Primary intracranial esthesioneuroblastoma. Case report.

Esthesioneuroblastoma or olfactory neuroblastoma is a rare tumor of the nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses. In the majority of cases the cerebral involvement is secondary. Only ten cases have been reported in which the tumor was primarily intracranial. An eleventh case is reported and literature reviewed.

[Hemochromatosic cardiomyopathy. Report of a case with registration of his bundle potentials and hemodynamic examination (author's transl)]. / Miocardiopatia emocromatosica. Descrizione di un caso con registrazione dei potenziali del fascio di His ed esame emodinamico

A case of idiopathic haemochromatosis in a young adult aged 23, with pre-eminent cardiac symptoms is described. The cardiac symptoms consisted of heart failure and various types of arrhythmias (atrial and ventricular tachycardia, AV block). The haemodynamic studies revealed a biventricular diastolic hypertension; the cineangiocardiography showed a diffuse hypokinesis of the left ventricle and mitral regurgitation.