Idiopathic and Chronic Epidural Hematoma in the Lumbar Spine: A Case Report and Review of Literatures.

Spontaneous and chronic epidural hematoma (SSEH) in the lumbar spine is rare, and idiopathic and chronic SSEH in the lumbar spine is extremely rare disease. Most of lumbar SSEH were acute and secondary with trauma, hematologic disorders, drug, and surgical procedure. Only 20 cases of chronic SSEH in the lumbar spine have been reported and 14 cases among them were considered to be idiopathic.

Coloring Technique of Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.

Objective: Superficial temporal artery (STA)-to-middle cerebral artery (MCA) bypass is an established surgical technique for achieving revascularization. It is important to select the proper recipient artery of the MCA. Three-dimensional computed tomographic angiography (3D-CTA) and conventional angiography are useful in the selection process but need contrast agents.

Noninfectious prevertebral soft-tissue inflammation and hematoma eliciting swelling after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.

OBJECTIVE Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) procedures are performed to treat patients with cervical myelopathy or radiculopathy. Dysphagia is a post-ACDF complication. When it coincides with prevertebral space enlargement and inflammation, surgical site infection and pharyngoesophageal perforation must be considered.

Intraoperative Arachnoid Plasty Has Possibility to Prevent Chronic Subdural Hematoma after Surgery for Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms.

Some patients develop chronic subdural hematomas (CSDHs) after the clipping/coating of unruptured aneurysms. The risk factors are not well understood and while no preventive methods are currently available, arachnoid plasty (ARP) may intercept the development of postoperative CSDH. We investigated the risk factors for CSDH and the usefulness of ARP to prevent postoperative CSDH.

Detection and characterization of the evolution of cerebral abscesses with diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging--two case reports.

A 57-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman presented with cerebral abscesses. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and conventional MR imaging clearly showed the different stages of the course of the brain abscesses. As the abscess matured, the signal intensity of the center gradually increased to the typical high value with a low apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) on diffusion-weighted MR imaging, and enhancement of the capsule on T1-weighted MR imaging with gadolinium.