Unusual case of extradural choroid plexus papilloma of the sacral canal. Case report.

abstract：OBJECT:Brainstem cavernous malformations (CMs) are challenging due to a higher symptomatic hemorrhage rate and potential morbidity associated with their resection. The authors aimed to preoperatively define the relationship of CMs to the perilesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) by obtaining qualitative and quantitative...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Faraji AH,Abhinav K,Jarbo K,Yeh FC,Shin SS,Pathak S,Hirsch BE,Schneider W,Fernandez-Miranda JC,Friedlander RM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In this study the authors investigated the relationship between variations in the circle of Willis observed on magnetic resonance (MR) angiograms and locations of cerebral aneurysms, and evaluated the risk of aneurysm formation. METHODS:One hundred thirty-one patients with cerebral aneurysms were retrospectivel...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Horikoshi T,Akiyama I,Yamagata Z,Sugita M,Nukui H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord infarction in association with pneumococcal meningitis has not been previously recognized. The case is reported of a 5 1/2-year-old boy who had Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis complicated by the sudden onset of flaccid paraplegia and loss of all sensory modalities below the level of T-2. At operation, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Haupt HM,Kurlinski JP,Barnett NK,Epstein M

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cushing's disease is a challenging neuroendocrine disorder. Although resection remains the primary treatment option for most patients, the disease persists if there is residual or recurrent tumor. Stereotactic radiosurgery has been used to treat patients with persistent Cushing's disease after a prior resection....

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sheehan JP,Xu Z,Salvetti DJ,Schmitt PJ,Vance ML

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The primary goals of this study were: 1) to examine the influence of disease and treatment on headache in patients with sporadic vestibular schwannoma (VS); and 2) to identify clinical predictors of long-term headache disability. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional observational study with international multicen...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carlson ML,Tveiten ØV,Driscoll CL,Boes CJ,Sullan MJ,Goplen FK,Lund-Johansen M,Link MJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have developed an extended transsphenoidal approach with submucosal posterior ethmoidectomy for resection of tumors located in the cavernous sinus or the suprasellar region that are difficult to remove via the conventional transsphenoidal approach. Surgery was performed using this approach in 14 patients w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Frank G,Pasquini E,Mazzatenta D

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:After complete resection and radiation therapy, the 10-year overall survival rates for adult patients with posterior fossa ependymomas approach 85%. This favorable outcome profile emphasizes the critical importance of functional preservation to this patient population. Here, the authors identify predictors of fu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mirzadeh Z,Bina R,Kusne Y,Coons SW,Spetzler RF,Sanai N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True mycotic (fungal) aneurysms are distinctly uncommon. The case of a young woman with multiple intracranial aneurysms of Coccidioides immitis origin is presented. Coccidioides immitis organisms are not uncommon central nervous system pathogens and usually cause basilar meningitis and hydrocephalus. There are no prev...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hadley MN,Martin NA,Spetzler RF,Johnson PC

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Some adult patients with moyamoya disease (MMD) undergoing revascularization surgery show an improvement or decline in cognition postoperatively. Revascularization surgery for ischemic MMD augments cerebral blood flow (CBF) and improves cerebral oxygen metabolism. However, cerebral hyperperfusion, which is a ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yanagihara W,Chida K,Kobayashi M,Kubo Y,Yoshida K,Terasaki K,Ogasawara K

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The functional recovery of hand prehension after complete brachial plexus avulsion injury (BPAI) remains an unsolved problem. The authors conducted a prospective study to elucidate a new method of resolving this injury. METHODS:Three patients with BPAI underwent a new procedure during which the full-length phre...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Xu WD,Lu JZ,Qiu YQ,Jiang S,Xu L,Xu JG,Gu YD

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Disturbance of calcium homeostasis contributes to evolving tissue damage and energetic impairment following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Calcium-mediated activation of calcineurin results in production of tissue-damaging nitric oxide and free oxygen radicals. Inhibition of calcineurin induced by the immunosuppr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stover JF,Schöning B,Sakowitz OW,Woiciechowsky C,Unterberg AW

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigate whether there are any permeability changes in the endoneurial blood-nerve barrier and the perineurium-nerve barrier of surviving nerve allografts. In a normal nerve, the blood-nerve barrier regulates the passage of substances from endoneurial blood vessels into the endoneurium, whereas the peri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zalewski AA,Kadota Y,Azzam NA,Azzam RN

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of spontaneous intracranial hematomas caused by unsuspected meningiomas are reported. Nine previous cases were found in the literature and the entire series of 13 cases is reviewed. Because of their unusual clinical presentation, these cases were not diagnosed correctly prior to radiological studies. Hypert...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Modesti LM,Binet EF,Collins GH

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of neurofibromatosis Type 2 presenting with symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia refractory to medical management following placement of an auditory brainstem implant (ABI). Physical examination and history revealed trigeminal neuralgia. A 3D FIESTA (fast imaging employing steady-state acquisitio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schwartz MS,Brackmann DE,Wilkinson EP,Go JL,Santos F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Dysexecutive syndrome is common in patients with moyamoya disease (MMD), a chronic cerebrovascular disease that is characterized by stenosis of the bilateral internal carotid arteries and progressive collateral revascularization, and MMD can be classified as ischemic or hemorrhagic according to the disease p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fang L,Huang J,Zhang Q,Chan RC,Wang R,Wan W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes a woman in whom an S1-2 fracture developed after L4-S1 decompression and fusion. Osteoporosis was not present, but the lesion failed to respond to conservative therapy, necessitating surgical extension of the spinal fusion. Although biomechanical complications of lumbosacral fusion are uncommon, p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bose B

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anterior condylar confluence (ACC) is located on the external orifice of the canal of the hypoglossal nerve and provides multiple connections with the dural venous sinuses of the posterior fossa, internal jugular vein, and the vertebral venous plexus. Dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) of the ACC and hypoglossal...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liu JK,Mahaney K,Barnwell SL,McMenomey SO,Delashaw JB Jr

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A wide variation in postoperative drainage volumes is observed during treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) with twist-drill or burr-hole craniostomy and closed-system drainage. In this study the authors investigate the causes of the variation, the clinical significance thereof, and its influence on trea...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kwon TH,Park YK,Lim DJ,Cho TH,Chung YG,Chung HS,Suh JK

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirty-three patients with chronic subdural hematoma were treated surgically between 1943 and 1980. The patients, aged 5 to 84 years, were graded retrospectively according to the Bender scale; 28% were in Grades 3 and 4. There were 107 unilateral and 26 bilateral hematomas. The clots were removed mostl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Robinson RG

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVECerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) is a serious complication after carotid artery stenting (CAS). Staged angioplasty (SAP)-i.e., angioplasty followed by delayed CAS-has been reported as a potential CHS-avoiding procedure. The purpose of this study was to clarify the effectiveness of SAP in avoiding CHS af...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hayakawa M,Sugiu K,Yoshimura S,Hishikawa T,Yamagami H,Fukuda-Doi M,Sakai N,Iihara K,Ogasawara K,Oishi H,Ito Y,Matsumaru Y

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Endolymphatic sac tumors (ELSTs) are locally invasive neoplasms that arise in the posterior petrous bone and are associated with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. These tumors cause symptoms even when microscopic in size (below the threshold for detectability on imaging studies) and can lead to symptoms such as hearing...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jagannathan J,Butman JA,Lonser RR,Vortmeyer AO,Zalewski CK,Brewer C,Oldfield EH,Kim HJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable difference of opinion has arisen as to whether intravenously administered steroids affect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production in the acute laboratory animal undergoing ventriculocisternal perfusion. Our experiments with ventriculocisternal perfusion in dogs indicate that, when given intravenously, neithe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vela AR,Carey ME,Thompson BM

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 30-year-old man with a spinal extradural meningeal cyst in the thoracolumbar region is reported. Operative findings revealed a dural defect that allowed communication between the extradural cyst cavity and the subarachnoid space. Application of the Valsalva maneuver made the cerebrospinal fluid flow into...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Uemura K,Yoshizawa T,Matsumura A,Asakawa H,Nakamagoe K,Nose T

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The posterior spinal vein was occluded with silicone in seven rhesus monkeys, and locally resected in one. There were no neurological findings associated with acute venous obstruction of the cord. Follow-up arteriography revealed diversion of venous outflow into the anterior spinal venous system. Histology revealed gl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Doppman JL,Girton M,Popovsky MA

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique case is reported of Chiari malformation and compression of the medulla oblongata by both vertebral arteries. A 39-year-old woman complained of unsteady giant and motor weakness of the legs, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed the malformation and compression. Vascular decompression of the vertebral arteri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kobayashi T,Ogawa A,Kameyama M,Uenohara H,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:An extensive craniopharyngioma is a tumor that extends into multiple compartments (subarachnoid spaces) and attains a size larger than 4 cm. A wide spectrum of approaches and strategies has been used for resection of such craniopharyngiomas. In this report the authors focused on the feasibility and efficacy of m...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gerganov V,Metwali H,Samii A,Fahlbusch R,Samii M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intraoperative stimulation mapping of subcortical white matter tracts during the resection of gliomas has become a valuable surgical adjunct that is used to reduce morbidity associated with tumor removal. The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to assess the morbidity and functional outcome associated wit...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Keles GE,Lundin DA,Lamborn KR,Chang EF,Ojemann G,Berger MS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of patients with low-grade gliomas remains a subject of controversy, especially with respect to new treatment modalities such as interstitial radiosurgery (brachytherapy), radiosurgery, and stereotactic radiotherapy. In a retrospective analysis conducted between 1979 and 1991, the authors studied the res...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kreth FW,Faist M,Warnke PC,Rossner R,Volk B,Ostertag CB

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Genetic alterations of the PTEN gene (also known as MMAC1 or TEP1) have frequently been identified in high-grade gliomas, indicating that inactivation of PTEN plays a crucial role in human glioma progression. The aim of this study was to assess the biological significance of PTEN inactivation in the development ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Adachi J,Ohbayashi K,Suzuki T,Sasaki T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a new technique for treating unclippable aneurysms. The method involves a modification of the traditional wrapping technique, including a clip-reinforced cotton sling. The results of this method in four patients are presented. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bederson JB,Zabramski JM,Spetzler RF

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00