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Children presenting after trauma with headache, seizures, hemiplegia and coma may have an intracranial dissecting aneurysm. Specific angiographic findings provide confirmation of this diagnosis. The dissection occurs subintimally and differs clinically and pathologically from dissecting aneurysms of extracranial arteries. The course in children beyond infancy is catastrophic, justifying consideration of potentially life saving surgical intervention.
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PMID:Intracranial dissecting aneurysms in childhood. 706 92

Lipoma of the corpus callosum is a rare intracranial condition, possibly congenital. It is often asymptomatic, but may present with headaches, seizures, hemiplegia, or dementia. An example of this disease is reported, and the condition reviewed. The radiological appearance is described, with emphasis on the value of computerized tomography in making the diagnosis. Surgery is of limited value but may be required in specially selected cases.
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PMID:Lipoma of the corpus callosum. Case report. 708 24

A forty years old woman with hysterical deafness is reported. Chief complaints were bilateral hearing loss. Nothing particular was found in her past and family history. In 1977, on the 11th day of May, she was admitted to A city hospital because of headache and paresis of right limb. As angiography revealed an aneurysms of her anterior communicating artery, she was undertaken the surgery of clipping and coating of the aneurysms. Post-operatively, left hemiparalysis appeared and paresis of right limb developed because of spasm of right middle cerebral artery. On the 14th day of August, ventricular-peritoneal shunt's operation was performed. As soon as she recovered from postoperative coma, she complained of bilateral hearing loss. Because pure tone audiometry demonstrated complete loss of her hearing, she was referred to ENT department of Teikyo University Hospital. Findings were as follows: 1) She had a queer way of hearing because she could understand to hear limited persons' speech (her doctor and husband). 2) Pure tone audiometry showed complete loss of her hearing but the thresholds of auditory brain stem responses were 15 dB and those of slow vertex responses were 45 dB. These results suggested no lesion in cochlea and brain stem. 3) Rorschach test and sentence complete test were performed. The results of these tests suggested hysterical state or neurotic state. 4) Total intelligent quotients by WAIS were 69 which indicated borderline level. However, this value appeared to be incorrect because she was uncooperative. 5) CT scan revealed low density areas at right temporo-parietal lobes and left temporal lobe which were localized and small. Our findings suggested hysterical deafness but not auditory agnosia. During three years, she was referred to several hospitals for rehabilitation but didn't become well at all. On the third year of the onset, her husband became sick and admitted to her room of the same hospital. During that period, suddenly, she talked her hearing to improve and the pure tone audiometry demonstrated decrease in threshold. In conclusion, this event could give a final diagnosis of hysterical deafness but not auditory agnosia.
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PMID:[A case of hysterical deafness]. 711 92

Focal neurologic deficits, particularly hemiplegia, are occasionally observed in the pediatric migrainous population during the headache attack and are often mistaken for other neurologic or neurosurgical conditions. Clues to the correct diagnosis, illustrated by three patients in this report are: (1) rapid spontaneous recovery from the acute neurologic deficit, (2) striking electroencephalographic abnormalities, frequently consisting of focal slow waves during the acute stage, with rapid resolution, (3) significant past history of recurrent episodes, and (4) positive family history of migraine. Review of previously reported cases indicates that cerebral arteriography in the acute stage should be avoided if the clinical syndrome is typical. Preliminary results of prophylactic treatment with propranolol are encouraging; smaller dosage than those previously recommended sometimes can be effective.
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PMID:Hemiplegic migraine in childhood: diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. 713 Nov 42

Of 27 patients with hypoplastic anemia treated between 1971 and 1974 with male hormone and protein-assimilating hormone, 3 developed superior sagittal sinus thrombosis (SSST). The clinical symptoms and signs and angiographic findings of SST were characteristic enough to allow an early diagnosis. Signs related to SST were seizures, hemiplegia, facial palsy, stupor, and coma, with the most important prodrome and consistent subjective complaint being headache. Following discontinuation of the hormone therapy, neurological signs and symptoms related to SSST gradually subsided. In all cases, the hematological picture improved with discontinuation of the hormone therapies. It appears that administration of male hormone can be associated with the development of SSST. If neurological symptoms and signs of SSST appear, administration of the hormones should be discontinued.
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PMID:Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis associated with androgen therapy for hypoplastic anemia. 715 62

A 22-year-old woman was admitted following the sudden onset of severe headache and loss of consciousness. On admission, she was delirious with nuchal rigidity. A lumbar puncture showed bloody spinal fluid. Laboratory studies revealed no abnormalities. Her consciousness state became clear 2 days after the attack. Computerized tomography taken 7 days after the attack revealed intraventricular hemorrhage in the right trigonum. Emergent right carotid angiography was performed. The intraventricular extravasation of contrast media was shown in the region of the right trigonum. One hour after the angiography, she was semicomatose with left flaccid hemiplegia. Reexamination of computerized tomography revealed diffuse intraventricular hemorrhage and periventricular intracerebral hematoma in the right parieto-temporal lobe. Emergent operation was performed and intracerebral hematoma was extirpated. Good postoperative results were obtained after ventriculoperitoneal shunting 46 days after removal of the hematoma. In our review of the literature, intraventricular extravasation of contrast media through primary intraventricular hemorrhage has not been reported.U
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PMID:[Intraventricular extravasation of contrast media through primary intraventricular hemorrhage (author's transl)]. 724 43

Spontaneous intracerebral haematoma caused by metastatic neoplasms are reported in 11 patients, 8 males and 3 females, with age between 19 and 74 years. We had 7 melanomas, 3 carcinomas and one choriocarcinoma. The presenting symptoms were those of classical spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage with a history of sudden headache, coma or stupor, hemiparesis or hemiplegia or other focal signal, and bloody cerebrospinal fluid. Three patients presented more than one hemorrhagic episodes. In four cases the computerized tomography revealed multiple lesions. Seven patients were operated by large craniotomy with evacuation of the hematoma and in one a cerebral biopsy revealed a melanoma and in the other six a large tumoral mass was removed. The average survival was 39 days.
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PMID:[Intracerebral hematoma in metastatic tumors: report of 11 cases]. 725 89

A 57-year-old woman complained of severe headache and vomiting of a week's duration. Spinal tap showed bloody CSF and cerebral angiography revealed the "true" posterior communicating artery aneurysm. Left frontotemporal osteoplastic craniotomy and trapping of the aneurysm were performed on August 28, 1979. After operation right hemiplegia, left oculomotor palsy and the disturbance of consciousness developed. Postoperative CT scan showed a hemorrhagic infarction at the left basal ganglia. Since then she has been getting better and was discharged, able to walk, from our hospital 6 months after operation. We considered the anatomical importance of perforating arteries from posterior communicating artery and propose that true posterior communicating artery aneurysm should be classified separately from our experiences and literature.
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PMID:[A case of "true" posterior communicating artery aneurysm (author's transl)]. 729 Mar 21

We reviewed the charts of all patients with pathologically proven meningiomas who were admitted to the Montreal General Hospital between 1960 and 1977. Of the 80 patients reviewed, we found approximately one third of them had ophthalmological symptoms of which visual loss, field defect, and diplopia were the most common. Most of these patients also had neurological symptoms, but they were often nonspecific. One half of the patients presented with chronic symptomatology such as headache, mental change, and visual loss. One third of the patients presented acutely with seizures, hemiplegia, or dysphasia. Of the investigations done, the angiogram and brain scan were most often diagnostic, while the skull x-ray and EEG were often normal. Meningioma of the sphenoidal ridge, parasellar area, and occiput most often produced visual deficits. In almost one half of these patients, the visual deficit was initially misdiagnosed.
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PMID:Meningioma and the ophthalmologist. A review of 80 cases. 733 2

One hundred and thirty-eight cases of cerebral venous/venous sinus thrombosis during the puerperium have been studied. Maximum number of cases (112 cases) occurred in the age below 30 years. Signs and symptoms appeared in most of the cases (72 cases) during the first 7 days of post partum period. One hundred and eleven cases were multipara. Commonest signs and symptoms were fever (85 cases); headache (66 cases), convulsions (64 cases), altered consciousness (57 cases), hemiplegia (60 cases), papilloedema (48 cases), etc. Carotid angiography done in 55 cases revealed block in middle part of superior sagittal sinus in 24, and localised, dilated and tortuous cortical veins in 5. A statistically significant rise in serum triglycerides, phospholipids, free fatty acids, blood platelet count, platelet adhesive index, and fall in blood fibrinolytic activity were found as compared with normals. These factors may be playing a role in the etiology of cerebral venous/venous sinus thrombosis during puerperium.
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PMID:Stroke during pregnancy and puerperium in young females below the age of 40 years as a result of cerebral venous/venous sinus thrombosis. 737 58


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