Pathogenesis of Chiari malformation: a morphometric study of the posterior cranial fossa

M Nishikawa, H Sakamoto, A Hakuba… - Journal of …, 1997 - thejns.org
✓ To investigate overcrowding in the posterior cranial fossa as the pathogenesis of adult-type
Chiari malformation, the authors studied the morphology of the brainstem and cerebellum …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of cerebellar tonsil herniation in patients with Chiari malformations as guide to clinical management

TH Milhorat, M Nishikawa, RW Kula, YD Dlugacz - Acta neurochirurgica, 2010 - Springer
Background The pathogenesis of Chiari malformations is incompletely understood. We
tested the hypothesis that different etiologies have different mechanisms of cerebellar tonsil …

Syndrome of occipitoatlantoaxial hypermobility, cranial settling, and chiari malformation type I in patients with hereditary disorders of connective tissue

TH Milhorat, PA Bolognese, M Nishikawa… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2007 - thejns.org
Object Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) is generally regarded as a disorder of the paraxial
mesoderm. The authors report an association between CM-I and hereditary disorders of …

Middle cerebral artery variations: duplicated and accessory arteries.

…, H Nakajima, M Nishikawa… - American journal of …, 1998 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE Our goal was to analyze the anatomic similarity between the duplicated middle
cerebral artery (MCA) and the accessory MCA and their relationship to the early branches of …

Methionine positron emission tomography for differentiation of recurrent brain tumor and radiation necrosis after stereotactic radiosurgery—In malignant glioma—

…, Y Iwai, K Yamanaka, K Tanaka, M Nishikawa… - Annals of nuclear …, 2004 - Springer
Object Following stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), we examined how to differentiate radiation
necrosis from recurrent malignant glioma using positron emission tomography (PET) with …

High incidence of arterial dissection associated with left vertebral artery of aortic origin

…, H NAKAJIMA, M NISHIKAWA… - Neurologia medico …, 2001 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The incidences of arterial dissection of the vertebral artery (VA) of aortic origin and VA of
subclavian artery origin were determined. The origins of the left and right VAs were confirmed …

Association of Chiari malformation type I and tethered cord syndrome: preliminary results of sectioning filum terminale

TH Milhorat, PA Bolognese, M Nishikawa… - Surgical neurology, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The pathogenesis of CM-I is incompletely understood. We describe an
association of CM-I and TCS that occurs in a subset of patients with normal size of the PCF. …

The role of postoperative patient posture in the recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma: a prospective randomized trial

H Nakajima, T Yasui, M Nishikawa, H Kishi, M Kan - Surgical neurology, 2002 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Chronic subdural hematoma is known to have a significant recurrence rate.
In this report, we evaluate the relationship between the recurrence rate of chronic subdural …

The accessory middle cerebral artery as a collateral blood supply.

M Komiyama, M Nishikawa… - American journal of …, 1997 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
We describe two cases of acute embolic occlusion of the internal carotid artery and the middle
cerebral artery in association with a patent accessory middle cerebral artery. Because of …

Subarachnoid hemorrhage from vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms involving the origin of the posteroinferior cerebellar artery: report of two cases and review of the …

T Yasui, M Komiyama, M Nishikawa, H Nakajima - Neurosurgery, 2000 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Few reports have been published on ruptured vertebral
artery dissecting aneurysms in which the posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA) arises from …