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Two cases, each with two meningiomas are reported. Their peculiarity consists in the fact that the different tumours developed at different times and in widely separated locations in the supratentorial and spinal regions. The possibility of dissemination via the cerebrospinal fluid and of a multifocal origin is discussed, as well as the grade of malignancy.
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Meningeal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Meningioma/diagnosis , Neoplasms, Multiple Primary , Aged , Brain Neoplasms/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Myelography , Spinal Cord Neoplasms/diagnosis , Time Factors , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
In this report, we studied the relationship between respiratory and cardiac rates derived from a modified Bcg and for comparison from the thermistor and the ECG in infants from a new-born baby to a 13-year-old boy. The results with fair correlation coefficients support us in our opinion that this method is worth taking into consideration. Although the number of disturbances is not negligible, this indirect method offers a harmless control of vital parameters in childhood and adolescence. It gives reliable data without any trouble to the patients. In a period of increasing malpractice accusations, it could be of some interest to have a monitoring device working without any direct contact with the patient.
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Ballistocardiography , Heart Rate , Respiration , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Electrocardiography , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Infant, Premature , Male , ThermometersABSTRACT
A case is reported where the clinical symptomatology as well as the ophthalmological, radiological, endocrinological, and scintigraphic results offered significant evidence in favor of the presence of a tumor in the sellar region. The diagnosis of a pyocele originating in the sphenoid bone could be established intraoperatively only. Cysts originating in the sphenoid bone are described as what is usually called an "orbital inlet syndrome" from which the present case differs in some respects.
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Bone Cysts/diagnostic imaging , Sphenoid Bone/diagnostic imaging , Aged , Bone Cysts/surgery , Cerebral Angiography , Female , Humans , Pneumoencephalography , Sphenoid Bone/surgery , SuppurationABSTRACT
A sacro-presacral myxopapillary ependymoma with a long anamnesis is described. A total of 46 other cases have heretofore been reported in the literature, which were systematized in this paper from a clinical as well as developmental point of view. Surgical interventions performed in the early and later phases of the disease resulted in restoration to health and subjective alleviation, respectively.
