[Destructive changes in the spine during ankylosing spondylarthritis]. / Destruktivnye izmeneniia v pozvonochnike pri ankiloziruiushchem spondiloartrite.

Destructive changes in vertebral bodies, mainly in the thoracic part, zones of rearrangement and pseudoarthrosis are revealed in Bekhterev's disease. These changes develop in advanced stages of this disease in the form of subligamentous destruction of the anterior surface of vertebral bodies, limited destruction in the area of anterior parts in the zone of intervertebral disks, superficial destruction of cranial and caudal body plates with shortening of a height of an intervertebral disk, deep destruction of adjacent surfaces of vertebral bodies with expansion of intervertebral spaces.

[Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma]. / Miastenicheskii sindrom Lamberta-Itona pri bronkhogennykh kartsinomakh.

Six patients with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome were analyzed for the character of the initial symptoms, the clinical course and typical lesions on electrophysiological and x-ray studies. The given myasthenic syndrome often anticipates tumor symptoms and patients, as a rule, are seen for a long time by neuropathologists with a diagnosis of myasthenia. The data of ours indicate a real opportunity of the use of neurological and electromyographic criteria for goal-oriented search of bronchogenic carcinoma at the earlier stages of its development.

[Neurologic syndromes in craniovertebral dysplasias]. / Nevrologicheskie sindromy pri kraniovertebral'nykh displaziiakh.

Sixty-two craniovertebral dysplasy patients could be divided into three groups with respect to neurologic syndromes displaying disorders at different levels in a neurologic and X-rays investigation. The authors stress the diagnostic importance of a purposeful X-ray investigation of craniovertebral area in cases of neurologic symptoms and external signs of dysplasy, and the value of timely diagnosis for prevention of neurologic complications.