A Case of Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome during Treatment of Transient Cerebral Vasospasm Following Carotid Artery Stenting.

Objective: We report a case in which transient cerebral vasospasm after carotid artery stenting (CAS) was effectively treated using arterial and intravenous infusion of fasudil hydrochloride, but cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) developed during subsequent treatment.

Case Presentation: The patient was a 79-year-old man who underwent right CAS to treat symptomatic right carotid artery stenosis. After the procedure, the patient developed left paresis and unilateral spatial neglect.

Traumatic cerebrovascular injury following severe head injury: proper diagnostic timetable and examination methods.

Traumatic cerebrovascular injury (TCVI) is a serious complication of severe head injury, with a high mortality rate. To establish a proper treatment strategy for TCVI, we investigated patients with a high risk of TCVI according to the Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury (hereafter "the Guidelines") to elucidate the validity of the criteria for TCVI in the Guidelines and the appropriate screening timing and methods. Of those transported to our facility between December 2008 and June 2012, 67 individuals with a high risk of TCVI were evaluated to reveal the proper timing and methods of vascular evaluation.

Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in high myopic eyes in a population-based setting.

Purpose: To compare the parameters of confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (Heidelberg Retina Tomograph [HRT] II; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) in high myopia with those in age-matched emmetropia.

Methods: A population-based study in which HRT II data were analyzed from 135 healthy subjects with high myopia (spherical equivalent [SE] from -6 to -12 D) and 135 age-matched subjects with emmetropia (SE from -1 to +1 D). The HRT parameters, the correlation between disc area and ovality, and asymmetry between the right and left eyes were evaluated.

Intraocular pressure measurement over amniotic membrane patch in human subjects.

Purpose: To investigate the accuracy of intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement over amniotic membrane patching on human ocular surface using Tono-Pen tonometry.

Methods: The IOP of 28 normal eyes in 14 volunteers (mean age, 27.6 years; range, 25-34) was measured by a handy applanation tonometer and the Tono-Pen XL.

Transplantation of corneas reconstructed with cultured adult human corneal endothelial cells in nude rats.

Purpose: The feasibility of corneal reconstruction with cultured adult human corneal endothelial cells (HCEC) was examined in a nude rat model.

Methods: Endothelial cells were removed from the corneas of Lewis rats using a sterile cotton swab. Cultured adult HCEC labelled with a fluorescent marker chloromethyl-benzamidodialkylcarbocyanine (CM-Dil) were seeded onto the denuded Descemet's membrane.