Neuroimaging and pathological findings in a child with cerebral sparganosis. Case report.

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this paper was to validate the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) model for delineation of the corticospinal tract using cortical and subcortical white matter electrical stimulation for the location of functional motor pathways. METHODS:The authors compare probabilistic versus deterministic DTI fiber tra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mandelli ML,Berger MS,Bucci M,Berman JI,Amirbekian B,Henry RG

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hemangioblastoma of the spinal cord is described in which the tumor presented in an intradural extramedullary location. The patient did not have von Hippel-Lindau's disease or metastatic seeding. It is assumed that the tumor arose in the pia, and its direction of growth was purely extramedullary. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wisoff HS,Suzuki Y,Llena JF,Fine DI

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT Experimental studies have shown numerous neuroprotective properties of alcohol ("ethanol") after TBI, but clinical studies have provided conflicting results. The authors aimed to assess the relationship between positive blood alcohol concentration (BAC) on hospital admission and mortality after moderate to seve...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Raj R,Mikkonen ED,Siironen J,Hernesniemi J,Lappalainen J,Skrifvars MB

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cochlear neurons are inevitably exposed to traumatic stress during surgical removal of an acoustic neuroma; that event is an important cause of postoperative cochlear neuronal degeneration, with subsequent loss of spiral ganglion cells (SGCs). The object of this study was to investigate whether preoperative phar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sekiya T,Shimamura N,Hatayama T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with large vascular carotid body tumors underwent preoperative intravascular embolization of the major arterial feeders. The tumor vascularity was reduced markedly, and complete surgical extirpation was accomplished without difficulty. The literature on carotid body tumors is briefly reviewed. The role of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Borges LF,Heros RC,DeBrun G

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of the posterior communicating artery (PCoA) in 126 cranial cavities of adult cadavers revealed some hitherto unreported anomalies. These included: the origin of one PCoA from the ophthalmic artery inside the optic canal; the presence of three PCoA's on one side; the occurrence of two posterior cerebral art...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bisaria KK

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) has been explored as a therapeutic strategy for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Variables that may affect tolerance include infusate volume, infusion rate, catheter trajectory, and target position. Supratentorial approaches for catheter placement and infusate distri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morgenstern PF,Zhou Z,Wembacher-Schröder E,Cina V,Tsiouris AJ,Souweidane MM

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of a series of 460 patients with spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage showed that 241 had demonstrable aneurysms and 38 had multiple aneurysms. The importance of demonstrating the entire circulation following ligation of one aneurysm is emphasized. Treatment of the 38 patients with multiple aneurysms is describe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Moyes PD

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with painless hypertrophy of one calf had clinical and myelographic features compatible with an S-1 radiculopathy. Electromyographic studies revealed intermittent spontaneous discharges (bizarre repetitive potentials) in the affected extremity. Several patients have previously been described with S-1 radi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cooper WH,Ringel SP,Treihaft MM,Hall KA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an acoustic neurinoma presenting as a subarachnoid hemorrhage is described. This is the second such case in the literature. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gleeson RK,Butzer JF,Grin OD Jr

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes 60 dural specimens from patients with pituitary adenomas treated by transsphenoidal microsurgery, and attempts to define more precisely the clinical and pathological correlation of microscopic dural invasion. Analysis of the adenomas was based on four characteristics; size, surgical invasiveness ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Selman WR,Laws ER Jr,Scheithauer BW,Carpenter SM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors undertook this study to identify predictors of persistent postoperative seizures in their group of 28 Dutch pediatric and adolescent patients with medically intractable epilepsy who underwent functional hemispherectomy. METHODS:The records of 28 pediatric and adolescent patients who underwent a func...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cats EA,Kho KH,Van Nieuwenhuizen O,Van Veelen CW,Gosselaar PH,Van Rijen PC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are relatively common following spinal surgery. A midline dural tear in the spine is readily repaired by direct application of sutures; however, far-lateral or ventral dural tears are problematic. Fat is an ideal sealant because it is impermeable to water. In this paper the author repor...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Black P

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The use of intercostal nerves (ICNs) for the neurotization of the musculocutaneous nerve (MCN) in adult patients with traumatic brachial plexus palsy has been well described. However, its use for brachial plexus palsy in infants has rarely been reported. The authors surgically created 31 ICN-MCN communications f...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawabata H,Shibata T,Matsui Y,Yasui N

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their investigation of the effects of high-dose barbiturates on the multimodality evoked response in 9 cats. After baseline evoked responses were obtained, boluses of pentobarbital were infused intravenously at regular intervals, amounting to cumulative total doses of 9, 18, 27, 45, 63, 123, and 183...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sutton LN,Frewen T,Marsh R,Jaggi J,Bruce DA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present two cases of neuroepithelial (colloid) cysts found above the diencephalic roof, occupying the space between the two fornices and the two leaves of the septum pellucidum, and describe the clinical history, neurological, and neuroradiological findings. Both lesions were removed through a right transv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ciric I,Zivin I

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is reported with a purely pial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) supplied from the posterior parietal artery. The prominent middle meningeal artery contributed to opacification of the angular branches distal to the AVM, but did not contribute to the AVM. After total removal of the AVM, the angular branches be...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Waga S,Morikawa A,Kojima T

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood flow velocity was recorded from the middle or anterior cerebral and extracranial internal carotid arteries using transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD) in 121 unselected consecutive patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Recordings were made daily or every 2nd day after SAH for a 14-day per...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Grosset DG,Straiton J,McDonald I,Cockburn M,Bullock R

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Assessing academic productivity through simple quantification may overlook key information, and the use of statistical enumeration of academic output is growing. The h index, which incorporates both the total number of publications and the citations of those publications, has been recently proposed as an objecti...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee J,Kraus KL,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannitol is widely considered the hyperosmolar therapy of choice in routine neurosurgical practice for the reduction of intracranial pressure (ICP). The authors present a unique case of a patient with a large meningioma treated with mannitol, in which mannitol accumulation within the tumor and its surrounding parenchy...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sankar T,Assina R,Karis JP,Theodore N,Preul MC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of a sacral, extradural choroid plexus papilloma involving the S1-3 level is described. This 50-year-old woman presented with a 4-month history of pain involving her right buttock, perineum, and leg. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the spine revealed a well-defined, mildly enhancin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kurtkaya-Yapicier O,Scheithauer BW,Van Peteghem KP,Sawicki JE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Due to the complex and variable nature of brachial plexus injury, outcome analysis can be cumbersome and imprecise. Many scales have been devised, but no single scale is used uniformly. Moreover, despite several studies in which the authors have reported brachial plexus surgical data, no highly predictive clinic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ashley WW Jr,Baty JD,Hollander T,Noetzel MJ,Park TS

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the relatively benign natural history of cavernous carotid artery aneurysms and based on anecdotal reports in the literature of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) or subdural hemorrhage (SDH) from these aneurysms, observation is warranted and typically recommended. In this case report, the authors describe a woman wh...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Andaluz N,Tomsick TA,Keller JT,Zuccarello M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cerebral metastasis of chorioepithelioma with an occlusion of the angular artery is presented. The occlusion was verified angiographically, surgically, and microscopically. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakagawa Y,Tashiro K,Isu T,Tsuru M

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Reliable animal models are an important aspect of translational research, especially for relatively uncommon clinical entities such as fusiform aneurysms. While several animal models exist, very few are tailored to cerebral fusiform aneurysms, which have unique attributes compared to abdominal fusiform aneury...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Avery MB,Alaqeel A,Bromley AB,Chen YX,Wong JH,Eesa M,Mitha AP

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental contusion paraplegic injury to the posterior spinal cord in cats results in a sudden increase of systemic blood pressure to between 200 and 250 mm Hg, and an increase in pulse pressure and a slowing of pulse rate. This initial hypertensive phase lasts approximately 3 to 4 minutes, and then is followed by ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rawe SE,Perot PL Jr

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a unique case of subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the ophthalmic artery, which was successfully treated with coil embolization. Clinical and imaging features, as well as the relevant literature, are described. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hopkins JK,Shaibani A,Ali S,Khawar S,Parkinson R,Futterer S,Russell EJ,Getch C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid (Gd-DTPA) is a chelated paramagnetic contrast agent under clinical trial for use in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The increased signal intensity following the intravenous infusion of contrast medium may improve the ability of MR imaging to delineate tumors. The use of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dickman CA,Rekate HL,Bird CR,Drayer BP,Medina M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Nuclear receptor corepressor (N-CoR) forms a complex that maintains neural stem cells in an undifferentiated state through transcriptional repression. Recently, it has been shown that N-CoR is overexpressed in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumor stem cells and has a putative role in maintaining these cells in an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lu J,Zhuang Z,Song DK,Mehta GU,Ikejiri B,Mushlin H,Park DM,Lonser RR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukotrienes derive from arachidonic acid metabolism via the lipoxygenase pathway and modulate several cellular events. In the central nervous system, leukotrienes are mainly synthesized in the gray matter and in vascular tissues. Their production is enhanced in ischemic conditions and in experimental subarachnoid hem...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Paoletti P,Gaetani P,Grignani G,Pacchiarini L,Silvani V,Rodriguez y Baena R

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00