Pineal region giant cell astrocytoma associated with tuberous sclerosis: case report.

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：:A new technique is presented in which expandable compressed Ivalon sponge emboli were used to obliterate an intramedullary arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord by intraparenchymal embolization. A case is described in which this method was used. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ausman JI,Gold LH,Tadavarthy SM,Amplatz K,Chou SN

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rate has recently been reduced to only a small percentage of patients selected for early aneurysm surgery. Despite recovery without neurological deficits, however, a diffuse encephalopathy may remain, with emotional and psychological sequelae that will interfere with rehabilitation and social reintegrati...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ljunggren B,Sonesson B,Säveland H,Brandt L

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors present their experience with neurosurgical procedures requiring real-time imaging feedback such as aspiration of a cystic structure or abscess cavity, decompression of hydrocephalic ventricles, management of arachnoid cysts, and installation of permanent or temporary drainage conduits, in which inte...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kollias SS,Bernays RL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation activates perivascular vasodilatory nerves in the ipsilateral anterior circle of Willis. This experiment tested whether stimulation of the ganglion could reverse vasospasm and improve cerebral perfusion after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in monkeys. METHODS:Thirteen cynomolg...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Takahashi M,Zhang ZD,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors performed a retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of craniopharyngiomas and their recurrences, which were managed with surgery alone. METHODS:In the past 20 years, 37 consecutive patients with craniopharyngiomas underwent surgery without adjuvant radiotherapy. During that period there was a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Minamida Y,Mikami T,Hashi K,Houkin K

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Surgery in the insular region is considered challenging because of its vascular relationships, the proximity of functional structures, and its deep location in the sylvian fissure. The authors report the incidence and consequences of ischemic lesions after operculoinsular corticectomy for refractory epilepsy. M...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Finet P,Nguyen DK,Bouthillier A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case in which acute renal failure developed following angiography and computerized tomography with infusion of contrast material performed within the same day. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Robinson JS,Arzola DD,Moody RA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors conducted a retrospective review to examine and document the frequency, degree, and timing of the radiologically confirmed response to radiotherapy of low-grade gliomas in children. METHODS:Between 1963 and 1995, 80 patients 17 years of age or younger were referred to the London Regional Cancer Cent...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fisher BJ,Bauman GS,Leighton CE,Stitt L,Cairncross JG,Macdonald DR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of Motor Index score, pinprick sensory score, joint position sense score, somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) grade in the ulnar (SSEPu) and posterior tibial (SSEPt) regions, and overall SSEP grade (mean SSEPu + t) was conducted in 36 patients with cervical spinal cord injuries to determine the relations...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Li C,Houlden DA,Rowed DW

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring as well as the significance of the period of cross clamping in carotid endarterectomy have not been completely defined. In particular, the clinical importance of major EEG changes has not been fully investigated and some recent studies seem to indicate that th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Collice M,Arena O,Fontana RA,Mola M,Galbiati N

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between neuropsychological deficit and emotional disturbance was examined in a sample of 124 patients who sustained work-related head injuries. Most injuries met criteria for minor head injury. Since all patients were receiving compensation, the relationship between emotional disturbance and neuro-beh...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bornstein RA,Miller HB,van Schoor JT

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) in CSF can provide a very high diagnostic value in cases of intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs), especially in pure germinomas, to the level of not requiring histological confirmation. Unlike other tumor markers, reliable data analysis with respect to the diagnostic valu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aihara Y,Watanabe S,Amano K,Komatsu K,Chiba K,Imanaka K,Hori T,Ohba T,Dairoku H,Okada Y,Kubo O,Kawamata T

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of CSF hypovolemia remains controversial. The primary diagnostic factor relies on confirmation of leakage of the CSF based on reduced spinal fluid pressure. Determining the specific leakage site is the most important issue for effective treatment but remains a difficult task. Although CT myelography, rad...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakai E,Takemura M,Nonaka M,Kawanishi Y,Masahira N,Ueba T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Desmoid-type fibromatoses are a locally invasive soft-tissue lesion that is most commonly encountered in abdominal sites. The tumor also affects head and neck areas, particularly the supraclavicular region, where it may encase and distort the brachial plexus and compromise neurovascular structures. Neurosurgeons...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Seinfeld J,Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK,Tayal S,Lillehei KO

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a case of intracranial heterotopic brain located on the medial one-third of the left sphenoid ridge, and enveloped in a huge cystic cavity. The heterotopic brain was resected successfully with satisfactory clinical results. The resected brain was 8 X 4 X 3 cm in diameter, of 7 or 8 months gestatio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marubayashi T,Matsukado Y

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive malignancy that requires a multidisciplinary therapeutic approach of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, but therapy is frequently limited by side effects. The most common adverse effect of chemotherapy with temozolomide (TMZ) is myelosuppression. It remain...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vaios EJ,Nahed BV,Muzikansky A,Fathi AT,Dietrich J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-13 spinal cord segment of dogs was compressed both acutely and chronically by means of a balloon catheter. The vascular permeability to protein was assessed using Evans blue albumin (EBA), and the dorsal column evoked potential recorded to monitor conduction failure. With acute compression sufficient to cause co...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Griffiths IR

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT The authors' goal in this paper is to provide the first clinical, radiological, and genetic studies of panventriculomegaly (PaVM) defined by a wide foramen of Magendie and large cisterna magna. METHODS Clinical and brain imaging data from 28 PaVM patients (including 10 patients from 5 families) were retrospecti...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kageyama H,Miyajima M,Ogino I,Nakajima M,Shimoji K,Fukai R,Miyake N,Nishiyama K,Matsumoto N,Arai H

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Meningiomas at the falcotentorial junction represent a rare subgroup of complex meningiomas. Debate remains regarding the appropriate treatment strategy for and optimal surgical approach to these tumors, and surgical outcomes have not been well described in the literature. The authors reviewed their single-in...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhao X,Belykh E,Przybylowski CJ,Borba Moreira L,Gandhi S,Tayebi Meybodi A,Cavallo C,Valli D,Wicks RT,Nakaji P

更新日期：2019-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Neurostimulation to treat chronic pain includes approved and investigational therapies directed at the spinal cord, thalamus, periaqueductal or periventricular gray matter, motor cortex, and peripheral nerves. Persistent pain after surgery and work-related or neural injuries are common indications for such treat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Coffey RJ,Lozano AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acidophil stem-cell pituitary adenomas account for less than 5% of pituitary tumors. Only 15 cases have previously been reported, with a mean age of occurrence of 38.7 years. A case of this unusual tumor is reported in a prepubertal girl. Clinical symptoms included prominent behavioral disturbance with associated head...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marks WA,Brumback RA,Schaefer GB,Pendleton BD,Farris BK,Culbertson JL

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Most distal anterior cerebral artery (ACA) aneurysms arise at the pericallosal-callosomarginal artery (PerA-CMA) junction, which is usually located in the A3 segment of the ACA around the genu of the corpus callosum. Aneurysms in the PerA-CMA junction are divided into two types according to their location: supra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawashima M,Matsushima T,Sasaki T

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to evaluate the causes of treatment failure in patients with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) who underwent radiosurgery, which is increasingly used as a treatment method for selected, surgically high-risk AVMs. Unfortunately, radiosurgical treatment fails in a small but significant p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ellis TL,Friedman WA,Bova FJ,Kubilis PS,Buatti JM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEThe clinical relevance of high-sensitivity troponin T (HsTnT) in trauma patients is not well explored. In this study, the authors aimed to study the predictive value of serum HsTnT in intubated patients who had sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI).METHODSA retrospective analysis was conducted for all intuba...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： El-Menyar A,Asim M,Latifi R,Bangdiwala SI,Al-Thani H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical follow-up studies after radiosurgery, imaging modalities such as computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are used. Accurate determination of the residual lesion volume is necessary for realistic assessment of the effects of treatment. Usually, the diameters rather than the volume o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Scheib SG,Gianolini S,Haller D,Wellis GN,Siegfried J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two phenomena associated with malignant gliomas are: 1) the ability to metastasize systemically, and 2) the capacity to induce sarcomatous transformation within the supportive mesenchyma. An unusual case is presented of selective metastases of the sarcomatous elements of a mixed gliosarcoma. Immunohistochemical cell s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Weaver D,Vandenberg S,Park TS,Jane JA

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method of lateral orbital rim advancement is described for periorbital deformities associated with coronal and metopic synostosis in infants. The technique offers the advantages of a smooth lateral rim contour and improvement in accompanying malar recession. In 13 patients with follow-up periods of up to 2 years fol...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Persing JA,Jane JA,Park TS,Edgerton MT,Delashaw JB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a woman who was shot in the left occipital area with a .32 caliber automatic pistol. She was neurologically intact on admission, and skull x-ray films revealed the bullet in the right suboccipital area. On the 2nd day of the admission she developed Lhermitte's sign. Repeat films showed that the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Arasil E,Taşçioğlu AO

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors investigated whether HydroCoils decreased coil compaction and aneurysm recanalization in a canine model of a large, wide-necked, high-flow bifurcation aneurysm. METHODS:Eleven experimental aneurysms were created. Two aneurysms were untreated (Group 1); three were treated with standard platinum coils...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yoshino Y,Niimi Y,Song JK,Silane M,Berenstein A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00