Factors associated with the progression of traumatic intracranial hematoma during interventional radiology to establish hemostasis of extracranial hemorrhagic injury in severe multiple trauma patients.

Aim: To identify factors affecting the progression of traumatic intracranial hemorrhagic injury (t-ICH) during interventional radiology (IVR) for the hemostasis of extracranial hemorrhagic injury.

Methods: This was a retrospective comparative study. Fifty-two patients with t-ICH who underwent hemostasis using IVR for extracranial trauma at our institute were included.

Implementation of a telestroke system for general physicians without a nearby stroke center to shorten the time to intravenous thrombolysis for acute cerebral infarction.

Aim: We aimed to establish a telestroke system for general physicians in areas without a nearby stroke center and investigate its usefulness for recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) therapy for patients with acute cerebral infarction.

Methods: We used a hub and spoke model, in which a hub hospital provided telestroke support to the spoke hospitals in rural areas that were not nearby a stroke center. The telestroke support device enabled the sharing of images and real-time face-to-face discussion with a stroke specialist for diagnosis and treatment.

[Multiple intracerebral enhanced lesions strongly suspected to be microsporidiosis. A case report].

This case of microsporidiosis manifested as mutiple intracranial lesions separated in space and time, and neurological and radiological findings were improved with albendazole administration. A 33-year-old man presented with headache, fever, and dysphasia. His consciousness was clear.

Shock wave-induced brain injury in rat: novel traumatic brain injury animal model.

Background: In blast wave injury and high-energy traumatic brain injury, shock waves (SW) play an important role along with cavitation phenomena. However, due to lack of reliable and reproducible technical approaches, extensive study of this type of injury has not yet been reported. The present study aims to develop reliable SW-induced brain injury model by focusing micro-explosion generated SW in the rat brain.