E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 23, Issue 2 (2013)
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Original Investigation
Pages: 129-137
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5582-11.1
AIM: It is well known that head trauma results in damage in hippocampal and cortical areas of the brain and impairs cognitive functions. The
aim of this study is to explore the neuroprotective effect of combination therapy with magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) and progesterone in the
7-days-old rat pups...
Pages: 138-143
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5592-11.1
AIM: Intracranial arachnoid cysts account for 1% of all intracranial mass lesions and may require drainage if symptomatic.
MATERIAL and METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 45 consecutive patients who underwent surgical drainage for
symptomatic intracranial cysts at our inst...
Pages: 144-150
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5855-12.1
AIM: Intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of beta amyloid peptide (Aβ) in rats can be used to model certain aspects of Alzheimer
disease (AD).The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of intracerebroventricular Aβ (1-42) peptide injection on caspase-3 activity
and expr...
Pages: 151-154
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5858-12.2
AIM: The aim was to evaluate the level of interleukin 8 (IL-8), transforming growth factor β1 (TGF β1) and Nitric oxide (NO) in diffuse axonal
injury (DAI) and its association to the outcome and clinical status.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 20 patient...
Pages: 155-160
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5893-12.1
AIM: The dose dependent effects of alpha lipoic acid (α-LA) were investigated morphologically on rat vasospasm model.
MATERIAL and METHODS: 32 rats were divided into four groups: group I=control; group II=vasospasm; group III=vasospasm +low dose (20
mg/kg) intraperitoneal α-LA administer...
Pages: 161-169
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5910-12.1
AIM: To evaluate long-term postoperative facial nerve function in patients undergoing large cystic vestibular schwannomas (VSs) surgery.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Surgical outcome of 36 patients with large cystic VS was retrospectively assessed, and compared with a group of
67 patients with large soli...
Pages: 170-178
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5782-12.2
AIM: This study reports a technique for treating severe thoracolumbar fractures with single-stage decompression, reduction, reconstruction,
and stabilization via an entirely posterior approach.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The cases of 11 patients with severe traumatic thoracolumbar fractures/dislocation...
Pages: 179-182
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.6274-12.1
AIM: To describe a reconstructive technique using single stent for wide-necked aneurysms.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This technique was described as stent-jail technique consisting of the aneurismal catheterization before the
deployment of a self-expandable stent across the aneurysm neck. Following the...
Pages: 183-187
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.6357-12.0
AIM: We aimed to investigate the contribution of the touch imprint cytology (TIC) of core needle biopsies (CNBs) to the diagnosis in spinal
lesions.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Sixty cases with spinal CNB and TIC were included in the study. Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) and May-Grunwald-
Giemsa (MGG) sta...
Pages: 188-197
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.6459-12.0
AIM: Comparison of long-term preoperative and postoperative clinical and radiological results for patients diagnosed with degenerative disc
disease that underwent posterior dynamic stabilization. Lumbar disc degeneration is caused by a variety of factors. Disruptions in the vertebral
endplate resu...
Pages: 198-201
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.6669-12.1
AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate retrospectively the multiple injuries prone to be missed in 432 cases.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The cases were divided into two groups, i.e., whether the missed injury was found during admission or follow up.
The mean ISS value, ratio of patients of cases...
Pages: 202-207
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.6744-12.1
AIM: To clarify the usefulness of supracondylar transjugular tubercle approach for treatment intradural lesions anterior and anterolateral to
foramen magnum, in which the posterior portion of the jugular tubercle is removed extradurally through the condylar fossa with the atlantooccipital
joint in...
Pages: 208-217
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.6757-12.0
AIM: To compare the effect of dexmedetomidine administered by intracisternal route with by intravenous route on brain tissue of rat after
incomplete cerebral ischemia.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Cerebral ischemia was produced by the combination of right common carotid artery occlusion and hemorrhagic
...
Pages: 218-225
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.6768-12.0
AIM: To evaluate the utility of 3D-magnetic resonance cisternography(MRC) of posterior cranial fossa in visualizing trigeminal neurovascular
compression in patients with trigeminal neuralgia.
MATERIAL and METHODS: 146 consecutive patients in the period from June 2010 to July 2011 in our institute ...
Pages: 226-231
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.6828-12.1
AIM: To assess the incidence, hormonal activity and postoperative follow up of the cases that are histopathologically diagnosed as atypical
pituitary adenoma (APA) in our series.
MATERIAL and METHODS: In this study, 13 atypical pituitary adenoma cases, by the WHO 2004 criteria, among the 146 pitui...
Pages: 232-240
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.7123-12.0
AIM: Stent placements for the treatment of complex internal carotid bifurcation aneurysms are not well documented yet. In this article, we
reported a series of 16 such cases to evaluate the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of stent placement for these particular lesions.
MATERIAL and METHODS:...
Case Report
Pages: 241-244
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3853-10.1
A 65-year-old woman presented with left facial involuntary movement and facial palsy for eight years. Brain magnetic resonance image (MRI)
and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) revealed multiple vascular compression of facial nerve root exit zone (REZ). Standard retromastoid
suboccipital cranie...
Pages: 245-248
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4091-11.1
Schwannoma is a benign nerve sheath tumor composed of Schwann cells. A solitary schwannoma in the thorax is not rare, but a patient with
Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and multiple thoracic schwannomas is extremely rare. We report the case of a 27-year-old woman with NF2
and two large schwannomas ...
Pages: 249-251
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4301-11.1
Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is the best method of evaluating carotid cavernous fistulas (CCF). DSA, however, has the disadvantage of
being an invasive procedure. Computerized tomography (CT) angiography which is noninvasive, have been shown to provide more information
about the size and ...
Pages: 252-255
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4399-11.1
Isolated Blastomyces dermatitidis infection of the central nervous system is an uncommonly encountered entity. If left untreated it can be fatal;
thus accurate diagnosis in a timely manner is critical. A 37-year-old white male presented with a severe headache. An MRI scan revealed a rightsided
enh...
Pages: 256-259
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4503-11.4
Jarcho Levin syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by multipl vertebral and costal anomalies at birth. Jarcho Levin syndrome
includes two phenotypic groups: spondylothoracic dysostosis and spondylocostal dysostosis. The prognosis of spondylothoracic dysostosis
has worse than spondyloco...
Pages: 260-266
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4504-11.2
Brown tumor is a bone lesion secondary to hyperparathyroidism of various etiologies. Skeletal involvement in primary hyperparathyroidism
secondary to parathyroid adenoma is very uncommon and brown tumor has become extremely a rare clinical entity. Hyperparathyroidism
is usually associated with hig...
Pages: 267-270
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3698-10.1
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is presumably of neural crest origin, and cases of supratentorial PNET in adult are extremely rare. We
reported a case of PNET presenting as a dumbbell-shaped tumor at the middle cranial fossa of skull base mimicking trigeminal schwannoma
both clinically and ...
Pages: 271-277
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4860-11.0
AIM: Spinal angiolipoma is a benign uncommon neoplasm composed of mature lipocytes admixed with abnormal blood vessels, and accounts
for only 0.14-1.2% of all spinal tumors.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Retrospective data analysis.
RESULTS: We report two cases of a 64-year-old woman and a 65-year-old ma...
Pages: 278-281
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4870-11.0
We describe a 62-year-old woman suffering from visual hallucination due to focal status epilepticus investigated by means of Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA), Electroencephalography (EEG), and 99m Technetium ethylcysteinate
dimer Single Photon Emission Compute...
Pages: 282-284
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4889-11.1
We describe a patient presented with sequential events of hemifacial spasm, cerebral infarction and fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage. All of
them are seemingly separate entities. Radiological examination revealed that the cause was vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) coexisting
with a giant saccular...
Pages: 285-288
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4904-11.1
Various complications following ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting have been reported but transoral protrusion of peritoneal catheter is a
very rare situation. This case is the first adult with a transoral VP shunt protrusion in available literature. A 47-year-old female with pseudotumor
cerebri a...
Pages: 289-293
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4993-11.0
Spontaneous vertebral arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) associated with neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF-1) is a rare occurrence in the previous
reports. We presented two female NF-1 patients with a diagnosis of cervical vertebral AVF treated with endovascular approach. The fistula in
the first case was su...
Pages: 294-297
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5009-11.1
Remote intracranial hemorrhages after craniotomy or craniectomy may rarely develop. As the sparse literature on this phenomenon has
focused on contralateral intraparenchymal and epidural clots, only seven cases of postoperative contralateral acute subdural hematomas have
been reported in the liter...