Meningeal melanocytoma. Case report and review of the clinical and histological features.

abstract：:Atretic cephalocele appears as an unimportant and benign lesion. This malformation consists of meningeal and vestigial tissues (arachnoid, glial, or central nervous system rests). The authors report the findings in 16 cases (seven parietal and nine occipital) of rudimentary cephaloceles. Twelve patients presented with...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martinez-Lage JF,Sola J,Casas C,Poza M,Almagro MJ,Girona DG

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One major risk of intraoperative stimulation mapping is the production of stimulation-evoked seizures. Cold Ringer's lactate solution was applied directly to the irritated cortex in 22 patients with stimulation-induced seizures that occurred during intraoperative brain mapping procedures. The irrigation rapidly and re...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sartorius CJ,Berger MS

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:W. James Gardner, a skillful neurosurgeon and inventor, is best remembered for his cervical tongs and hydrodynamic theory of syringomyelia. A pioneer of modern neurosurgery, Gardner trained under Charles Frazier in Philadelphia, and in 1929 he moved to Ohio where he became chief of neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nathoo N,Mayberg MR,Barnett GH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because of their complex topography, long courses, and small diameters, peripheral nerves are challenging structures for radiological diagnostics. However, imaging techniques in the area of peripheral nerve diseases have undergone unexpected development in recent decades. They include MRI and high-resolution ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carolus AE,Lenz M,Hofmann M,Welp H,Schmieder K,Brenke C

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Although severe hypovolemia can lead to hypotension and neurological decline, many patients with neurosurgical disorders experience a significant hypovolemia while autonomic compensatory mechanisms maintain a normal blood pressure. To assess the effects of normotensive hypovolemia upon cerebral hemodynamics, transcran...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA,Levine BD,Meyer Y,Buckey JC,Lane LD,Borchers DJ

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's experience with the surgical treatment of pituitary adenomas and other lesions producing the chiasmal syndrome is reviewed. The conclusion is that his ultimate rejection of the transsphenoidal route was not due to his dissatisfaction with this procedure, but rather came about because of the transfrontal rout...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rosegay H

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to evaluate the spatial accuracy of interictal magnetoencephalography (MEG) in localizing the primary epileptogenic focus in comparison with alternative MEG-derived estimates such as ictal onset recording or sensory mapping of the periphery where seizures manifest. METHODS:During this ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tang L,Mantle M,Ferrari P,Schiffbauer H,Rowley HA,Barbaro NM,Berger MS,Roberts TP

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related norms for the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) response to Diamox (acetazolamide) were based on studies of 55 normal subjects at rest and on studies of 33 of these 55 normal subjects following an intravenous injection of Diamox (22 mg/kg). After the Diamox injection, rCBF increased at all locations meas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sullivan HG,Kingsbury TB 4th,Morgan ME,Jeffcoat RD,Allison JD,Goode JJ,McDonnell DE

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on two patients in whom an increased signal on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images and a high-density signal on computerized tomography scans of the striatum were demonstrated, both of which were associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia. Involuntary movements, which have been present in all previo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sorimachi T,Fujii Y,Tsuchiya N,Saito M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transorbital penetrating injury (TPI), an uncommon subset of head trauma, requires prompt multidisciplinary surgical intervention. While numerous case reports appear in the literature, there is a lack of discrete recommendations for initial evaluation, surgical intervention, and postoperative care of patients with TPI...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schreckinger M,Orringer D,Thompson BG,La Marca F,Sagher O

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Improved neuroimaging techniques have led to an increase in the reported cases of intramedullary cavernomas. The purpose of this study was to define the spectrum of presenting signs and symptoms in patients with spinal intramedullary cavernomas and to analyze the role of surgery as a treatment for these lesions....

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Deutsch H,Jallo GI,Faktorovich A,Epstein F

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial pressure (ICP) was continuously recorded, isotope cisternography was performed, and the ventricular system size was evaluated on serial computerized tomography scans in 39 patients. All of these patients had communicating hydrocephalus after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from rupture of an intracranial an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hayashi M,Kobayashi H,Kawano H,Handa Y,Yamamoto S,Kitano T

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD) is a photosensitizing agent that has been used to locate and kill tumors. The distribution of tritiated (3H)-HPD was studied in a transplantable canine glioma model following intraperitoneal or direct intraneoplastic injection. Compared to intraperitoneal administration of 3H-HPD, dire...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Steichen JD,Dashner K,Martuza RL

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health concern, especially in developing countries. Many types of neurotuberculosis have been described, but there is only one previously reported case of subdural empyema caused by tuberculous bacilli. A 1-year-old boy who had been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis was ref...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cayli SR,Onal C,Koçak A,Onmuş SH,Tekiner A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By definition, the term "radiosurgery" refers to the delivery of a therapeutic radiation dose in a single fraction, not simply the use of stereotaxy. Multiple-fraction delivery is better termed "stereotactic radiotherapy." There are compelling radiobiological principles supporting the biological superiority of single-...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Linskey ME

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial gas may be epidural, subdural, subarachnoid, parenchymal, or intraventricular. Intracranial air can be easily diagnosed and its location correctly assessed by computerized tomography. Potentially serious complications of intracranial air, such as tension pneumocephalus, can be rapidly and accurately ident...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Osborn AG,Daines JH,Wing SD,Anderson RE

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on a 17-year-old boy who suffered from slowly progressive and long-standing symptoms of ataxia, neck pain, and headache. Computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a tumor arising from the floor of the fourth ventricle that resulted in a moderate hydrocephalus. A parti...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Warmuth-Metz M,Klein R,Sörensen N,Solymosi L

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral amyloid angiography can cause ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIA's), as illustrated by this case report and literature review. It is possible that the use of anticoagulant or platelet-antiaggregant drugs in elderly patients with TIA's but no angiographic abnormalities may increase the risk of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Smith DB,Hitchcock M,Philpott PJ

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a technique involving placement of a catheter in the third ventricle in shunt systems for hydrocephalus, in order to avoid obstruction of the proximal catheter by particles of chorioid plexus. They emphasize the simplicity of the technique, lack of morbidity, and the good results they have obtained...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gutierrez-Lara F,Hakim S

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute cerebellar hemorrhages, treated medically with subsequent complete recovery, have been designated "benign cerebellar hemorrhages." Ordinarily, acute cerebellar hemorrhage does require early surgical intervention and reported surgical mortality is relatively low (17%) in awake patients with this lesion. Clinical ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brillman J

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental cerebral vasospasm was produced in the canine basilar artery by an intracisternal injection of fresh autogenous arterial blood, and prostaglandins generated in spastic and nonspastic arteries were assessed by thin-layer chromatography. Prostaglandins synthesized in normal arteries were 6-keto-prostaglandi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Maeda Y,Tani E,Miyamoto T

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Direct brain compression and secondary injury due to increased intracranial pressure are believed to be the pathognomic causes of a grave outcome in acute subdural hemorrhage (aSDH). However, ischemic damage from aSDH has received limited attention. The authors hypothesized that cerebral microcirculation is a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wang HC,Tsai JC,Lee JE,Huang SJ,Po-Hao Huang A,Lin WC,Hsieh ST,Wang KC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a recently described T-cell deficiency predisposing patients to a spectrum of opportunistic infections. Kaposi's sarcoma, and other neoplasms. It appears primarily among homosexual males and intravenous drug abusers, but is now being observed in other groups as well. T...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Handler M,Ho V,Whelan M,Budzilovich G

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Gamma knife surgery (GKS) has been a safe and effective treatment for vestibular schwannomas in both the short and long term, although less is known about long-term outcomes in the past 10 years. The aim of this study was to clarify long-term outcomes in patients with vestibular schwannomas treated using GKS bas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hasegawa T,Kida Y,Kobayashi T,Yoshimoto M,Mori Y,Yoshida J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors describe their initial results obtained using a skull-mounted trajectory guide for intraoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided brain biopsy sampling. The device was used in conjunction with a new methodology known as prospective stereotaxis for surgical trajectory alignment. METHODS:Betwee...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hall WA,Liu H,Martin AJ,Maxwell RE,Truwit CL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:It has been demonstrated that growth of cerebral meningiomas found in humans is controlled by a variety of factors, including growth factors, aminergic agents, neuropeptides, and steroids. To further our knowledge of this process, the authors investigated the presence and function of the cytokines leukemia inhib...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schrell UM,Koch HU,Marschalek R,Schrauzer T,Anders M,Adams E,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2- to 15-year follow-up study is presented of a series of 35 consecutive patients treated for ruptured aneurysms of the middle cerebral artery by reinforcement with gauze wrapping. Only one patient suffered early recurrent hemorrhage in the postoperative period, and none had a late hemorrhage. The procedure carried ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Taylor JC,Choudhury AR

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors discuss the indications for and timing of a diagnostic neurosurgical procedure in children with diabetes insipidus (DI) and a thickened pituitary stalk (TPS) on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. METHODS:Seven children with a TPS who presented with DI eventually underwent surgery for diagnostic purpos...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Beni-Adani L,Sainte-Rose C,Zerah M,Brunelle F,Constantini S,Renier D,Lellouch-Tubiana A,Leger J,Pierre-Kahn A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to investigate potential episodes of cerebral ischemia during surgery for large and complicated aneurysms, by examining the effects of arterial temporary clipping and the impact of confounding variables such as blood pressure and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. METHODS:Brain tissue...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kett-White R,Hutchinson PJ,Al-Rawi PG,Czosnyka M,Gupta AK,Pickard JD,Kirkpatrick PJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral trigeminal neuralgia occurred in 32 (11.9%) of 269 consecutive patients who were treated with radiofrequency electrocoagulation (RFE). This is a higher incidence than has been reported before and may be explained by the prospective nature of the present study, the long follow-up period, and the inclusion of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brisman R

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00