Analysis of the relevant factors associated with oral health-related quality of life in elderly denture wearers.

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to explore the factors related to oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in elderly patients who underwent prosthetic treatment with removable dentures through several objective and subjective examinations and to analyze their interrelationships.

Methods: The current study involved 78 denture wearers, aged 65 years or above, who underwent treatment at the clinic of prosthodontics and undertook routine checkups. The present study used eight age-matched patients with healthy dentition as controls.

Accuracy of removable partial denture framework fabricated by casting with a 3D printed pattern and selective laser sintering.

Purpose: The present study aimed to compare the accuracy of removable partial denture (RPD) frameworks fabricated by 3D-printed pattern casting and those fabricated by selective laser sintering (SLS).

Methods: A partially edentulous mandibular model was used for the simulation model. Scanning of the model was performed using a dental scanner.

Rathke Cleft Cyst with Evidence of Rupture into Subarachnoid Space.

Background: A Rathke cleft cyst (RCC) with nonhemorrhagic rupture mimicking pituitary apoplexy has been reported rarely.

Case Description: A 52-year-old woman, previously diagnosed with asymptomatic RCC, came to us with a severe headache, along with visual dysfunction and symptoms of pituitary insufficiency. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated diffuse hyperintensity in the cerebral cisterns, whereas watery clear cerebrospinal fluid was obtained by lumbar puncture.

Acute Subdural Hematoma in a Judo Player with Repeated Head Injuries.

Background: Acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) is the most important cause of severe head injuries occurring during judo practice in Japan. Repeated head injuries have been reported as a cause of fatal ASDH, although the mechanism remains unknown.

Case Description: A 16-year-old boy visited an emergency department with vomiting 3 days after a strong blow to the occipital region during judo practice.

[Case Report of a Suspected Extrapontine Myelinolysis due to Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome].

A 68-year-old female, who suffered from depression, fell down the stairs in her house. She was soon transferred to an accident and emergent ward by an ambulance. Two days later, she was transferred and admitted to our hospital.

Normal pressure hydrocephalus caused by a spinal neurinoma at the cauda equina level: a case report.

Neurinomas are common space-occupying lesions located in the spinal canal. Many reports concerning their clinical characteristics, diagnoses, treatments, and operative results have been published. Some case reports have discussed spinal neurinomas located at the cauda equina level.

Spinal subdural hematoma associated with traumatic intracranial interhemispheric subdural hematoma.

A 78-year-old female fell and hit the back of her head on the floor. Head computed tomography (CT) showed right acute interhemispheric subdural hematoma (ISDH). Her left hemiparesis worsened, so partial removal of ISDH was performed.

Neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a very elderly patient--case report.

A 90-year-old woman presented with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) corresponding to Hunt and Hess grade II. Acute congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema developed following uneventful surgical clipping. Serial electrocardiography and echocardiography led to a diagnosis of neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy (NSC), also known as tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy.

Giant frontal mucocele extending into the anterior cranial fossa.

The authors report a patient with a huge frontal mucocele presenting with transient left hemiparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography showed the huge frontal mucocele arising from the frontal sinus extending to the anterior cranial fo ssa. Right middle cerebral artery stenosis was seen on the carotid angiography.