Impact of 1p/19q codeletion on the diagnosis and prognosis of different grades of meningioma.

abstract：:From autopsy and neuroradiological studies a maximum prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UA) of 0.5% in the general population is revealed. Studies concerning the incidence of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) revealed 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year. From these epidemiological parameter...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rosenørn J,Eskesen V,Schmidt K

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Wide-necked and non-saccular aneurysms are difficult to treat with coil embolization. The use of stents has expanded the role of endovascular treatment. METHODS:A retrospective study of 43 patients with wide-necked, fusiform or blister aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coiling or stent alone. The review...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Galal A,Bahrassa F,Dalfino JC,Boulos AS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Pial arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a rare vascular lesion, with less than 120 reported cases in the English literatures (Hoh et al., Neurosurgery 2001;49(6):1351). The angio-architecture, clinical course and therapeutic options are all different from arteriovenous malformation (AVM), dural AVM or other intracranial v...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yang WH,Lu MS,Cheng YK,Wang TC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, randomized study of continuous Polydioxanone with subcuticular vicryl closure is compared to interrupted Neurilon in a general neurosurgical practice. Ninety-nine patients were studied with 49 closed with Polydioxanone and 50 by Neurilon. The two groups were comparable with respect to risk factors and g...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mylonas C,Brocklehurst G

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES. To analyze the indications of surgical treatment, surgical management strategies and post-surgical outcome in patients with brainstem glioma (BSG). METHODS. In this retrospective study conducted from 1998 to 2012, 58 patients of surgically treated intrinsic BSG, meeting the inclusion criterion were enrolle...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sinha S,Kale SS,Chandra SP,Suri A,Mehta VS,Sharma BS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence suggests that reduction of nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability due to oxidative stress plays a central role in the pathophysiology of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). To prevent SAH-induced cerebral vasospasm, therefore we used nebivolol hydrochloride as a NO-mediated vasodilato...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aladag MA,Turkoz Y,Parlakpinar H,Gul M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) of the posterior fossa in cases of acoustic neurinoma is very rare. The authors present the clinical, neuroradiological and histological findings of an acoustic neurinoma presenting with SAH. The literature regarding this subject is reviewed and the pathogenesis of haemorrhage from neuri...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gavra M,Thanos L,Pomoni M,Batakis N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our experience with suprabow minicraniotomy in the excision of 18 suprasellar tumours between May 2001 and September 2003. There were 14 females and four males with ages ranging from 7 to 59 years. The tumours included one epidermoid cyst, 10 meningiomas, five craniopharyngiomas and two optico-chiasmatico-h...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Joseph V,Chacko AG

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hydrocephalus after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) requires temporary cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage using an external ventricular drain (EVD). This drain is removed if patients pass a clamp trial, or a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) is placed. Little is known about the risk factors for delayed VPS place...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lewis A,Irvine H,Ogilvy C,Kimberly WT

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral contraceptives have been implicated in the pathogenesis of dural venous thrombosis. No similar association has been confirmed between postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and cerebral venous thrombosis, although one previous report in the literature has identified such a case. We present a further case of t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Strachan R,Hughes D,Cowie R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic complications of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt are very rare. We report an unusual case of VP shunt intrathoracic migration, associated with symptomatic hydrothorax. The patient was successfully managed with revision. We reviewed the 10 cases reported in the literature and discussed the mechanism of shunt-t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Akyüz M,Uçar T,Göksu E

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:Twenty patients bearing malignant brain tumours (18 glioblastoma multiforme, one malignant meningioma, one melanoma metastasis) were treated 25 times with photodynamic therapy (PDT)--the combination of Hematoporophyrin derivative and light at 630 nm (40-120 J/cm2). Sixteen times the PDT was followed immediately by a s...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kostron H,Fritsch E,Grunert V

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases of symptomatic, post-lumbar surgery cauda equina compression due to formation of a dissecting subdural extra-arachnoid cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection (hygroma) under tension. In both cases, a small inadvertent durotomy was sustained during the initial surgery. Surgical re-exploration confirm...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Singleton WG,Ramnarine D,Patel N,Wigfield C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is a rare variant of ependymoma that is most commonly located in the cauda equina and filum terminale. We present a case of 23-year-old man diagnosed with MPE in the fourth ventricle and sacral canal area with extensive disseminated lesions along the cerebrospinal ventricular system. Add...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhu F,Ding J,Li Y,Mao D,He X,Chen W,Lou L,Ding Z

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas has been introduced as an alternative to transsphenoidal microsurgery. This is the first Australian study to evaluate a single surgeon's experience by comparing our results with other series and attempting to identify a learning curve. Retrospective analysis wa...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bokhari AR,Davies MA,Diamond T

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is an uncommon clinical entity that is often diagnosed after a delay, or it is misdiagnosed due to the variety of clinical presentations and the associated radiological findings. We present here a case of SIH associated with chronic subdural haematoma (SDH) and subarachnoid h...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Joo WI,Lee KJ,Rha HK,Park HK,Chough JK

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Neurosurgical shunts occasionally act as a conduit for seeding of central nervous system tumours to the abdomen. Retrograde spread of extra-neural tumours to the central nervous system is exceedingly rare. We report the first case of an abdominal primary tumour spreading to the spinal cord via a lumbo-peritoneal shunt...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Frantzias J,Polyzoidis S,Rajagopal S,Bullock P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute methanol intoxication can occur as accidental ingestion of adulterated spirits. We report a 51-year-old male patient with high anion-gap metabolic acidosis (pH 6.71, HCO3-4.2 mmol/l, K + 6.5mmol/l) because of severe methanol intoxication (450 mg/L, reference level <2.9 mg/L) who presented with atypical symptoms ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen J

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms increasingly supersedes surgical repair. This study focuses on the management and results in 109 individuals treated surgically when both treatment modalities were available. The management principles were immediate identification of the origin of haemorrhage, ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sorteberg W,Slettebø H,Eide PK,Stubhaug A,Sorteberg A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main treatment modalities for single brain metastases are whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT), surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery. Current guidelines recommend complete surgical excision for single cerebral metastases and two randomised controlled trials (RCT) have also found survival benefit of surgery...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lim CS,Grundy PL

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The 2016 WHO tumour classification highlights the role of IDH1/2 gene mutation and 1p/19q co-deletion in classifying grade II/III gliomas. A recent cIMPACT-NOW update proposes the use of the term 'Not Elsewhere Classified' (NEC) for IDH-mutant, non co-deleted tumours. Here we show how the incorporation of ATR...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Burford C,Laxton R,Sidhu Z,Aizpurua M,King A,Bodi I,Ashkan K,Al-Sarraj S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system of stereotactic radiosurgery using a linear accelerator is described and the experience with a variety of neurosurgical lesions including gliomas, acoustic neurinomas and arteriovenous malformations is recorded. The system is simple, inexpensive and effective and can be used with any CT scanner and linear acc...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hitchcock E,Kitchen G,Dalton E,Pope B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of high thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) causing a partial Horner's syndrome. A 57-year-old man developed a walking disorder, as well as right-sided miosis and anhidrosis. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a spinal cord compressing T2-T3 OLF. The patient improved after surger...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim DH,Lee SH,Lee JS,Song GS,Son DW

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead revision due to suboptimal therapy is common but there is no standardised protocol. We describe a novel technique using iMRI to perform concurrent new Globus Pallidus Internus (GPi) DBS lead implantation and old lead removal in a dystonia patient. Case-description: A 60-year...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hwang BY,Mampre D,Mills K,Courtney P,Kim MJ,Butala AA,Anderson WS

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This report details an additional case of the very rare instance of a respiratory epithelium-lined intracerebral cyst without communication with the ventricular system. Immunohistologic analysis supports an epithelial rather than neuroectodermal origin. Management using endoneurosurgical techniques is described. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Clark WC,Woodall W,Nicoll JA,Coakham HB

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyse and compare published data during the last decade on the different approaches to Parkinson's disease surgery. Eighty-eight papers published between 1990 and 2001 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Full-text and prospective papers on lesion and stimulation of GPi or STN were assessed...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Boucai L,Cerquetti D,Merello M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00