OBJECTIVES To compare cognitive and emotional outcomes between patients with aneurysmal and perimesencephalic subarachnoid haemorrhage and norm scores. DESIGN First measurement in prospective cohort study. PATIENTS Sixty-seven patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage, were divided into perimesencephalic (n = 8) and aneurysmal (n = 59) subarachnoid haemorrhage groups. METHODS Patients comple...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to assess variables associated with survival in patients undergoing ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA) repair and to develop an index other than the aneurysmal diameter to predict rupture potential. METHODS This study included 43 consecutive patients who underwent open surgery for RAAAs. RESULTS The mortality rate was 18.6% (8/43). The ratio bet...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recent experimental studies and a few case reports reveal that coiling may not lead to permanent occlusion of aneurysms by an organized thrombus. Therefore, biologic long-term prognosis seems to be doubtful, and the physical effect of coils may be important. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical effect of coils on pressure and flow dynamics in aneurysm...

Reprint requests to: Dr. Chun-Chung Lui Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine. No. 123, Ta Pei Road, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan, R.O.C. Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) infrequently involves the calvarium and is even more unusual at the skull base. The sporadic reported cases of ABC occur primarily in the pediat...

OBJECTIVE We aim to explore the potential association between serum gamma-glutamyl transferase levels and functional outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a Chinese population. METHODS A total of 386 aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients were included in the study from September 2007 to February 2015. Baseline serum gamma-glutamyl transferase levels and 6-month follow-up f...

OBJECTIVES To describe the findings in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with acute headache that could distinguish subarachnoid hemorrhage from the effects of a traumatic lumbar puncture. DESIGN A substudy of a prospective multicenter cohort study. SETTING 12 Canadian academic emergency departments, from November 2000 to December 2009. PARTICIPANTS Alert patients aged over 15 with an acu...

A neurysmal bone cyst was first described by Jaffe and Lichtenstein in 1942. It is considered a benign, locally aggressive lesion with a potential for local recurrence, and it typically appears in the metaphysis of the long bones and in the vertebral column. Mostly, children and young adults are affected. No sex predilection has been observed. Radiographically, aneurysmal bone cyst is seen as a...

Aneurysmal bone cyst, first described by Jaffe and Lichtenstein I in 1942 as a rare, localized tumor of the long bones and spinal vertebrae, characterized by the "blowout distention" of the skeletal contour on a radiograph.2 This neoplasm, usually found in children and young adults, constitutes 1.4 percent of all primary bone tumors.3 The cyst is occasionally associated with other tumors of the...