Severe methanol intoxication with atypical symptoms and imaging changes: a fatal case report.

abstract：:We present this unusual case of a 60-year-old gentleman who presented with meningism and reduced conscious level. Imaging demonstrated a perforated sigmoid colon with retroperitoneal air associated with pneumorrhachis and pneumocranium. He required a Hartmann's procedure and broad spectrum intra-thecal antibiotics whi...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Amit A,Toll EC,Siddique S,Nelson RJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of cranial fascitis presenting as an incidental finding. A 2 1/2-year-old girl had skull radiographs performed after sustaining a minor head injury, which revealed a lytic skull lesion. We describe the salient features of the case and review the current literature of this rare benign inflammatory co...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Boddie DE,Distante S,Blaiklock CT

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic studies over many years have established absence or deletion of chromosome 22 as a common finding in meningiomas. Enormous karyotypic variation is recognised: an abnormal hyperdiploid clone can occur in a histologically benign meningioma. The cytogenetic, histopathological and macroscopic findings in 13 me...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Strachan R,Clarke C,Nurbhai M,Marks S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Cerebral developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) very rarely cause massive haematoma, but should be included in the differential diagnosis of atypical massive intracerebral haematoma (ICH). We describe a case of massive ICH caused only by a DVA and successfully treated by haematoma evacuation with surgical rese...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nagatani K,Osada H,Takeuchi S,Otani N,Wada K,Mori K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pituitary macroadenoma that developed symptomatic vasospasm 12 days after transsphenoidal removal, but showed an excellent recovery following active treatment identical to those for vasopasm following aneurysmal subarachonid haemorrhage. Subarachnoid haematoma in the basal cisterns secondary from p...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nishioka H,Ito H,Haraoka J

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：: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：:Few data are available concerning the outcome of surgical removal of intracranial meningioma in elderly patients. Surgical criteria and prognostic factors are considerations in the decision as to whether neurosurgical removal should be attempted in elderly patients. The present study appears to be the first to examine...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tucha O,Smely C,Lange KW

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A selected series of 14 patients with lumbar disc prolapse causing sciatica have been operated successfully with outpatient (daycase) surgery. Postoperative pain has been much less than expected. This form of surgery has proved very acceptable to patients and to their family doctors. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Griffith H,Marks C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic fungal inflammatory disease prevalent in India and Sri Lanka. Its manifestations are mostly nasal and extranasal lesions are relatively rare. Occasional atypical presentations of this disease lead to diagnostic dilemma. Herein we report on a case of nasopharyngeal rhinosporidiosis having ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dutta G,Singhal GD,Singh D,Singh H,Srivastava AK,Jagetia A

更新日期：2018-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of haemorrhagic complications of intracranial pressure monitoring (ICPM) has previously been reported. However, in these studies, the techniques employed to access the inside of the cranium varied. While 3-mm essentially blind 'twistdrill' craniostomies have been used, their role has been limited for fea...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Maartens NF,Lustgarten L,Josan V,Aziz TZ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:To summarize our experience in treating veins during microvascular decompression (MVD) procedures for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN). METHODS:A total of 210 patients who underwent single MVD for idiopathic TN were retrospectively studied. The offending vessels were summarized. The treatment choices for ve...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhao X,Hao S,Wang M,Han C,Xing D,Wang C

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we present the population-based patient material with spontaneous SAH, treated in our Neurosurgical unit during the 10 years (1997-2006) after the introduction of endovascular treatment of aneurysms (EVT) in our hospital. All patients that had a spontaneous SAH and a potential to survive were admitted. T...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ronne-Engström E,Enblad P,Gál G,Norbäck O,Ryttlefors M,Cesarini KG,Bolander H,Tovi M,Persson L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral metastasis in osteosarcoma is extremely rare. A 14-year-old girl who had previously been operated upon for osteosarcoma of the femur presented with seizures and left hemiparesis. A right parietal lesion with calcification and brain oedema was found. After resection of the mass, pathology revealed an oste...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Onodera H,Yoshida Y,Sakakibara Y,Kono T,Uchida M,Tanaka Y,Hashimoto T

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:The long-term outcome of 78 patients with spinal meningiomas operated on over 20 years at a single neurosurgical unit was analysed. Age, sex and tumour location were similar to those reported by others. Overall, 95% of our patents were independently mobile postoperatively, despite 25% of the group being unable to walk...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： King AT,Sharr MM,Gullan RW,Bartlett JR

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated intrasellar pituitary mucocele following transsphenoidal sinus surgery is extremely rare. The clinical features resemble a pituitary tumor, therefore careful radiological interpretation is crucial to reach the correct diagnosis. We report a case of intrasellar mucocele who had transsphenoidal sinus surgery pe...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tang IP,Chai CK,Kumar G,Prepageran N,Waran V

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subfalcine brain herniation is well documented in the presence of raised intracranial pressure. However, we report a case of herniation occurring after decompression of bilateral chronic subdural haematomas, which did not appear to be related to high pressure. We suggest that after rapid decompression of a collection,...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shah A,Choi D

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant anterior circulation aneurysms and some basilar aneurysms can cause problems due to their size, the presence of clot in the aneurysm and the difficulty of applying a clip without kinking the perforating vessels. By utilising cardiopulmonary bypass via the femoro-femoral perforating vessels. By utilising cardiopu...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Richards PG,Marath A,Edwards JM,Lincoln C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The debate regarding whether to perform an interbody fusion after anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) has been going on for the last 50 years. Several prospective randomized clinical trials have been performed to evaluate the clinical outcome following anterior cervical discectomy with and without interbody fusion. Non...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Konduru S,Findlay G

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous angiomas affecting the optic pathway are rare. This report describes the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with a 10-month history of right-sided blurred vision caused by a cavernous angioma affecting the right side of the optic chiasm. The computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a hyperdense image...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sun XY,Yu F

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Racial differences in the incidence and rate of rupture of intracranial aneurysms are well recognized. A retrospective study of racial differences between Maori and European New Zealanders presenting to the Auckland Regional Neurosurgical Unit between 1985 and 1990 was conducted. It was found that the incidence per 10...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marks PV,Hope JK,Cluroe AD,Furneaux CE

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with facial nerve neurinoma have been treated at The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, during the last 20 years. Nine tumours lay in the middle fossa arising from the area of the geniculate ganglion, two lay in the posterior fossa arising from the segment of the facial nerve in the internal audi...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Symon L,Cheesman AD,Kawauchi M,Bordi L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Surgical-site infection (SSI) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Public Health England or PHE has published guidance on its surveillance, which is now mandatory in some specialities. We review how appropriate their programme is for monitoring SSI in cranial neurosurgery [CN]. METHOD:S...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Davies BM,Jones A,Patel HC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:With an increasingly ageing population, the number of elderly people diagnosed with pituitary tumours continues to rise. There is a concern that with increasing age and comorbidities, there is higher anaesthetic risk, as well as peri-operative morbidity and mortality from pituitary surgery. This study aimed to a...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pereira EA,Plaha P,Chari A,Paranathala M,Haslam N,Rogers A,Korevaar T,Tran D,Olarinde R,Karavitaki N,Grossman AB,Cudlip SA

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:Post-traumatic hypopituitarism has remained as an obscured cause of worsening morbidity and mortality in head injury patients. Researchers have for decades been puzzled by the mechanism of pituitary dysfunction in these cases. Amongst other causes like direct injury, vascular injury etc, an immunological basis of hypo...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Harsh V,Jha S,Kumar H,Kumar A

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Sixteen patients with surgical infection of the posterior fossa are presented. There were 14 patients with cerebellar abscess, one patient with a solitary posterior fossa subdural empyema, and another with a combined cerebellar abscess and subdural empyema. Two of the cerebellar abscess patients also had supratentoria...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brydon HL,Hardwidge C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of recurrent vago-glossopharyngeal neuralgia after previous surgery, treated successfully with microvascular decompression using intra-operative neurophysiology monitoring. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Price SA,Davies O,Walsh P,Patel N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00