16 Result(s)

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A case of cellular blue naevus with intracranial invasion and malignant transformation

N. Noshita, M. Fujimura, T. Kumabe, R. Shirane, M. Watanabe… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2005)

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Stereotactic radiosurgery for nodular dissemination of anaplastic ependymoma

Dissemination of primary intracranial ependymoma occurs in 10% of all cases and is difficult to treat, so this may be one of the major reasons for the poor prognosis. Two patients with nodular dissemination of...

H. Endo, T. Kumabe, H. Jokura, R. Shirane, T. Tominaga in Acta Neurochirurgica (2004)

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Routine clinical adoption of magnetic resonance imaging was associated with better outcome after surgery in elderly patients with a malignant astrocytic tumour: a retrospective review

Background. There is controversy about extensive surgical treatment for a malignant astrocytic tumour in more elderly patients who may have poorer outcomes and higher complication rates. ...

M. Fujimura, T. Kumabe, T. Tominaga, H. Jokura, R. Shirane… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2004)

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Pulsed liquid jet dissector using holmium:YAG laser – a novel neurosurgical device for brain incision without impairing vessels

¶Background. Neurosurgery has long required a method for dissecting brain tissue without damaging principal vessels and adjacent tissue, so as to prevent neurological complications after operation. In this study ...

T. Hirano, A. Nakagawa, H. Uenohara, H. Ohyama, H. Jokura… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2003)

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Intraoperative direct neuroendoscopic observation of the aqueduct in Dandy-Walker malformation

T. Kawaguchi, H. Jokura, Y. Kusaka, R. Shirane, T. Yoshimoto in Acta Neurochirurgica (2003)

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Neurohypophyseal Germinoma Histologically Misidentified as Granulomatous Hypophysitis

T. Endo, T. Kumabe, H. Ikeda, R. Shirane, T. Yoshimoto in Acta Neurochirurgica (2002)

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Recurrent Intracranial Germinoma Outside the Initial Radiation Field with Progressive Malignant Transformation

A 19-year-old man with a pure germinoma in the pineal region was successfully treated with chemotherapy followed by 24 Gy local irradiation. Eight months later, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging detected ventric...

H. Kon, T. Kumabe, H. Jokura, R. Shirane in Acta Neurochirurgica (2002)

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Surgical Treatment of a Mixed Pineocytoma/Pineoblastoma in a 72-Year-Old Patient

R. Saito, R. Shirane, T. Oku, M. Watanabe, T. Kumabe, C.-C. Su… in Acta Neurochirurgica (2002)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Clinical Outcome Following Ultra-Early Operation for Patients with Intracerebral Hematoma from Aneurysm Rupture — Focussing on the Massive Intra-Sylvian Type of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Of 250 patients admitted with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from 1994 to 2000, 16 had massive intra-sylvian hematomas. To predict the useful determinants of the clinical outcome for such patients we...

Ching-Chan Su M.D., K. Saito, A. Nakagawa… in New Trends in Cerebral Aneurysm Management (2002)

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Surgical Treatment of Pineal Region Tumours Through the Occipital Transtentorial Approach: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Intra-Operative Micro-Endoscopy Combined with Neuronavigation

 Object. To determine the efficacy and accuracy of surgically-assisted systems including endoscopy combined with neuronavigation in the treatment of pineal region tumours through the occipital transtentorial appr...

R. Shirane, H. Shamoto, K. Umezawa, C.-C. Su, T. Kumabe, H. Jokura… in Acta Neurochirurgica (1999)

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Cerebral blood-flow responses to induced hypotension and to CO₂ inhalation in patients with major cerebral artery occlusive disease: a positron-emission tomography study

Our aim was to study the relationship between cerebral blood flow (CBF) responses to induced hypotension and to CO₂ inhalation in patients with occlusive disease of the carotid or middle cerebral arteries. In 13...

S. Nishimura, A. Suzuki, J. Hatazawa, H. Nishimura, R. Shirane, N. Yasui… in Neuroradiology (1999)

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Infantile myofibromatosis located in the temporal bone

Infantile myofibromatosis (IM) is a proliferative disorder of infancy and early childhood characterized by the nodular or diffuse growth of lesions that are comprised of a mixture of mesenchymal elements. Intr...

Kaku Niimura, R. Shirane, Takashi Yoshimoto in Child’s Nervous System (1997)

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Congenital absence and aberrant course of the internal carotid artery

We retrospectively reviewed the imaging features of an aberrant course of the internal carotid artery (ICA) in one patient and its unilateral absence in four. Absence of the ICA was initially detected by MRI a...

S. Takahashi, S. Higano, N. Kurihara, R. Shirane, R. Asai… in European Radiology (1996)

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Congenital cerebral venous dysgenesis

This report describes a rare case of primary cerebral venous dysgenesis in a 3-year-old child with development retardation. Angiography resulted in nonvisualization not only of deep cerebral veins but also of ...

I. Kato, R. Shirane, A. Ogawa, T. Yoshimoto in Child's Nervous System (1992)

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The accumulation of¹¹C-methionine in cerebral glioma patients studied with PET

Fourteen patients with cerebral gliomas were studied with positron emission tomography (PET) using L-[methyl-¹¹C]methionine (¹¹C-MET). Positive images of tumour were obtained in all cases regardless of histologic...

M. Kameyama, R. Shirane, J. Itoh, K. Sato, R. Katakura… in Acta Neurochirurgica (1990)

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Computer tomography of ruptured intracranial arteriovenous malformations in the acute stage

We studied the CT findings of 23 AVM cases confirmed by cerebral angiography and their clinical findings, and discussed mainly the lesions of ruptured AVM in the acute stage.

S. Takahashi, M. Sonobe, R. Shirane, Y. Kubota, H. Kawakami in Acta Neurochirurgica (1982)