• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.205-207
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• 2014

Meningioma is a common primary tumor of central nervous system. However, extracranial extension of the intracranial meningioma is unusual, and mostly accompanied the osteolytic change of the skull. We herein describe an atypical meningioma having extracranial extension with hyperostotic change of the skull. The patient was a 72-year-old woman who presented a large mass in the right frontal scalp and left hemiparesis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scans revealed an intracranial mass, diffuse meningeal thickening, hyperostotic change of the skull with focal extension into the right frontal scalp. She underwent total removal of extracranial tumor, bifrontal craniectomy, and partial removal of intracranial tumor followed by cranioplasty. Tumor pathology was confirmed as atypical meningioma, and she received adjuvant radiotherapy. In this report, we present and discuss a meningioma en plaque of atypical histopathology having an extracranial extension with diffuse intracranial growth and hyperostotic change of the skull.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.43-46
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• 2007

Hypoglossal neurilemmoma is extremely rare. Intracranial hypoglossal neurilemmoma has been reported to the present most commonly as a space-occupying lesion with symptoms of raised intracranial pressure. A 68-year-old women presented with deviation of the tongue to the left on protrusion. Preoperative radiological images revealed an extra-axial mass in and around the hypoglossal canal. The tumor was totally resected via retrosigmoid suboccipital approach with burrhole craniectomy. Histopathological examination verified a neurilemmoma. She had no neurologic abnormality except hypoglossal palsy which recovered completely in six months. Retrosigmoid suboccipital approach with burrhole craniectomy can be an useful approach in intracranial hypoglossal neurilemmoma without extracranial extension or with minimal extracranial extension into the hypoglossal canal.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.85-88
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• 1999

Neurinoma originates from any nerve covered with a Schwann cell sheath and can occur in any cranial, sympathetic, or peripheral nerve. Hypoglossal neurinomas are rare and most of them are intracranial, but they may extend extracranially. Most intracranial neurinoma arise from the sensory division of cranial nerve but a motor nerve such as hypoglossal nerve is rarely involved. Although the typical sign of hypoglossal neurinoma is ipsilateral hemiatrophy of the tongue, it is easily overlooked. For the diagnosis of hypoglossal nerve tumor, CT scanning with contrast enhancement and MRI should be included, and they are greatly aids in planning the radical removal of the tumor. We experienced a case of intracranial hypoglossal neurinoma with extracranial extension in a 43-year-old woman. The patient showed otherwise unremarkable except 4 months history of right infraauricular mass and right tongue hemiatrophy. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for local diagnosis was valuable and we could remove the mass by one stage operation via suboccipital transcervical approach.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.259-261
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• 2010

The meningiomas are slowly growing tumors arising from meningoepithelial cells and they generally occur in the intracranial space. Tumor extension to the extracranial structures occurred in about 20 percent of intracranial meningiomas. Meningiomas extending to the cervical area are uncommom. Beacuse these patients complain of localized symptoms, sometimes those tumors have been operated as cervical tumors. In this report, we incidentally found a meningioma in the left parapharyngeal space in a 63-year-old female, who was confirmed by histopathologic diagnosis to have meningioma. We report herewith this case with the review of literatures.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.314-317
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• 2007

Ventriculoperitoneal [VP] shunt is a common treatment for hydrocephalic patients. However, complications, such as shunt tube occlusion, infection, intracranial hemorrhage, seizure can occur. Of these, intracranial hemorrhage may occur due to intracranial vascular injury or a rapid decrease of intracranial pressure [ICP]. Most of these hemorrhages are subdural hematomas [SDH] while a few are epidural hematomas [EDH]. It is extremely rare for an intracranial hemorrhage to occur due to an extension of the bleeding from an injured extracranial vessel. We report two cases of EDH due to occipital artery injury following VP shunt and extraventricular drainage [EVD].

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.330-332
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• 2007

Intracranial lipomas are rare, and most of these tumors are found in the region of the corpus callosum, followed by cerebellopontine angle. We present a case of a intracranial lipoma in 30-year-old man. Brain computed tomography [CT] scan and magnetic resonance images [MRI] showed a mass in the medulla oblongata extending to foramen magnum. The histopathologically, diagnosis of lipoma was confirmed. Although there were several cases of cervical intraspinal lipoma extending into posterior cranial fossa, there have been no previous reports of a lipoma arising from the medulla oblongata that extended into the foramen magnum. We describe a rare case of intradural subpial lipoma in the medulla oblongata with a review of the literature.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.136-143
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• 2019

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a progressive cerebrovascular disease with unknown etiology, characterized by bilateral steno-occlusive changes at the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery and an abnormal vascular network formation at the base of the brain. MMD has an intrinsic nature to convert the vascular supply for the brain from internal carotid (IC) system to the external carotid (EC) system, as indicated by Suzuki's angiographic staging. Insufficiency of this 'IC-EC conversion system' could result not only in cerebral ischemia, but also in intracranial hemorrhage from inadequate collateral anastomosis, both of which represent the clinical manifestation of MMD. Surgical revascularization prevents cerebral ischemic attack by improving cerebral blood flow, and recent evidence further suggests that extracranial-intracranial bypass could powerfully reduce the risk of re-bleeding in MMD patients with posterior hemorrhage, who were known to have extremely high re-bleeding risk. Although the exact mechanism underlying the hemorrhagic presentation in MMD is undetermined, most recent angiographic analysis revealed the characteristic angio-architecture related to high re-bleeding risk, such as the extension and dilatation of choroidal collaterals and posterior cerebral artery involvement. We sought to update the current management strategy for hemorrhagic MMD, including the outcome of surgical revascularization for hemorrhagic MMD in our institute. Further investigations will clarify the optimal surgical strategy to prevent hemorrhagic manifestation in patients with MMD.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.281-286
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• 1999

배경 및 목적 : 고형암의 뇌전이는 20$\~$40$\%$의 암환자에서 발생하고, 뇌전이 후 1년 생존율은 15$\%$정도로 예후가 불량하며 고식적 방사선치료 등에 의하여 70$\~$90$\%$의 환자에서 증상이 호전되나 대부분의 환자가 결국은 뇌전이로 인하여 사망하게 된다. 이에 고형암의 뇌전이로 방사선치료를 받은 환자를 후향적으로 조사하여 임상양상과 생존기간을 분석하고 예후인자를 파악하였다. 방 법 : 대상환자는 1987년 1월부터 1998년 1월까지 이화여자대학교 부속병원에서 고형암의 뇌전이로 고식적 전뇌 방사선치료를 받은 71예이었다 대상 환자의 중앙연령은 63세(24$\~$89세)였고 남자 50예, 여자 21예이었다. 고식적 치료 후 신경증상의 호전정도를 평가하고, 연령, 종양의 원발병소, 진단당시 뇌전이 동반 유무, 타장기 전이 유무, 뇌전이 병변 수, 치료방법에 따라 생존기간을 비교하였다. 결 과 : 뇌전이시 동반된 증상은 두통이 34예로 가장 많았으며 근력 약화 29예, 오심 구토 및 의식 변화 각 14예, 시력장애 8예, 구음장애 7예 순이었고 치료 후 신경증상의 호전은 64.9$\%$에서 관찰되었다. 뇌전이의 치료로 전체환자 중 7예에서는 뇌전이의 수술적 제거 후 전뇌 방사선치료를 받았고 나머지 64예는 전뇌 방사선치료만을 받았다. 전체환자의 중앙생존기간은 16주였고 1년 생존율은 IS.0%, 2년 생존율은 5.1$\%$였다. 타장기 전이가 없이 뇌전이 단독인 군(n=27)의 중앙생존기간은 33주로 타장기 전이가 있는 군의 10주에 비해 길었다(p=0.0018). 뇌전이 수가 단일 병소인 37예의 환자에서는 수술적 제거 후 방사선치료를 한 군(n=7)의 중앙생존기간이 40주로 방사선치료만 시행한 군의 16주에 비해 길었다(p=0.0438). 이 외에 연령, 원발암의 종류, 전신수행 상태, 진단당시 뇌전이 동반 유무, 뇌전이 병변 수에 따른 생존기간의 차이는 없었다. 결 론 : 고형암에서 뇌전이는 나쁜 예후인자이나 뇌로의 단독전이는 타장기 전이 동반에 비해 예후가 양호하므로 수술적 절제, 방사선치료 등의 다양한 방법을 이용한 보다 적극적인 치료로 생존율 및 삶의 질을 향상시킬 수 있을 것이다.