1.Arachnoid Cyst of the Velum Interpositum: Coincidence with Multiple Cranial Neuropathies: Case Report .
Yong Woo LEE ; Jung Yong AHN ; Ryoong HUH ; Kyu Yung CHAE
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2002;32(2):159-161
Arachnoid cyst of the velum interpositum is unusual and causes symptoms similar to those seen with a third ventricular mass. This report describes a case in which the arachnoid cyst occupied the cistern of the velum interpositum and was coincident with multiple cranial neuropathies. The patient was treated by endoscopic fenestration of the cyst. The surgery resulted in decreased in the size of the cyst but aggravation of cranial neuropathies. The patient underwent methylprednisolone pulse therapy and intravenous immunoglobulin administration under the impression of the multiple cranial neuropathies and recovered completely 3 months later. The authors conclude that combined neurological disease that needs medical treatment should be differentiated and priority of the treatment should be determined carefully if arachnoid cyst is associated with unrelated or ambiguous neurological symptoms and signs. Careful considerations of cause and effect may avoid an unnecessary surgical manipulation
Arachnoid*
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Cranial Nerve Diseases*
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Humans
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Immunoglobulins
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Methylprednisolone
2.Neuromodulation for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2022;65(5):640-651
Clinical studies on neuromodulation intervention for trigeminal neuralgia have not yet shown promising results. This might be due to the fact that the pathophysiology of chronic trigeminal neuropathy is not yet fully understood. Chronic trigeminal neuropathy includes trigeminal autonomic neuropathy, painful trigeminal neuropathy, and persistent idiopathic facial pain. This disorder is caused by complex abnormalities in the pain processing system, which is comprised of the affective, emotional, and sensory components, rather than mere abnormal sensation. Therefore, integrative understanding of the pain system is necessary for appropriate neuromodulation of chronic trigeminal neuropathy. The possible neuromodulation targets that participate in complex pain processing are as follows : the ventral posterior medial nucleus, periaqueductal gray, motor cortex, nucleus accumbens, subthalamic nucleus, globus pallidus internus, anterior cingulate cortex, hypothalamus, sphenopalatine ganglion, and occipital nerve. In conclusion, neuromodulation interventions for trigeminal neuralgia is yet to be elucidated; future advancements in this area are required
3.Aneurysms Presenting with Neural Compression:Response to Treatment with Guglielmi Detachable Coils Embolization.
Jin Young PARK ; Jung Yong AHN ; Ryoong HUH ; Hun Kyu CHOI ; Byung Hee LEE ; Moon Soo SHIN ; Bong Sub CHUNG
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2000;29(11):1491-1498
No abstract available.
Aneurysm*
4.Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma:Clinical Analysis and Prognostic Factors.
Heum Dai KWON ; Ryoong HUH ; Dong Seok KIM ; Yong Gou PARK ; Joong Uhn CHOI ; Sang Sup CHUNG
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2000;29(12):1628-1633
No abstract available.
Central Nervous System*
5.Significance of CT Scans in Mild Head Injury Patients.
Ryoong HUH ; Hack Gun BAE ; Jae Won DOH ; Kyeong Seok LEE ; Won Kyong BAE ; Il Gyu YUN ; Bark Jang BYUN
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1993;22(9):960-967
The purpose of this study is to identify a group of mild head injury patients having lesions on computerized tomography(CT) and to investigate the risk factors affecting the abnormal findings on CT scan. The study was limited to patients 16 years of age and older with a initial Glasgow Coma Scale(GCS) scores of at least 13 at the time of admission. Of a total of 243 patients studied, 156(64.2%) had abnormal CT findings. 49 patients(20.2%) required neurosurgical intervention(craniotomies for hematoma in 33, hematoma in 1 and subdural hygroma in 3). Four patients(2.4%) died of their cranial injury and three died of extracranial causes. The incidence of CT abnormalities for each GCS score was 86.7% in GCS of 13, 68.6% in GCS of 14, and 58.6% in GCS of 5. The factors affecting GCS scores at the time of admission were the presence of loss of consciousness and posttraumatic amnesia. The factors affecting abnormal CT scans were the presence of posttraumatic amnesia and skull fracture. A new lesion of extension of the initial finding on follow-up CT scans was found in 9.3% of 75 patients who underwent follow-up CT scans. Even though routine CT scans for mild head injury patients are not always necessary, these result suggest that all patients admitted to hospital after mild head injury should undergo CT scanning to enable early detection of an intracranial lesion.
Amnesia
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Coma
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Craniocerebral Trauma*
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Follow-Up Studies
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Glasgow Coma Scale
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Head*
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Hematoma
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Humans
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Incidence
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Risk Factors
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Skull Fractures
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Subdural Effusion
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
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Unconsciousness
6.Intracranial "De Novo" Aneurysms: Case Report.
Dong Keun HYUN ; Kang Mok LEE ; Ryoong HUH ; Soon Kwan CHOI ; Back Jang BYUN
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1993;22(6):764-769
There are numerous theories of pathophysiology in intracranial aneurysm, but currently accepted hypothesis was congenital defect of medial layer of vascular wall and the major developing factor was hemodynamics. Almost physicians were belived that treatment of intracranial aneurysm was completely through clipping of aneurysmal neck. But many reports were emphasized newly deloped intracranial(De Novo) aneurysm after clipping of initially identified intracranial aneurysm. The authors have same experienced of 2 cases intracranial "Do Novo" aneurysms. We are stress there were never completed treatment of aneurysm that clipping of initially identified intracranial aneurysm and should be attention to "De Novo" aneurysm.
Aneurysm*
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Hemodynamics
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Intracranial Aneurysm
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Neck
7.A Fatal Intracerebral Hemorrhage Complicated by Compartment Syndrome of the Upper Arm.
In Bo HAN ; Young Sun CHUNG ; Dong Eun SHIN ; Ryoong HUH ; Sang Sup CHUNG ; Jung Yong AHN
Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology 2006;19(2):178-182
Compartment syndrome has a wide spectrum from muscle pain to a life-threatening condition, such as acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) due to compartment syndrome has not been reported. We report a patient who presented with ICH leading to death. A 25-year-old female with no significant past history developed extensive compartment syndrome followed by rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure, DIC, and ICH. Although the patient underwent a fasciotomy and hemodialysis and received aggressive resuscitation with massive transfusions of blood and intravenous fluids, she died. This case stresses the importance of early diagnosis and prompt treatment of compartment syndrome to prevent devastating complications.
Acute Kidney Injury
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Adult
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Arm*
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Cerebral Hemorrhage*
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Compartment Syndromes*
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Dacarbazine
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
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Early Diagnosis
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Female
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Humans
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Myalgia
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Renal Dialysis
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Resuscitation
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Rhabdomyolysis
8.A Fatal Intracerebral Hemorrhage Complicated by Compartment Syndrome of the Upper Arm.
In Bo HAN ; Young Sun CHUNG ; Dong Eun SHIN ; Ryoong HUH ; Sang Sup CHUNG ; Jung Yong AHN
Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology 2006;19(2):178-182
Compartment syndrome has a wide spectrum from muscle pain to a life-threatening condition, such as acute renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) due to compartment syndrome has not been reported. We report a patient who presented with ICH leading to death. A 25-year-old female with no significant past history developed extensive compartment syndrome followed by rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure, DIC, and ICH. Although the patient underwent a fasciotomy and hemodialysis and received aggressive resuscitation with massive transfusions of blood and intravenous fluids, she died. This case stresses the importance of early diagnosis and prompt treatment of compartment syndrome to prevent devastating complications.
Acute Kidney Injury
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Adult
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Arm*
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Cerebral Hemorrhage*
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Compartment Syndromes*
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Dacarbazine
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
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Early Diagnosis
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Female
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Humans
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Myalgia
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Renal Dialysis
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Resuscitation
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Rhabdomyolysis
9.Detection of Aneurysms in Patients with Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Comparison of Three-dimensional Computed Tomographic Angiography and Conventional Angiography.
Kyoung Soo LEE ; Chang Gu KANG ; Ryoong HUH ; Sang Hoon LEE ; Ui Wha CHUNG
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2001;30(6):711-716
OBJECTIVES: Three-dimensional computed tomographic angiography(3D-CTA) is recently developed diagnostic imaging modality. We have studied this noninvasive method for possible role in replacing conventional angiography(CA) in the detection of aneurysms of the circle of Willis in patients with subarachnoid hemorrahge(SAH). METHODS: We studied retrospectively, the 100 patients with SAH or unruptured aneurysms admitted to our hospital from October 1997 to December 1998. Among there, 85 patients underwent CTA, 82 patients underwent CA and 67 patients underwent both of CTA and CA. 3D-CTA was obtained using maximum intensity projection(MIP) and shaded-surface display(SSD) reconstruction. RESULTS: Total 107 aneurysms were detected in 92 patients, and 64 aneurysms were detected in 67 patients underwent both CTA and CA. In five cases of those 67 cases, aneurysms were detected by CA but not by 3D-CTA. The detection rate of aneurysms(91.8%) and the detection rate of parent artery in cases of anterior communicating artery aneurysms(86.9%) with total 3D-CTA were relatively compatible with that of CA. But 3D-CTA was not enough in detection of posterior communicating artery aneurysms, internal carotid artery aneurysms as well as small sized aneurysm(<3mm). Conclusion : We consider CTA is valuable in as a screening test for cerebral aneurysm and follow-up test. And it is also valuable in early surgery for patients with aneurysmal rebleeding because of simple, quick, non-invasive method.
Aneurysm*
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Angiography*
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Arteries
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Carotid Artery, Internal
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Circle of Willis
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Intracranial Aneurysm
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Mass Screening
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Parents
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Retrospective Studies
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage*
10.Ventriculoureteral Shunt Operation for Treatment of Recurrent Abdominal Pseudocyst Complicating Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: Case Report and Technical Note.
Ryoong HUH ; Won Han SHIN ; Kyu LEE ; Soon Kwan CHOI ; Bark Jang BYUN ; Min Eui KIM ; Chul MOON ; In Soo LEE
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 1993;22(5):666-671
We report a case of ventriculoureteral shunt to reise malfunctioning ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a 30-year-old man. The patient had 4 times recurrent pseudocyst filled with cerebrospinal fluid caused by complications at the distal end of the abdominal catheter. The presence of an abdominal pseudocyst can be detected by performing an ultrasound examination of the abdomen. We shall describe the operative technique of the ventriculoureteral shunt procedure without nephrectomy by reimplantation of the ureter and a psoas hitch.
Abdomen
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Adult
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Catheters
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Cerebrospinal Fluid
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Humans
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Nephrectomy
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Replantation
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Ultrasonography
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Ureter
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Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt*