Coil Embolization of the Azygos Anterior Cerebral Artery Aneurysm: Three Case Reports.

The azygos anterior cerebral artery (ACA) is a rare anatomical anomaly. Clipping surgery has been conducted in approximately 30 reported cases because it is frequently associated with aneurysms. However, few cases in which coil embolization was performed have been reported.

Coil embolization for ruptured distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysm at the supracallosal portion: Two case reports.

Background: Distal anterior cerebral artery (ACA) aneurysms occur more frequently in the genu portion and much less frequently in the supracallosal portion (A4-A5). This report describes two cases of ruptured cerebral aneurysms occurring at the supracallosal portion successfully treated with coil embolization.

Case Description: Case 1 involved a 61-year-old female with sudden-onset headache and vomiting attributed to subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).

De Novo Vertebral Artery Dissecting Aneurysm after Parent Artery Occlusion of the Contralateral Vertebral Artery.

After treatment of unilateral vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm (VADA), de novo VADA rarely occurs on the contralateral side. In this article, we report a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to de novo VADA in the contralateral vertebral artery (VA) 3 years after parent artery occlusion of unilateral VADA, with a review of the literature. A 47-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital complaining of headache and impaired consciousness.

Secondary parkinsonism caused by chronic subdural hematomas owing to compressed cortex and a disturbed cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuit: illustrative case.

Background: Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a commonly encountered condition in neurological and neurosurgical practice, but the presence of concomitant parkinsonism is extremely rare. Basal ganglia disturbance is a well-known underlying mechanism; however, few cases present with cerebral cortex compression as the cause of symptoms.

Observations: A 52-year-old man was referred to the authors' hospital with a 5-week history of gait disturbance and suspected Parkinson's disease.

Survival benefit from boron neutron capture therapy for the newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients.

Objective: Since 2002-2007, we applied boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) to >50 cases of malignant gliomas (MGs) with epithermal neutron irradiations. Recently, we showed the early radiographical improvement of malignant glioma patients by our modified BNCT, with simultaneous use of BPA (borono-phenylalanine) and BSH (sodium borocaptate). In this time, we focused on the survival benefit from BNCT for the newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients.

The early successful treatment of glioblastoma patients with modified boron neutron capture therapy. Report of two cases.

We very effectively treated two patients with recurrent glioblastoma with modified boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). In this paper, we describe the effectiveness of this treatment, and discuss the ways in which we modified the treatment. A 61-year-old man had a first operation for a right temporal glioblastoma, followed by full-dose chemo-radiotherapy.