Short-term experience with aspiration embolectomy using a ACE68 reperfusion catheter to treat embolic superior mesenteric artery occlusion.

We report the short-term results with aspiration embolectomy using an ACE68 reperfusion catheter to treat patients with acute embolic superior mesenteric artery (SMA) occlusion. Our study included 4 consecutive male patients ranging in age from 72 to 86 years (mean age 79 years). In all patients, the main trunk of the SMA was occluded.

[A Case of Anterior Cranial Fossa Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Involving Uncontrolled Seizures Diagnosed Based on Characteristic Findings on Arterial Spin-labeling Imaging].

We report a case of anterior cranial fossa dural arteriovenous fistula(ACF-DAVF)in a patient whose diagnosis was made according to characteristic findings on arterial spin labeling(ASL)MRI. CASE:A 68-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of intractable epilepsy. Based on the initial MRI findings, an initial diagnosis of limbic encephalitis was made.