The role of diffusion-weighted imaging in patients with brain tumors

K Kono, Y Inoue, K Nakayama… - American journal …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Diffusion-weighted images (DWIs) have been used to study
various diseases, particularly since echo-planar techniques shorten examination time. Our …

Intraspinal extradural cysts communicating with adjacent herniated disks: imaging characteristics and possible pathogenesis

K Kono, H Nakamura, Y Inoue… - American journal …, 1999 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
We report two cases of intraspinal extradural cysts communicating with an adjacent herniated
disk that we term “disk cysts.” These cysts were well defined and homogeneous, and were …

Brain magnetic resonance imaging in 23 patients with mucopolysaccharidoses and the effect of bone marrow transplantation

T Seto, K Kono, K Morimoto, Y Inoue… - Annals of Neurology …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
A longitudinal study of cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was carried out in 23
patients with mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS); 1 each of types IH, VI, and VII; 2 of type IS; 10 of …

Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging in Patients with Phenylketonuria: Relationship between Serum Phenylalanine Levels and ADC Values in Cerebral White Matter1

K Kono, Y Okano, K Nakayama, Y Hase… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To prospectively determine the relationship between serum phenylalanine levels
and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values in the cerebral white matter of patients with …

Unusual CT and MR findings of inflammatory pseudotumor in the parapharyngeal space: case report

K Nakayama, Y Inoue, T Aiba, K Kono… - American journal …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Unusual MR and CT findings of an inflammatory pseudotumor in the parapharyngeal space
of a 73-year-old woman are reported. The mass was hypointense on T1- and T2-weighted …

MR imaging of a case of a dumbbell-shaped spinal schwannoma with intramedullary and intradural-extramedullary components

K Kono, Y Inoue, H Nakamura, M Shakudo… - Neuroradiology, 2001 - Springer
We present here a case of intramedullary- and extramedullary-intradural, dumbbell-shaped
schwannoma that developed in the upper thoracic cord in a middle-aged man. Before …

Glucocorticoid treatment of brain tumor patients: changes of apparent diffusion coefficient values measured by MR diffusion imaging

S Minamikawa, K Kono, K Nakayama, H Yokote… - Neuroradiology, 2004 - Springer
Glucocorticoids (GCC) generally are administered to patients with brain tumors to relieve
neurological symptoms by decreasing the water content in a peritumoral zone of edema. We …

Supratentorial convexity leptomeningeal schwannoma: case report

K Nakayama, T Nakayama, Y Matsuoka, K Kono - Neurosurgery, 2002 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Leptomeningeal schwannomas are very rare; to our
knowledge, only one case has been previously reported. The possible histogenesis and …

Neurenteric cyst with alteration of signal intensity on follow-up MR images

M Shakudo, Y Inoue, K Ohata… - American journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Intracranial neurenteric cysts are uncommon and usually have low intensity on T1-weighted
MR images and high intensity on T2-weighted MR images. We report a case of a …

Clinicoradiological factors influencing the reversibility of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a multicenter study

AR Pande, K Ando, R Ishikura, Y Nagami, Y Takada… - Radiation …, 2006 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this retrospective study was to clarify the relation between the
reversibility of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) with three factors: the …