Evolution of Pituitary Surgery.

abstract：:In this paper we report an 18 year old woman with an intradural extramedullary tuberculoma mimicking en plaque meningioma located in the thoracic region. The patient was operated via thoracic laminoplasty and tumor was totally resected. On the follow-up examination the magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the total...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Ozek E,Iplkcioglu AC,Erdal M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year old man developed perioperative stroke following left carotid endarterectomy seconday to thrombosis at the endarterectomy site. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography revealed very frequent microembolization in the left middle cerebral artery territory. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous abc...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sylaja PN,Setiawan M,Hill MD,Demchuk AM,Wong J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal congenital dermal sinus is a rare entity, which supposedly results from the failure of neuroectoderm to separate from the cutaneous ectoderm during the process of neurulation. The present study was undertaken to know the clinical profile of these patients, to study associated anomalies and to assess the results...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Jindal A,Mahapatra AK

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial epidermoids are generally seen as hypodense nonenhancing lesions on computed tomography scans; and, as T1 hypointense and T2 hyperintense lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Unusual radiological findings have been reported earlier. The authors present the case of a 54-year old male patient who ha...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sridhar K,Vij M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The clinical phenotypes of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody disease, its disease course, and treatment are poorly understood and much work needs to be done towards this. Objective:To characterize the clinico-radiologic spectrum and treatment outcomes of MOG antibody disease and differentia...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Ojha PT,Aglave VB,Soni G,Jagiasi KA,Singh RK,Singh RK,Nagendra S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) is the study of human physiology by electronic detection of positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. It is one of the noninvasive technologies that can measure the metabolic and functional activity of living tissue. Positron emission tomography finds its clinical applications in broad...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Kumar S,Rajshekher G,Prabhakar S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty adult patients (age> 14 years) of generalised convulsive status epilepticus were studied prospectively. All the patients were subjected to detailed history, neurological examination and baseline investigations including haemogram and metabolicprofile. CT scan was carried out in 26 patients. All the patients were...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Swaminathan S,Sawhney I,Jain S,Garg SK

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Telestroke" is emerging as a potential timesaving, efficient means for evaluating patients experiencing acute ischemic stroke. It provides an opportunity for administration of thrombolytic drugs within the short therapeutic time window associated with AIS. We describe our experiences of the feasibility and safety of ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Muengtaweepongsa S,Dharmasaroja PA,Maungboon P,Wattanaruangkowit P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial (K.E.M.) Hospital, Mumbai were inaugurated in 1925. This article traces its illustrious history and of the eminent neurosurgeons who shaped its destiny. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Pandya S,Goel A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and sixty four transsphenoidal procedure for excision for pituitary adenomas were performed in the Christian Medical College Hospital at Vellore between 1983 and 1994. These were reviewed to evaluate the complications and their management. There were four operative deaths (1.5). Major morbidity included ce...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Chacko AG,Chandy MJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common genetic neuromuscular disease of childhood, Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) is caused by deletion, duplication or point mutation of the dystrophin gene located at Xp 21.2. In the present study DNA from seventy unrelated patients clinically diagnosed as having DMD/BMD referred from diff...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Basak J,Dasgupta UB,Banerjee TK,Senapati AK,Das SK,Mukherjee SC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The choice of fluid is important in neurosurgical patients, who may be dehydrated due to the administration of diuretics in order to reduce cerebral edema. Normal saline, the infused fluid routinely used in neurosurgical patients, can cause hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis. A balanced crystalloid (BC) may h...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Dey A,Adinarayanan S,Bidkar PU,Bangera RK,Balasubramaniyan V

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This prospective study analyzes the factors responsible for pre and postoperative persistent tinnitus following vestibular schwannoma (VS) surgery and discusses the possible etiopathogenetic mechanisms. Materials and Methods:Sixty-seven consecutive patients with unilateral VS operated via the retrosigmoid-s...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sardhara J,Srivastava AK,Pandey SD,Keshri A,Mehrotra A,Das KK,Bhaishora K,Jaiswal A,Behari S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a phenotypic expression of a heterogeneous group of diseases and sarcoglycanopathy is one of the causes of LGMD. There is only one study on sarcoglycanopathies in the Indian literature. No data is available from northern India. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All cases of musc...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sharma MC,Mannan R,Singh NG,Gulati S,Kalra V,Sarkar C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Space exploration exposes astronauts to a variety of gravitational stresses. Exposure to a reduced gravity environment affects human anatomy and physiology. Countermeasures to restore homeostatic states within the human body have begun. The pathophysiological effects of exposure to microgravity, on the neurological sy...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Mann V,Sundaresan A,Mehta SK,Crucian B,Doursout MF,Devakottai S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain-related studies have mainly been performed through traditional methods, which lack the rigorous analysis of anatomical locations. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a noninvasive method detecting neural activity, and has the ability to precisely locate related activations in vivo. Moreover,...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Yuan W,Ming Z,Rana N,Hai L,Chen-wang J,Shao-hui M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosurgery residency is daunting and all-consuming to those who undergo it, and the spouses of those residents are not exempt from the challenges it presents. In light of our institution's implementation of a wellness initiative in neurosurgery residency education, the spouses of various participants offer their ins...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Estrella M,Henderson BG,Porto SC,Vargas M,Buchholz EH,Ellens SM,Spiotta V,Spiotta AM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restless leg syndrome (RLS) has negative effects on the quality of life of the patients. Epidemiological studies on RLS are limited. AIM:To determine the prevalence of RLS among people aged 40 years and above in Orhangazi district of Bursa, Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study was carried out between 20...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Erer S,Karli N,Zarifoglu M,Ozcakir A,Yildiz D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reflex epilepsy is the commonest form of epilepsy in which seizures are provoked by specific external stimulus. Photosensitive reflex epilepsy is provoked by environmental flicker stimuli. Video game epilepsy is considered to be its variant or a pattern sensitive epilepsy. The mean age of onset is around puberty and b...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Singh R,Bhalla A,Lehl SS,Sachdev A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histopathologically proven case of cerebral toxoplasmosis in a young HIV positive patient has been presented. The clinical problems in management are highlighted. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Alappat JP,Mathew CF,Jayakumar K,Suresh IC,Kumar S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an unusual case of primary diffuse craniospinal leptomeningeal gliomatosis (PGDL), who was initially diagnosed on the basis of imaging, laboratory findings, and cranial meningeal biopsy as tuberculous meningitis and showed clinical deterioration while on anti-tuberculous treatment for 2 months. The patient ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Vishal J,Patir R,Ahlawat S,Gupta RK

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipomatous meningiomas are an uncommon subtype of meningiomas. In the present report, the clinical characteristics, neuroimaing and pathological features of 5 patients (4 males, 1 female; age range, 17-45 years; mean age, 35.2 years) with lipomatous meningioma were analyzed. The neuro-pathological reevaluation of lipo...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Jaiswal AK,Mehrotra A,Kumar B,Jaiswal S,Vij M,Behari S,Pal L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have investigated the associations of brain or spinal cord MRI with the risk of developing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in people with Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS), however, the findings are uncertain. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis based on 24 publications to comprehensively evalu...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Zhang WY,Hou YL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of a young man with a diffusely calcified oligo astrocytoma in right parieto occipital region, which spread along the axonal fibres into right temporal lobe and to the left parietal lobe is presented. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated the extent of the lesion. The m...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Gupta V,Singh D,Sinha S,Tatke M,Singh AK,Kumar S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical injuries are rare. A case with persistent alteration in mental functions following an electrical injury is reported. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Garg RK,Nag D,Agarwal A,Saxena S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evaluation of the degree of severity of injury, coma duration, and prediction of outcome are integral parts of present-day management of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether evaluation and prediction of outcome in early phase after severe TBI is possible by means of single-v...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Du Y,Li Y,Lan Q

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic third Ventriculostomy (ETV) is one of the surgical options for obstructive hydrocephalus. There are varying opinions about results of ETV in infants. We are therefore presenting the results of ETV in 54 infants. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A prospective study of 54 infants undergoing ETV in our institu...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Yadav YR,Jaiswal S,Adam N,Basoor A,Jain G

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy constitutes one of the major disease entities amongst infantile neuro-muscular disorders. On the basis of morphological evidence, it had been suggested that the infantile spinal muscular atrophy (ISMA) is due to maturation arrest of the myofibres at 20 weeks gestation. Therefore, in the present...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Gayathri N,Das S,Gourie-Devi M,Ramamohan Y,Sarala D

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiplex ligation-dependant probe amplification (MLPA) is a highly sensitive and rapid alternative to multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Muscle biopsy should be reserved for mutation-negative cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS:An attempt was made to compare the sensitivity and pattern of mutations by mPC...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Manjunath M,Kiran P,Preethish-Kumar V,Nalini A,Singh RJ,Gayathri N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A "Hot Cross Bun" sign on T2-weighted MRI was described as a result of selective loss of myelinated transverse pontocerebellar fibers and neurons in the pontine raphe with preservation of the pontine tegmentum and corticospinal tracts (CST). However, neuropathologic studies showed contradicting results with no sparing...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Loh KB,Rahmat K,Lim SY,Ramli N

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00