abstract：:A middle-aged patient presented with subacute muscular stiffness, myocloni of both extremity and facial muscles, gait ataxia and symmetrical distal painful paraesthesias. Electrophysiologically, neuromyotonia was confirmed. High titer anti-Hu antibodies were detected, but no other paraneoplastic antibodies were found....

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Toepfer M,Schroeder M,Unger JW,Lochmüller H,Pongratz D,Müller-Felber W

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) involves the electrical stimulation of dorsal structures within the spinal cord, and is the most widespread application of neurostimulation for the relief of chronic pain. Idiopathic acute transverse myelitis (IATM) is an acute monophasic lesion of the spinal cord that presents with sympt...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Laffey JG,Murphy D,Regan J,O'Keeffe D

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old man presented with headaches of 6 months' duration and generalized seizures in a cluster 2 days prior to admission. Examination revealed bilateral papilloedema and no focal deficits. CT scan showed an isodense enhancing mass lesion in the right frontobasal region with perilesional edema. Bifrontal cranio...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Praharaj SS,Vajramani GV,Santosh V,Shankar SK,Kolluri S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first time, Kluver Bucy syndrome (KBS) is described in young children who had no environmental learning of sex. The syndrome has so far been noted only in adults after bilateral temporal lobe affection. A few of its components, especially the hypersexuality and hypermetamorphosis, are likely to manifest differ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Pradhan S,Singh MN,Pandey N

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the feasibility of using subcutaneous low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH) injections in place unfractionated heparin (UFH) while anticoagulating patients with cerebral ischemia. In this open-labeled, prospective study, patients admitted to our hospital with transient ischemic attacks or stroke requiring an...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Venketasubramanian N,Chua HC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 34-year-old woman with right hemidystonia. She had a cavernous angioma (CA) of left thalamo-mesencephalic junction, revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Her symptoms were moderately alleviated by biperiden 20 mg daily. We identified 11 patients reported in the literature to have movement disorder...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Akbostanci MC,Yiğit A,Ulkatan S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperphosphatemic tumoral calcinosis (HTC) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder manifested by pararticular calcification and hyperphosphatemia, caused by an elevated renal phosphate reabsorption threshold and elevated serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels. The disorder usually affects African-American subjects, but h...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Beck DA,Gray L,Lyles KW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old man developed a severe left frontal headache followed by an acute change of mentality 6 days later. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral thalamic ischemia. Angiography confirmed the occlusion of deep cerebral veins. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) of the thalami showed normal N-a...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Hsu LC,Lirng JF,Fuh JL,Wang SJ,Shyu HY,Liu HC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old Hispanic boy born of consanguineous parents is described as having a history of cataracts, progressive lower-extremity spasticity and atrophy starting at 4 years of age, atretic ear canals with hearing dysfunction and diffuse patchy cutaneous hypopigmented areas. Clinical examination showed the typical s...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Guillén-Navarro E,Wallerstein R,Moran E,Chu ML,Grant A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 36 year-old woman who had sensorimotor and sphincter dysfunction 0.5 day after having an epidural anesthesia to deliver her baby. The patients' neurological deficits recovered gradually and she could walk without support 1.5 months after the operation. However, her neurological function deteriorated 4 m...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tseng SH,Lin SM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology and radiological features of Moyamoya disease (MMD) in the US were investigated. This study encompassed 98 cases; 26 were newly collected from eight US institutions and 72 were previously reported in the US literature. The patients ranged in age from 6 months to 67 years with age peaks in the first, t...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Numaguchi Y,Gonzalez CF,Davis PC,Monajati A,Afshani E,Chang J,Sutton CL,Lee RR,Shibata DK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya is the disease which involves the terminal portions of the internal carotid or origins of the middle or anterior cerebral arteries. The posterior communicating arteries are also involved, but not the vertebrals or the basilar artery. The disease occurs more commonly in females than males and it has two age pe...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Charbel FT,Misra M,Clarke ME,Ausman JI

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1990 to December 1995, a total of nine cases of Moyamoya disease were treated at the National Taiwan University Hospital with combined encephalo-arterio-synangiosis (EAS) and encephalo-myo-synangiosis (EMS). There were five males and four females and their ages ranged from 6 months to 31 years. Of these, ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tu YK,Liu HM,Kuo MF,Wang PJ,Hung CC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Are there any differences between probable Moyamoya disease and unilateral Moyamoya disease? What kinds of differences exist between definite and probable Moyamoya disease? Furthermore, according to the diagnostic criteria of Moyamoya disease, patients with systemic disorders and angiographic features similar to those...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Natori Y,Ikezaki K,Matsushima T,Fukui M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible mechanism of neointimal formation in Moyamoya disease, we histologically examined the superficial temporal arteries and also investigated cultured smooth muscle cells (SMCs) from the arteries. Intimal thickening of the scalp arteries developed significantly at an early age in Moyamoya patie...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Aoyagi M,Fukai N,Yamamoto M,Matsushima Y,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among posterior fossa tumors, schwannomas arising from glossopharyngeal nerve are rare; only about 30 cases of glossopharyngeal neuroma have been described. Though a typical 'jugular foramen syndrome' has been described for tumors of this region, the clinical onset may often closely resemble that of acoustic neuromas ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Rapanà A,Lamaida E,Bracale C,Lepore P,Pizza V,Graziussi G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant familial spastic paraparesis (AD-FSP) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder of the central nervous system characterized by a progressive spasticity of the legs. One gene causing AD-FSP (FSP1) has recently been mapped to chromosome 14q, another gene (FSP2) to chromosome 2p, and a third gene (FSP3) ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bruyn RP,van Veen MM,Kremer H,Scheltens PH,Padberg GW

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbosacral plexus neuropathy (LSPN) is an idiopathic clinical syndrome characterized by the sudden onset of neuropathic pain, followed by weakness and sometimes sensory disturbances in the distribution of the lumbosacral plexus. Prognosis is usually favourable, although complete recovery may take several months to ye...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： van Alfen N,van Engelen BG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After acute cerebral stroke, the (peri-) infarct tissue is characterized by calcium (Ca)-mediated neuronal damage and inflammatory processes. Monitoring Ca-mediated damage using the isotope cobalt-55 (Co) as a Ca-tracer may enable PET-imaging of this tissue. Since the fate of (peri-) infarct tissue determines clinical...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Jansen HM,Paans AM,vd Vliet AM,Veenma-van der Duin L,Bolwijn-Meijer CJ,Pruim J,Willemsen AT,Franssen EJ,Minderhoud JM,Korf J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of radicular pain in the arm due to compression of the C6 nerve root by coiling of the vertebral artery is reported; the diagnosis was confirmed by computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) angiography and echocolordoppler. Although the enlargement of an intervertebral foramen by a tortuous vertebr...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Maiuri F,Iaconetta G,Gallicchio B,Briganti F

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old man was suffering from recurrent manic psychosis accompanied by weight loss. He also had a history of pleural effusion, aspecific migratory non-deforming seronegative polyarthritis, sensorineural hearing loss and semicircular canal paresis. Whipple's disease (WD) had been diagnosed at the age of 63 years...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Verhagen WI,Huygen PL,Dalman JE,Schuurmans MM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic motor-evoked potential (MEP) study of patients with the syndrome of delayed posthemiplegic hemidystonia, hemiatrophy, and partial or hemi-seizures ('4-hemi' syndrome) has not been described. Among 35 patients investigated for posthemiplegic movement disorders from February 1988 to January 1995, seven showed '...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Thajeb P

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of basal ganglionic angioleiomyoma in a 12-year-old girl is reported. She presented with features of raised intracranial tension, multifocal seizures, left hemidystonia and apraxia of eyelid closure. Cranial CT scan showed a large hypodense lesion with an enhancing mural nodule in the region of head of the...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ravikumar C,Veerendrakumar M,Hegde T,Nagaraja D,Jayakumar PN,Shankar SK

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pancerebellar syndrome of subacute progression associated with cerebellar atrophy is highly suggestive of a paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD). We describe a 27-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that presented with a subacute pancerebellar syndrome. Serum and CSF anti-Yo, anti-Hu and a...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Manto MU,Rondeaux P,Jacquy J,Hildebrand JG

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old man with a history of large cell lung carcinoma presented 1 year after surgical management of the initial lesion, with a complete unilateral IX-XII cranial nerve palsy with Horner's sign. This rare multiple cranial nerve palsy is called Villaret's syndrome. It suggests an extracranial lesion located in t...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tiliket C,Petiot P,Arpin D,Mornex JF,Mornex F,Tournut P,Brune J,Aimard G

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is given of the aetiology and possible treatment of acquired (non-congenital), blepharoptosis, which is a common but not specific sign of neurological disease. The diagnostic categories of upper eyelid drooping are scheduled as (a) pseudo-ptosis due to a local process or overactivity of eye closure, including...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Oosterhuis HJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of endosellar meningiomas are presented. The clinical and radiological picture is not always sufficiently specific to distinguish meningiomas from other types of sellar lesions, but pre-operative diagnosis is of fundamental importance in choosing the best surgical approach. In both cases, the transsphenoidal...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Talacchi A,Benvenuto F,Lombardo C,Bricolo A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral hydatidosis account for approximately 1-2% of patients with hydatid disease. Fifty percent to 75% of intracranial hydatid cysts are seen in children. The cerebral hydatid cysts are usually single and located in the watershed of the middle cerebral artery. To our knowledge, no case of hydatid cyst in the thala...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Erşahin Y,Mutluer S,Dermirtaş E,Yurtseven T

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with epilepsy of unknown origin, starting after the age of 50 years, and without clear evidence of cognitive decline were studied with positron emission tomography, using the steady state technique with 15O. Cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism were significantly decreased in all cortical areas. No f...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： De Reuck J,Santens P,Decoo D,Crevits L,Van Maele G,Lemahieu I,Strijckmans K,Goethals P

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with seizures and a single ringlike enhancing lesion on MRI that resembled a low-grade glioma. The patient received a diagnostic trial with albendazole on the assumption that this lesion could be a cysticercus. Follow-up showed resolution of the brain lesion in 4 weeks. Albendazole administration t...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Del Brutto OH,Quintero LA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of recent anosmia and liquorrhoea. He also complained of moderate headache and concentration problems in the past few years. On CT scan and MRI scans a big subfrontal process was seen, partially solid and partially cystic. Neurosurgical and histological findings prove...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： van Manen SR,Bosch DA,Peeters FL,Troost D

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated trigeminal neuropathy after cranial trauma is exceptional. A 40-year-old woman was found to have unilateral trigeminal motor paralysis with muscle atrophy, unaccompanied by sensory involvement and without affecting other cranial nerves. She developed this deficit immediately after head trauma. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ko KF,Chan KL

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old girl presented with focal seizures without symptoms of raised intracranial tension. Routine histological, immunocytochemical and ultrastructural methods revealed a desmoplastic low grade cerebral astrocytoma. Follow up for 2 years after biopsy did not show recruitment of neurological symptoms or signs. Bi...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Chacko G,Chandi SM,Chandy MJ

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of 106 cases of intradural tumors of the cauda equina are presented, subdivided into 5 groups according to their histological characteristics. For each group the clinical course and long-term postoperative results were analyzed: it emerged that differential diagnosis between neurinomas, meningio...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Cervoni L,Celli P,Cantore G,Fortuna A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired hepatic detoxification capacity by cytochrome P450 subsystems has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. We have demonstrated that hepatic parahydroxylation of phenytoin (PHT) is impaired in patients with late-onset Parkinson's disease. In the present study, we have investigated the hypot...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Peeters EA,Bloem BR,Kuiper MA,Vermeij P,de Wolff FA,Wolters EC,Roos RA,Ferrari MD

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the medical and psychosocial experiences of 59 patients with idiopathic spasmodic torticollis (ST) by means of a structured questionnaire. The results generally corresponded with those of other studies in the literature. Diagnosis is delayed in many patients, and ST negatively influences the patients' soc...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： van Herwaarden GM,Anten HW,Hoogduin CA,Niewold JU,Roos RA,Speelman JD,van Weerden TW,Horstink MW

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syncope is a rare symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a common tumor in Taiwan. We describe two patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma who presented with frequent syncopal attacks five months before the diagnosis was made. We postulate that the mechanism of syncope is involvement of the glossopharyngeal or vagal nerv...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lin RH,Teng MM,Wang SJ,Yeh TP,Liao KK,Liu HC

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62 year-old male patient presented with isolated oculomotor nerve palsy following a small infarction of the medial ventral midbrain, documented by magnetic resonance imaging. There was a 12-year history of hypertension, but no diabetes mellitus. Angiography revealed atherosclerosis of the paramedian mesencephalic ar...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Murakami M,Kitano I,Hitoshi Y,Ushio Y

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 200 female patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to investigate whether pregnancy after the onset of disease influences long term disability. As an index of progression, we used the time between disease onset and wheelchair dependence. Patients who had at least one pregnancy after onset were wheelchair depe...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Verdru P,Theys P,D'Hooghe MB,Carton H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 38-year-old male patient who developed a Miller Fisher syndrome following a respiratory tract disorder associated with a serologically proven Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Although several neurologic manifestations have been reported after Mycoplasma pneumonia infection, Miller Fisher syndrome has not b...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Merkx H,De Keyser J,Ebinger G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00