Effect of aromatherapy massage on elderly patients under long-term hospitalization in Japan.

Objectives: To verify the effectiveness of aromatherapy massage on elderly patients under long-term hospitalization.

Design: Aromatherapy massage was performed twice a week for a total of eight times.

Setting: Nursing home.

[Two cases of symptomatic arachnoid cysts in elderly patients--a comparison and analysis with child cases].

A symptomatic arachnoid cyst in an elderly patient is rare. We report two cases of symptomatic arachnoid cysts in elderly patients. The first case is that of a 73-year-old woman complaining of headache and speech disturbance.

Insular cortical projections to functional regions of the striatum correlate with cortical cytoarchitectonic organization in the primate.

We examined the striatal projections from different cytoarchitectonic regions of the insular cortex using anterograde and retrograde techniques. The shell and medial ventral striatum receive inputs primarily from the agranular and ventral dysgranular insula. The central ventral striatum receives inputs primarily from the dorsal agranular and dysgranular insula.

[Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes with delayed and decreased cerebral blood flow on cerebral angiography--a case report].

A 9-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital because of fever, headache, vomiting, and convulsive seizures. On admission, she was proved to have homonymous hemianopsia as well as elevated lactate and pyruvate levels in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Muscle biopsy study showed scattered ragged-red fibers and strongly succinatedehydrogenase-reactive blood vessels (SSV), suggesting systemic vascular involvement.

[A case of low grade glioma with Takayasu disease (aortitis syndrome)].

We experienced a rare case of Takayasu disease with low grade glioma. A 36 year-old female had an episode of right hemiconvulsion. On admission, she complained a slight memory disturbance, urination difficulty and motor weakness of right extremities.