Persistent primitive hypoglossal artery is a relatively rare anatomical variation and a type of persistent carotid-basilar anastomosis. Acute internal carotid artery occlusion associated with persistent primitive hypoglossal artery is rare, and atherothrombotic occlusion is extremely rare. We present a case of acute atherothrombotic internal carotid artery occlusion associated with persistent primitive hypoglossal artery that was successfully treated by endovascular treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Persistent primitive anterior choroidal artery (PPAChA) is a rare vascular anomaly. The clinical course of internal carotid artery (ICA)-PPAChA aneurysms has not been well described.
Case Reports: We report two patients with an ICA-PPChA aneurysm and summarize previously reported cases.
Carotid artery stenting is a treatment option for patients with significant symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Although use of an embolic protection device during carotid artery stenting can prevent distal embolization, device retrieval after stenting can be difficult. In this report, during an embolic protection device retrieval, it was not possible to advance recapture catheters through the distal flare segment of the stent because the device wire would catch on the flare or become jammed between the flare and vessel wall.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Spontaneous thrombosis of a saccular, unruptured, intracranial aneurysm is rare in nongiant aneurysms. Herein, the authors present a case of acute middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCO) caused by spontaneous thrombus of a small internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm.
Observations: A 68-year-old woman presented with increased somnolence, right-sided hemiplegia, hemispatial neglect, and total aphagia.
Objective: There is limited evidence for mechanical thrombectomy in patients with basilar artery occlusion. Despite recanalization, there are several reports on poor outcomes. Therefore, we retrospectively evaluated the outcomes and examined the predictors of mechanical thrombectomy in patients with basilar artery occlusion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To report the outcomes of thrombectomy for arterial occlusion involving the major arteries of the cerebral anterior circulation when an aspiration catheter (AC) was used in all cases, with the retrieval technique chosen during the procedure.
Methods: Of the 126 patients who underwent endovascular thrombectomy during the 2-year period of 2018-2019, the study subjects were 102 patients with arterial occlusion involving the major arteries of the cerebral anterior circulation. Patients were divided into two groups depending on when the procedure was performed.
Objective: In parent artery occlusion (PAO) for ruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms (RVADA), target embolization using coils in a short segment to occlude only the vasodilated area containing the rupture point is selected as a first-choice procedure at our institute. We focused on RVADA involving the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) and evaluated the treatment results.
Methods: This study consisted of eight cases with RVADA involving the PICA which were treated between October 2007 and January 2020.
Objective: The usage of oral anticoagulants (OACs) in the acute phase of cerebral infarction has increased, but the optimal timing for starting OACs after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is unclear. We report the usage of OACs after MT at our hospital and evaluated the outcomes.
Methods: OACs were selected as secondary preventive drugs for 64 patients who underwent MT for anterior circulatory embolism between July 2016 and January 2019.
The DSM-5 confirmed that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might be comorbid with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study investigated the executive function of ASD comorbid with ADHD (ASD + ADHD), ASD, and typically developed (TD) children using the Keio version of the modified Wisconsin card sorting test (KWCST). Children with ASD + ADHD (n = 43), ASD (n = 69), and TD (n = 69) were examined in two age groups: 5-9 years and 10-15 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine the relationship between the catch-up growth of preterm, SGA children and their behavioral development.
Methods: We analyzed data from a large Japanese, nationwide, population-based, longitudinal survey that started in 2001. We restricted the study participants to preterm children with information on height at 2 years of age (n = 1667).
Objective: To elucidate whether the results of an intelligence test at preschool age are predictive of reading difficulty (RD) at school age among very low birth weight infants (VLBWI).
Methods: Subjects were 48 Japanese children whose birth weight was <1500 g and who regularly visited a follow-up clinic. All subjects completed the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III) during the last grade of kindergarten, and four reading tasks during the second to fourth grade of elementary school.
Objective: To examine the relationship between catch-up growth of full-term, small for gestational age (SGA) children and their neurobehavioral development.
Study Design: Data were obtained from a population-based nationwide Japanese longitudinal survey that started in 2001. Study participants were full-term children with information on height at 2 years of age (n = 32 533).
Introduction: The number of patients receiving chronic dialysis treatment in Japan currently exceeds 300,000 people. Few reports have described carotid endarterectomy(CEA)for chronic renal failure patients because of the unacceptable rate of perioperative stroke and other morbidities. A strategy for and treatment results of CEA for chronic renal failure patients in our hospital are described herein.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To clarify cognitive processes underlining the development of reading in children speaking Japanese as their first language, we examined relationships between performances of cognitive tasks in the preschool period and later reading abilities.
Methods: Ninety-one normally developing preschoolers (41 girls and 50 boys; 5years 4months to 6years 4months, mean 5years 10months) participated as subjects. We conducted seven cognitive tasks including phonological awareness tasks, naming tasks, and working memory tasks in the preschool period.
Background: Small for gestational age (SGA) birth is linked with neurological deficits among children at pre-school age, but the evidence is still limited on whether such deficits are still observable at school age. We investigated the association between SGA birth and behavioral development at school age among full-term infants.
Methods: We analyzed data from a large, Japanese, nationwide, population-based longitudinal survey that started in 2001.
OBJECTIVE The authors describe a method by which they easily and atraumatically navigate a large-bore reperfusion catheter of the Penumbra system to an embolus by using a coaxial system with a compliant balloon catheter in patients with tortuous arteries. METHODS A retrospective review of the prospective endovascular database was performed to identify cases in which a coaxial system with a compliant balloon catheter (Scepter C, MicroVention/Terumo; or TransForm C, Stryker Neurovascular) and a large-bore reperfusion catheter of the Penumbra system (Penumbra, Inc.) was used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate neurological development in small for gestational age (SGA) infants, with a focus on full-term SGA infants.
Methods: We analyzed data from a large, Japanese, nationwide, population-based longitudinal survey started in 2001. We restricted the study to participants born before 42weeks of gestation (n=46,563).
To clarify the relationship between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) and pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), we investigated the common features and differences of these disorders in neuropsychological profiles. The subjects were 4 groups of Japanese boys aged 6 to 15 years, categorized by diagnosis:AD/HD (n=20), PDD with comorbid AD/HD (PDD+:n=16), PDD without comorbid AD/HD (PDD-:n=8), and typically developing (n=60). We evaluated executive function (EF) through verbal and visuospatial memory tasks, the Go/NoGo task, and the color-word matching Stroop task.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBehavioral problems in Japanese children with epilepsy were investigated by means of a questionnaire for parents consisting of three checklists: the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)/4-18 Japanese Edition, the High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ), and the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Rating Scale-IV (ADHD-RS) for parents. The participants were the parents of 108 children aged 6-18 years with apparently normal intelligence. The CBCL indicated abnormal behavior in 10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRestenosis after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is one of most significant complications. There is no previous report about MRI findings of restenotic lesions and preoperative plaques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the initial and recurrent plaques in patients with restenosis after CEA by using black-blood MRI (BB-MRI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBoth selective attention and response inhibition can be assessed through the Stroop task and the Go/NoGo task (Go/NoGo). The color-word matching Stroop task (cwmStroop) differs from the traditional Stroop task in ways that make it easy to administer, and it enables the examiners to analyze reaction time. It is expected that the cwmStroop and Go/NoGo tasks will be useful as clinical assessments for children with developmental disorders and in combination with functional magnetic resonance imaging studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We investigated the frequency and characteristics of reading disorder comorbid with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD).
Methods: Articulation times and reading errors were evaluated using four Japanese reading tasks (a monomoraic syllable reading task, a word reading task, a non-word reading task, and a short sentence reading task) in 31 children with PDD (22 boys and 9 girls) aged 6-14 years (average 9.5 years) and 39 children with AD/HD (33 boys and 6 girls) aged 6-12 years (average 9.
Continuous Performance Test (CPT) is widely used to assess the attention function and response inhibition in both children and adults. This study attempts to examine the performances of boys with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) with and without comorbid AD/HD using a CPT. Among the various versions of the CPT available, we used the Kiddie CPT (K-CPT) modified for younger children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) comprehensively examines executive function (EF). The Keio version of the WCST (KWCST) uses fewer cards and presents them in two steps, separated by a short pause during which an instruction is given. Being of short duration, this test is suitable for children with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), yet few studies have examined the performance of children with such developmental disorders in the second step of a two-step test such as the KWCST.
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