Left internal carotid artery dissection presenting with headache, Collet-Sicard syndrome and sustained hypertension

The baroreflex maintains blood pressure through the glossopharyngeal (IX) cranial nerve. We report a 54-year-old man who developed a left sided headache, hoarseness, dysarthria, dysphagia, and sustained hypertension from a left internal carotid artery dissection. We hypothesise that interruption of the left IX nerve caused hypertension in this patient.     

EFFECTS OF ACUTE SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY ON CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM IN STROKE-PRONE SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS SUBJECTED TO CEREBRAL ISCHAEMIA

1. The effects of acute bilateral superior cervical ganglionectomy on cerebral blood flow and metabolism were investigated in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRsp), before and during cerebral ischaemia. 2. The resting cerebral blood flow was comparable between the control and denervated animals. 3. There was no significant difference in cerebral blood flow or concentration of tissue energy metabolites (adenosine triphosphate [ATP], lactate and pyruvate) between the sham-operated control and denervated animals during ischaemia. 4. The results suggest that sympathetic innervation of cerebral vessels originating from superior cervical ganglia may not play a major role in the progression of cerebral ischaemia in SHRsp.     

Reduction in Internal Carotid Arterial Blood Flow Velocity in Children During Antiepileptic Drug Therapy with Clinical Dosages

Summary: We studied the effect of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on internal carotid artery (ICA) blood flow velocity, as an index of total cerebral blood flow (CBF). The subjects were 45 newly diagnosed children with febrile convulsion or epilepsy who were seizure-free for a period long enough not to affect the results. They had no neurologic deficit, received fixed monotherapy, and were examined by a noninvasive Doppler ultrasound method, in comparisonwith 13 age-matched normal volunteers with no AED. In 30 patients, the measurements were performed before and after AED administration [10 with phenobarbital (PB), 10 with carbamazepine (CBZ), and 10 with valproate (VPA)], and performed before and after AED discontinuation in the remaining 15 patients (all with PB). Normal volunteers underwent the two consecutive examinations with a mean interval equal to that of the entire patient group, and there was no difference in velocity values between the measurements. In patients receiving CBZ or VPA, a significant reduction was noted in blood flow velocity after drug administration. Although velocity values in the patients receiving PB did not change after drug administration, they were significantly increased after complete discontinuation. In the present study, a slight but significant reduction in CBF caused by AED administration at therapeutic doses in children was suggested.     

扩大经蝶入路进入海绵窦内侧腔的应用显微解剖

目的为临床开展扩大经蝶入路进入海绵窦内侧腔手术提供解剖学依据。方法用50例成人头颅标本．在显微镜下对蝶窦外侧壁、蝶鞍、海绵窦及周围结构进行解剖学观察并测量。模拟扩大经蝶入路磨除海绵窦腹侧骨质，切开海绵窦内侧壁，显露海绵窦内侧腔。结果颈内动脉（ICA）明显隆起于蝶窦侧壁的占58％，蝶窦内隆起呈管型占3％。鞍底硬膜分为2层，海绵窦内侧壁的上部南垂体硬膜构成，无骨性结构支撑；下部由骨周硬膜构成，有蝶窦侧壁骨质支撑。两侧海绵窦内侧壁的距离为（14．8±2．7）mm。海绵窦内侧腔位于C4段ICA与垂体之间，腔内为丰富的静脉丛，最宽可达7mm，但常因ICA扭曲而闭塞。无颅神经穿越海绵窦内侧腔，ICA是扩大经蝶入路探查海绵窦遇到的第一个主要结构。结论扩大经蝶入路进入海绵窦内侧腔是安全可行的。     

Skull base surgery for malignancy: when not to operate

The purpose of this paper is to detail the contraindications for surgery, with curative intent for those patients who suffer from a head and neck malignancy that invades the intracranial space. This is based on a 30-year experience of over 250 patients. The most important contraindications are anatomical. Surgery is not done if the following structures are invaded: brain stem, eloquent portions of the cerebrum, superior sagittal sinus, both internal carotid arteries, both cavernous sinuses and certain vital bridging veins. Certain tumor factors are absolute but are occasionally relative contraindications: such as distant metastatic disease especially if multiple and at multiple anatomic sites. Some tumors that behave in a particularly virulent fashion that defy complete resection but are often difficult to predict preoperatively. Lack of patient medical fitness or absence of patient commitment to the operative procedure is make-up two serious contraindications to surgery. Presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 24–28 May 2006, Mannheim, Germany.     

动脉自旋标记法磁共振成像在颈动脉狭窄性脑缺血疾病中的初步应用

目的:对比研究颈动脉严重狭窄患者动脉自旋标记法(ASL)和动态磁化率效应对比剂增强(DSC)磁共振脑灌注成像表现,探讨ASL的临床运用价值。材料和方法:健康自愿者12例,行DSC和ASL,计算左侧大脑中动脉供血区与右侧相应区域相对脑血流量(rCBF)比值并进行比较。病例组为单侧颈内动脉狭窄程度≥70％患者32例,计算DSC和ASL所得的患侧与健侧大脑中动脉供血区rCBF比值并进行比较。结果:12例健康自愿者所测的DSC和ASL的rCBF比值分别为1．0012±0．1030和1．0015±0．1611,无统计学差异。32例患者中,15例患者灌注异常,DSC与ASL的rCBF比值相比无显著性差异(P=0．072)。结论:ASL序列能快速无创的提供脑灌注情况,可作为初步了解颈动脉狭窄性脑缺血疾病脑灌注情况的常规检查方法。     

CVI-Q检测颈动脉血流量的临床应用价值

目的 :用彩色速度显像定量 (CVI Q)技术测定颈动脉血流量并给出青年组正常参考值。方法 :应用传统的多普勒法及CVI Q法对正常 5 0名在校四年级大学生进行左、右颈总动脉血流量的测定比较。结果 :单侧颈总动脉血流量传统法测定为 (789.49± 15 3 .40 )ml·min-1,CVI Q法为 (3 92 .85± 63 .95 )ml·min-1,两者有显著性差异 (P <0 .0 0 1) ,男女之间、左右之间无明显差异 ,S/D、RI和PI 3组数据两两之间亦无显著性差异。结论 :CVI Q是一种实用、无创、简便、可靠的测量方法 ,具有良好的临床应用价值     

烟雾病11例临床分析

自１９８５年至今，我院收治１１例经脑血管造影诊断的烟雾病患者。按照日本厚生省本病诊断标准，９例为确诊病例，表现为双侧颈内动脉末端、前动脉、中动脉起始部狭窄或闭塞，其中６例在双侧颅底可见烟雾状异常血管网，３例见单侧血管网；２例为可疑病例，仪表现为单侧上述异常改变。强调应严格烟雾病的诊断。本组采用颞浅动脉一硬膜脑贴敷术治疗患者１例，效果良好，结合日本该病治疗现状讨论，间接血行再建方法仍不失为烟雾病患者的合理治疗方法。     

Dose-dependent headache response and dilatation of limb and extracranial arteries after three doses of 5-isosorbide-mononitrate

Summary The aim of the present study was to compare the ability of different doses of isosorbide-5-mononitrate (5-ISMN) to cause dilatation of medium sized and small arteries, and to examine the intensity and duration of any headache produced. Ten healthy volunteers each received 3 doses of 5-ISMN and placebo on separate days. The diameters of the radial and superficial temporal arteries were repeatedly measured with high frequency ultrasound and pain was scored using a 10 point verbal scale.A clear dose-relationship was found for plasma concentrations and headache, and for changes in the diameter of the temporal artery, but not for the radial artery.It is concluded that headache after 5-ISMN is caused by arterial dilatation or by mechanisms responsible for the arterial dilatation. Ultrasound monitoring of arterial diameters is an important and sensitive tool in the evaluation of nitrates and other vasodilators.