abstract：:Stroke in patients with cancer is different in terms of its etiology from stroke in the general population. Clinicians should be altered to the possibility of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (NBTE), associated coagulopathy, and viable treatment options. We review the case of a 42-year-old woman with cerivcal car...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Glass JP

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyolysis (lysis of skeletal muscle cells) is a potentially lethal syndrome with a broad spectrum of clinical and biochemical findings. Myalgia, pigmenturia and elevated activity of serum creatine kinase are the common features. Fulminant rhabdomyolysis may be associated with severe metabolic disturbances and inv...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Poels PJ,Gabreëls FJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri was found in a 38-year-old Chinese man living in Hong Kong who presumably acquired the infection from swimming in a hot spring in neighbouring China. Amoebic cysts were identified in tissue taken from a brain abscess. The patient responded to surgical draina...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Wang A,Kay R,Poon WS,Ng HK

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large Dutch family is presented with pure hereditary spastic paraparesis. Pedigree analysis indicates autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance and possibly anticipation in successive generations. These observations may have implications for genetic studies. Linkage studies in this family have excluded...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bruyn RP,van Deutekom J,Frants RR,Padberg GW

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing experience with intensive monitoring of patients with intractable seizures has shown that a significant number of patients presents with pseudoseizures (psychogenic seizures). While in a majority of the patients differential diagnosis should be obvious, in some patients diagnostic error may occur. This is t...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Boon PA,Williamson PD

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old previously healthy woman developed meningitis due to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. This is a Gram-negative coccobacillus belonging to the family Neisseriaceae. Most reported cases of Acinetobacter meningitis were hospital-acquired and due to strains highly resistant to amoxycillin. Our patient was treated...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Reindersma P,Nohlmans L,Korten JJ

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments in genetic research have led to the localization and identification of the causative gene defect in a large number of neurological diseases. This paper describes some of the basic principles of molecular genetics and the strategies that have been followed in the search for the gene for facioscapulo...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Brouwer OF,Wijmenga C,Frants RR,Padberg GW

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin and course of the nerval innervation of the levator scapulae and rhomboid muscles was studied in four human cadavers. Special attention was given to surgical anatomy. The levator scapulae muscle receives two small segmental nerves from C3 and C4, respectively. The rhomboid muscle receives two segmental nerv...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Malessy MJ,Thomeer RT,Marani E

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present series of 655 brachial plexus lesions includes 240 obstetric palsies. The results of neurophysiological and radiological examinations in these cases are often disappointing in regard to the evaluation of the severity of the lesion. Timing for surgery was according to the criterium of Gilbert: lack of clini...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Slooff AC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amongst a variety of neurological manifestations of childhood polyarteritis nodosa, cranial nerve involvement is unusual. We report 4 cases with cranial nerve palsies in a series of 36 biopsy-proven patients. Two cases presented with IIIrd nerve palsy alone, one with right IIIrd and left IVth nerve palsy, and one with...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Topaloglu R,Besbas N,Saatci U,Bakkaloglu A,Oner A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) has gradually gained acceptance as an objective equivalent of the complaint of sleepiness. The history of this test and questions considering the validity of the MSLT in different situations are discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lammers GJ,van Dijk JG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six parkinsonian patients were selected by age of onset of over 70 and a minimum of five years duration of illness. The mean age of onset was 73.5 years and 30 patients were still alive after a mean of 7.2 years. We found that late onset Parkinson's disease has a relatively benign course with more "axial sympto...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Petit H,Vermersch P,Pasquier F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A now 58-year-old female patient, carrier of the point-mutation in the beta-amyloid gene on chromosome 21 which causes hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis - Dutch type, developed progressive dementia after the age of 55 years. She never suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage. Dementia has been described as a ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Haan J,Bakker E,Jennekens-Schinkel A,Roos RA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True and false positive rates of auditory and visual evoked potentials, as well as multi-modal evoked potentials, were assessed in groups of 30 multiple sclerosis patients and 19 healthy age-matched subjects. Sensitivity (true positive rate) generally proved to be high confirming published reports. False positive rate...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： van Dijk JG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis is still a major cause of serious illness in many parts of the world. CNS involvement has frequently been found secondary to tuberculosis elsewhere in the body, particularly the lungs. The disease manifests itself as meningitis, tuberculoma and/or spinal tuberculosis. The presence of tuberculosis elsewher...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： al-Deeb SM,Yaqub BA,Sharif HS,Motaery KR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral high signal emitting areas in the globus pallidus surrounded by low signal emitting areas have been described as a typical MRI finding in Hallervorden-Spatz disease (HSD). We made a diagnosis of HSD in an 11-year-old girl with progressive dystonia of 4 years duration who showed these typical MRI abnormalitie...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Brouwer OF,Laboyrie PM,Peters AC,Vielvoye GJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juxta-facet cysts are relatively uncommon intraspinal lesions, causing radiculopathy, neurogenic claudication or myelopathy. To the best of our knowledge, only 4 cases of bilateral synovial or ganglioncysts were described. We report the 5th case of bilateral ganglioncysts of the lumbar spine. Generally, juxta-facet cy...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Weyns F,Van Calenbergh F,Goffin J,Plets C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are reporting 12 cases of traumatic bilateral extradural haematomas. The incidence was 4.8% of all cases of extradural haematomas. The most common site was the frontal region. CT scan examination was necessary for early diagnosis. Ten patients were operated upon while one patient was treated conservatively. Two pat...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Gupta SK,Tandon SC,Mohanty S,Asthana S,Sharma S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of meningioma of the fourth ventricle is reported. A review of the literature revealed only 24 reported cases of this type of tumor. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ceylan S,Ilbay K,Kuzeylï K,Kalelïoğlu M,Aktürk F,Ozoran Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed computerized tomograms (CT) for basal ganglia and dentate nucleus calcifications in 79 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), 54 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 109 controls aged 50 or more. When it was determined, no patient had disturbances in calcium metabolism. We found: (1) 30 subjects out...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Vermersch P,Leys D,Pruvo JP,Clarisse J,Petit H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of cholesterol granuloma of the temporal bone is described presenting as a cerebellopontine tumor. This lesion seemed to arise from an inflammatory process obstructing pneumatized cells. It consists of extradural granulation tissue and must be distinguished from intradural epidermoid cyst, which is, in...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lunardi P,Missori P,Salvati M,Licastro G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One segment of a large Dutch pedigree with heredo-ataxia is presented. The clinical and genetic features of the disease, together with the M.R.I. findings, indicate the diagnosis of autosomal dominant late onset olivo-ponto-cerebellar atrophy. The clinical picture remained invariant through successive generations. Emp...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Vliegenthart WE,Vielvoye GJ,Kuyt LP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-four patients with atypical transient cerebral or visual symptoms that could not be classified as unequivocal TIAs nor as migraine, epilepsy or neurosis, were followed up for a mean of 3.75 years (range 11 months and 9 years, 240 patient years). Their mean age was 55 years. Only two patients suffered a (non-disa...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Koudstaal PJ,van Gijn J,Naarding P,de Kluyver E,Pop GA,Staal A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparently innocuous complaint such as a numb chin may be associated with malignant disease, either as heralding symptom or as a manifestation of metastasis. A series of 15 patients with numbness of the chin is presented in which a malignancy was diagnosed prior to the numbness. The numbness diminished or disappear...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bruyn RP,Boogerd W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral watershed infarctions usually occur after a period of acute and severe systemic hypotension resulting in a distinctive clinical picture. We present a two year old girl who developed watershed infarctions after a near drowning accident. The clinical features and diagnostic aspects are described. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Schaar CG,Brouwer OF,Wondergem JH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented with paroxysmal choreoathetosis precipitated by movement, sound and photic stimulation associated with an arterio-venous malformation (AVM) who responded to carbamazepine treatment. Hemodynamic circulatory disorder of the sensory-motor cortices having AVM may alter striatal function and produce ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Shintani S,Shiozawa Z,Tsunoda S,Shiigai T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SPECT with Tc-99m HM-PAO as a radiopharmaceutical was performed in 17 patients meeting research criteria for Alzheimer's disease (AD), in 10 patients with a clinical diagnosis of multi-infarct-dementia (MID) and in 12 healthy volunteers. Regional tracer uptake was measured in frontal, parietal, and temporoparietal reg...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Weinstein HC,Haan J,van Royen EO,Derix MM,Lanser JB,van der Zant F,Dunnewold RJ,van Kroonenburgh MJ,Pauwels EK,van der Velde EA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All classical operative approaches for pineal tumours have important disadvantages. A lateral-paramedian infratentorial approach in lateral decubitus is proposed. It has the advantage that one can reach the pineal region by way of a shorter distance and over a lower situated part of the upper cerebellar surface. Lifti...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Van den Bergh R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case report, we present a patient with a low-grade holocord astrocytoma. Therapy and its consequences are discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Vles JS,Grubben CP,van Ooy A,Weil EH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity and reproducibility of two simple coordination-tests, the spiraltest and nailtest were examined in 113 healthy subjects, 33 patients with Parkinson's disease and 24 patients suffering from cerebellar disorders. The performances of the healthy subjects decreased significantly with age but gender had no inf...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Verkerk PH,Schouten JP,Oosterhuis HJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of those cranial nerves subserving taste is common in the Guillain-Barré syndrome, yet seldom reported are disturbances of taste. This may reflect relative sparing of taste fibers, which are small thinly myelinated fibers. However, the true incidence of taste disturbances in GBS is probably underestimated ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Soria ED,Candaras MM,Truax BT

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of mesencephalic haematoma is reported. Emergency surgical evacuation of haematoma was done. The patient improved and has done well for five years. Subtemporal and infratentorial supracerebellar approaches have been used earlier to remove mesencephalic haematoma. It is possible to remove caudal midbrain haemato...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Jain VK,Multani JK,Reddy AK,Das BS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As anatomical studies have suggested that neglect might occur more frequently than is presently realized, and since pilot studies with dopamine agonists have suggested a possible therapy, we examined whether simple neuropsychological tests could detect neglect in the presence of a negative clinical examination. We fou...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Stam CJ,Bakker M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 35-year-old woman with painful muscle cramps in both legs, this being the only symptom of the syndrome of continuous muscle fibre activity. Diagnosis was confirmed by electromyography during sleep. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： de Waal M,Bertelsmann FW,Strijers RL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a six month open-label study comparing the efficacy of controlled-release levodopa-carbidopa (Sinemet CR-4 200 mg/50 mg) with standard levodopa/carbidopa (250 mg/25 mg) in 17 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and severe response fluctuations, are reported. Major clinical benefits included; im...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Deleu D,Jacques M,Michotte Y,Ebinger G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe four patients suffering from lower limb compartment syndromes which were caused by constrictive bandages applied after stripping of varices. The dressing was erroneously only partially removed, when the patients started complaining of severe pain and tension in the operated legs. The damages varied from ex...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Danner R,Partanen K,Partanen J,Kettunen K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 27-year-old man is reported in whom neurological symptoms of obstruction of spinal arteries (myelomalacia) was the initial picture of acute leukemia. A review is given of the literature. There are no other reported cases of this very rare association. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Avilés A,Gómez G,Rubio ME

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the CNS is reported in which a complete and stable disappearance of an enhancing mass lesion on the CT scan after treatment with dexamethasone was followed by the occurrence of a high-grade malignant lymphoma in the opposite hemisphere 18 months later. The long-lasting and...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Pohl P,Oberhuber G,Dietze O,Vogl G,Pallua AK,Plangger CA,Huber H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallic implants used in neurosurgery, comprising vascular clips, shunt valves, and metallic surgical wire for spondylodesis, induce distortion of magnetic resonance images. The image deformation usually pertains to small areas of signal suppression in its immediate vicinity, when the implant is non-ferromagnetic. Th...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Go KG,Kamman RL,Mooyaart EL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible toxical effect of heavy metals in the pathogenesis of brachial and lumbar plexopathies during heroin addiction has been previously hypothesized by some authors, but never detected. A 24-year-old man, addicted to heroin showed the clinical picture of a symmetrical brachial neuropathy, without other neurolo...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Antonini G,Palmieri G,Spagnoli LG,Millefiorini M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00