Solitary dorsal intramedullary schwannoma. Case report.

abstract：:Schwannomas of the brain parenchyma are extremely rare, occurring mostly in children and young adults. Fewer than 50 cases have been reported in the English-language literature. Isolated temporal lobe epilepsy is a rare presentation of intracerebral schwannomas, with only 2 reported cases. The authors present the case...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Guha D,Kiehl TR,Krings T,Valiante TA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of cerebral actinomycosis of the Gasserian ganglion is reported. The location and the pathological diagnosis of granuloma are both extremely rare. The literature is briefly reviewed with special reference to similar reports. The manner of spread and the course of the disease are described. The present ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Perna E,Liguori R,Petrone G,Mannarino E

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachnoid cysts are commonly thought to arise from either congenital defects or trauma. In this article the authors report the spontaneous development of a suprasellar third ventricular arachnoid cyst whose origin was not clearly congenital or traumatic. At the age of 4 months, the patient presented with hypertonia, a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Struck AF,Murphy MJ,Iskandar BJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-four consecutive patients who had undergone carotid endarterectomy procedures were examined with intravenous digital subtraction angiography (IV-DSA) and duplex ultrasonography (DUS) at intervals ranging from 1 to 14 months postoperatively. Ninety-one percent of the DUS and 74% of the DSA images were of diagno...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pelz D,Rankin RN,Ferguson GG

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review the cases of 60 children (aged 5 months to 18 years) with thalamic tumors who were seen at The Hospital for Sick Children between 1951 and 1983. The diagnosis of thalamic tumor was based on neuroradiological studies; 33 children were first seen in the pre-computerized tomography (CT) era and 27 sinc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bernstein M,Hoffman HJ,Halliday WC,Hendrick EB,Humphreys RP

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenous nimodipine on the incidence of mortality and delayed ischemic neurological deficits of patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and surgery was studied in a prospective double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Upon admission, all of the patients were in Grades I to III according ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ohman J,Heiskanen O

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to now, navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) has been used for motor mapping in the vicinity of rolandic brain lesions. Recently, nTMS has also been suggested to be useful in mapping human language areas. The authors describe the case of a left-handed patient with a left-side glioblastoma within the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sollmann N,Picht T,Mäkelä JP,Meyer B,Ringel F,Krieg SM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Diffusion-weighted MRI was used to assess periprocedural lesion load after repair of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIA) by microsurgical clipping (MC) and endovascular coiling (EC). METHODS Patients with UIA were assigned to undergo MC or EC according to interdisciplinary consensus and underwent diffusi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Platz J,Wagner M,Güresir E,You SJ,Konczalla J,de Rochemont RD,Berkefeld J,Seifert V

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT Current recommendations stress the need for cognitive parameters to be integrated in the evaluation of outcomes for intracranial meningioma surgery. The aim of this prospective study was to examine neurocognitive function in meningioma patients pre- and postoperatively. METHODS Patients with skull base (anterio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liouta E,Koutsarnakis C,Liakos F,Stranjalis G

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), xenon-133 measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF), and neuropsychological assessments are described in three head-injured patients. The patients were selected because they presented with intracranial hemorrh...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Langfitt TW,Obrist WD,Alavi A,Grossman RI,Zimmerman R,Jaggi J,Uzzell B,Reivich M,Patton DR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery emerged as a neurosurgical discipline in order to utilize energy for the manipulation of brain or nerve tissue, with the goal of minimal access and safe and effective care of a spectrum of neurosurgical disorders. Perhaps no other branch of neurosurgery has been so disruptive across the entir...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kondziolka D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the report of a case of vertebral sarcoidosis causing collapse of cervical vertebrae with resulting tetraplegia. The patient was successfully treated by decompression and subsequent anterior removal of the invaded three vertebral bodies, followed by an autologous bone graft. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Engle EA,Cooney FD

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEDifferent CSF diversion procedures (ventriculoperitoneal, ventriculoatrial, and lumboperitoneal shunting) have been utilized for the treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. More recently, endoscopic third ventriculostomy has been suggested as a reasonable alternative in some studies. The purpos...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giordan E,Palandri G,Lanzino G,Murad MH,Elder BD

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanocytomas are rare tumors of the central nervous system that are believed to arise from leptomeningeal melanocytes. A young girl presented with a contrast-enhancing cystic mass in the temporal horn of the left lateral ventricle. Microsurgical resection of a black-colored vascular tumor supplied by the anterior cho...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tandon N,O'Neill TJ,Vollmer DG,Wang M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The objectives of this study were to: 1) describe the incidence and clinical features of intravertebral vacuum phenomenon (IVVP) in a relatively large number of cases; 2) quantitatively evaluate intravertebral instability and determine the factors affecting instability; and 3) evaluate the efficacy of percutaneo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim DY,Lee SH,Jang JS,Chung SK,Lee HY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage rarely occurs in young adults. The aim of this work was to clarify the clinical characteristics of ruptured aneurysms in young adults in the third and fourth decades of life and to compare these two age groups. METHODS:The authors retrospectively investigated 2493 patients who...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Horiuchi T,Tanaka Y,Hongo K,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant form of astrocytoma. The average survival is 6-10 months in patients with recurrent GBM (rGBM). In this study, the authors evaluated the role of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in patients with rGBMs. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective review of their brain...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sharma M,Schroeder JL,Elson P,Meola A,Barnett GH,Vogelbaum MA,Suh JH,Chao ST,Mohammadi AM,Stevens GHJ,Murphy ES,Angelov L

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In an observational study in head-injured patients, cerebrovascular pressure transmission was investigated using a systems analysis approach whereby the blood pressure (BP) waveform was used as a measure of an input stimulus to the cerebrovascular bed (CVB) and the intracranial pressure (ICP) waveform as the response ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Piper IR,Miller JD,Dearden NM,Leggate JR,Robertson I

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The hypogastric nerve (HGN) plays a crucial role in the primary functions of ejaculation: sperm transport through the vas deferens, secretion of prostatic fluid, and bladder neck closure. This study was undertaken to explore the possibility of restoring HGN function to the seminal tract and preserving its cross-...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kihara K,Sato K,Ishizaka K,Oshima H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Decision-making for intracranial tumor surgery requires balancing the oncological benefit against the risk for resection-related impairment. Risk estimates are commonly based on subjective experience and generalized numbers from the literature, but even experienced surgeons overestimate functional outcome aft...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Staartjes VE,Broggi M,Zattra CM,Vasella F,Velz J,Schiavolin S,Serra C,Bartek J Jr.,Fletcher-Sandersjöö A,Förander P,Kalasauskas D,Renovanz M,Ringel F,Brawanski KR,Kerschbaumer J,Freyschlag CF,Jakola AS,Sjåvik K,Solhei

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The role of postoperative radiotherapy in patients undergoing first-time resection of WHO Grade II meningioma remains unclear as reflected by varied practices in published clinical studies and national professional surveys. Much of the relevant literature is based on pre-2000 WHO grading criteria for atypical me...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mair R,Morris K,Scott I,Carroll TA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Recent advances in neuroradiology have made it possible to dilate vasospastic human cerebral arteries after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), but the time window is short and the success rate for reversal of delayed ischemic neurological deficits (DINDs) varies between 31% and 77%. In a dog model of vaso...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Muizelaar JP,Zwienenberg M,Rudisill NA,Hecht ST

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the late 19th century, Dr. William B. Coley introduced the theory that infections may aid in the treatment of malignancy. With the creation of Coley's toxin, reports of remission during viral illnesses for systemic malignancies soon emerged. A few decades after this initial discovery, Austrian physicians performed ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shah AH,Jusué-Torres I,Ivan ME,Komotar RJ,Kasahara N

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial aneurysms in infants are rare, but are associated with a high risk of rupture and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The authors report a case of an incidentally diagnosed, probably congenital, asymptomatic giant aneurysm of the posterior communicating artery in a 9-month-old girl, which completely thrombosed follo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Krapf H,Schöning M,Petersen D,Küker W

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes the syndrome of suprascapular nerve entrapment neuropathy that occurs as that nerve passes beneath the transverse scapular ligament, and discusses the anatomy, comparative anatomy, and five case histories. The cardinal findings include pain in the shoulder, weakness, and wasting of spinati muscles...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Clein LJ

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large, highly ossified craniopharyngioma was diagnosed and surgically treated in a 2-year-old girl. About 20 teeth were macroscopically identified in the operative specimen, some of them totally developed, complete with crown and root. Pathological study established the diagnosis of craniopharyngioma with formation ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alvarez-Garijo JA,Froufé A,Taboada D,Vila M

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcomes are described for 247 consecutive cases of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) treated with the gamma knife between April, 1970, and December 31, 1983. Headache resolved in 65 (66.3%) of the 98 patients presenting with this symptom and improved in an additional nine (9.2%). Of 59 patients admitted w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Steiner L,Lindquist C,Adler JR,Torner JC,Alves W,Steiner M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Pituitary MR imaging fails to detect over 50% of microadenomas in Cushing's disease and nearly 80% of cases of dural microinvasion. Surface coils can generate exceptionally high-resolution images of the immediately adjacent tissues. To improve imaging of the pituitary gland, a receive-only surface coil that ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chittiboina P,Talagala SL,Merkle H,Sarlls JE,Montgomery BK,Piazza MG,Scott G,Ray-Chaudhury A,Lonser RR,Oldfield EH,Koretsky AP,Butman JA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been postulated to play a central role in brain tumor invasion; however, its underlying mechanism is not yet fully understood. In the present study, by assessing the effect of a specific p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor, SB203580, on the sec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Park MJ,Park IC,Hur JH,Kim MS,Lee HC,Woo SH,Lee KH,Rhee CH,Hong SI,Lee SH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Brainstem hemangioblastomas are frequently encountered in patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. These tumors can cause significant morbidity, and their optimal management has not been defined. To better define the outcome and management of these tumors, the authors analyzed the long-term results in pati...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wind JJ,Bakhtian KD,Sweet JA,Mehta GU,Thawani JP,Asthagiri AR,Oldfield EH,Lonser RR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00