whose had the tumor resected success...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yilmaz Semerci S,Demirel G,Vatansever B,Gundogdu S,Bolukbasi F,Oran G,Hazar V,Tastekin A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intraspinal tumours are rare and principally managed surgically. Laminectomy, employed for access to the spinal canal, destroys the posterior tension band leading to a risk of kyphosis. Hemilaminectomy as an alternative may be less destructive, potentially reducing the risk of deformity and causing less po...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Millward CP,Bhagawati D,Chan HW,Bestwick J,Brecknell JE

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty unselected pituitary adenomas have been examined for proliferative indices (PIs), and anterior pituitary hormone expression. All but two of the tumours were non-functional with proliferative indices from less than 0.1 to 0.5%. Two tumours were null cell adenomas with PIs less than 0.1 and 0.2%. The PIs of the t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carboni P Jr,Detta A,Hitchcock ER,Postans R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CNS lymphoma involving the trigeminal nerve is a rare condition which presents as a cavernous sinus lesion. It may mimic the radiological appearance of other lesions, and biopsy is essential before considering empirical radiotherapy for lesions in this region. We report the radiological, histopathological and operativ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Perera C,Fitt G,Kalnins R,Lee S,Gonzalvo A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to determine the prognostic value of coagulation abnormalities in a defined subset of patients with acute head injury. Prothrombin time, accelerated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), thrombin clotting time, fibrinogen assay, platelet count, fibrin degradation products (FDP) were ass...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Selladurai BM,Vickneswaran M,Duraisamy S,Atan M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three patients treated for cervical radiculopathy by anterior cervical discectomy and BOP grafting. Because of recurrent symptoms re-exploration was carried out 30 months later in the first case, 10 months in second and 8 months in the third case. At reoperation the grafts were disrupted into easily separabl...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hafez RF,Crockard HA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE. To effectively combine functional MRI (fMRI), diffusion tensor tractography (both guided by neuronavigation) along with cortical stimulation (CS) for surgery of eloquent cortex (EC) lesions. MATERIALS AND METHOds. Fifteen patients with lesions adjacent to the eloquent motor and sensory cortex were included....

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kumar A,Chandra PS,Sharma BS,Garg A,Rath GK,Bithal PK,Tripathi M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microsurgical suction tube with an attached ball probe has been developed. It functions as a microdissector when the ball probe is in its extended position, creating a larger working field than an ordinary sucker. When the ball probe is in the repose position, it does not interfere with the suction capacity, and the...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Boström S,Milos P,Theodorsson A,Bobinski L

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early changes of the activity of enzymes such as creatine kinase in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or serum are often investigated after head injuries to assess the extent of brain damage and establish a reliable prognosis. The purpose of the present study was to determine levels of creatine kinase isoenzyme CK-BB in t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Anagnostopoulos DI,Dontas IA,Kotsarelis DV,Julien G,Karayannacos PE,Diakolios CE,Skalkeas GD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subdural empyema with a Salmonella species as the likely causative organism is presented. We believe that this is the first reported case of such an infection in an HIV positive patient. The difficulties in treatment and diagnosis are discussed. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： J Parker S P Harland A S Protheroe P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug resistance in many cancers outside the CNS has been associated with over-expression of the multidrug resistance gene (MDR1), which codes for the transmembrane efflux pump P-glycoprotein (Pgp). To determine whether tumours of the neuroaxis over-express MDR1 and to identify the site of Pgp expression we examined 50...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Billson AL,Palmer JB,Walker DA,Lowe J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar haemangioblastomas commonly arise in patients with von Hippel - Lindau disease. We present the case of a 47-year-old male who has successfully undergone 10 separate procedures for symptomatic cerebellar haemangioblastomas. To our knowledge, this case is unique with respect to the frequency of symptomatic re...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Newman S,Wasserberg J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurolymphomatosis typically appears as a diffuse lesion with thickening of the affected nerves on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI in the present case revealed a well-defined, solitary lesion showing continuity with brachial plexus nerves. Findings including clinical symptoms resembled benign nerve sheath tumour...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Okada M,Takamatsu K,Oebisu N,Nakamura H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00