The heads of ten white mice experimentally infested by bilharziasis were processed to examine the nasal and paranasal cavities. Five normal littermates served as controls. The incidence of pathology in these cavities was exceptionally high in the diseased group (100 per cent). Lymphoid hyperplasia was noticed in many cases while ...

A case of perforated unilateral salpingitis in which Enterobius vermicularis ova were identified in the inflammatory process is reported. Arguments for considering the parasite to be of etiologic significance in the production of the pathologic changes and clinical symptoms are presented. The infrequent occurrence of symptoms associated with ectopic localization ...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis may occur secondary to metastatic neoplasm and may simulate the features of the idiopathic variety. A case of retroperitoneal fibrosis due to gastric carcinoma is presented and the historical, physical, cystoscopic, urographic, operative, and pathologic similarities to the idiopathic form discussed. Generous biopsy of retroperitoneal plaques and careful ...

A case of primary angiosarcoma arising in the right atrium is described. The clinical, pathological, therapeutic and prognostic features are discussed. A review of the literature reveals 52 cases to date, including the present case.

A description of the life cycle of the tropical botfly, Dermatobia hominis, is presented. The entomology of this parasite is discussed along with the pathologic manifestations of human infestation and a description of the various modes of treatment. A recent case of multiple botfly infestation in a young man during ...

The authors review the clinical and pathological features of 24 patients with gliosarcoma. The study revealed the following findings. Gliosarcoma occurs more frequently than is indicated in the literature, and in our series was present in 8% of all cases of glioblastoma multiforme. The presenting features are not significantly different ...

A report on a liposarcoma in the meninges of a 70-year-old woman is presented. Pre-operative clinical and angiographic findings indicated that the tumour might be a meningeoma. Pathological examination revealed a predominantly lipoma-like, well-differentiated liposarcoma with round-cell and pleomorphic areas. The angiographic and pathological differential diagnosis are discussed.

An autopsy report of a 76 years old Japanese male, who had suffered from gamma- HCD, was presented. This is the fifth case of gamma-HCD in Japan and this communication is the first autopsy report made on gamma-HCD in our country. The primary pathological alteration of this disorder is a ...

Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a rare, acute, and uniformly fatal demyelinative process that involves the pons almost exclusively. Three cases diagnosed at autopsy illustrate the characteristic clinical course and pathologic features of CPM. A unique extrapontine location of a similar process is noted in the medulla of a 6-year-old ...

Thermography was applied in the pathology of the parotid area in order to see if it is able to complement the clinical examination. The authors present their experience on 17 cases. They could be classed in 3 groups: lesions with normal thermography or non significant modifications, lesions with hypothermia, lesions ...

The rare pathological condition of serpiginous choroiditis is discussed on the basis of four observations. The authors discuss the different views advanced in the literature in regard to the aetiology. They advance arguments in favor of an inflammatory pathogenesis. The problems of the differential diagnosis are also considered in some ...

A case of cortriatriatum, which is not included in three types of Loeffler's classification, is reported, and a complete description of the anatomy and pathology of the case is given. A successful surgical repair of this malformation is possible; therefore the importance of its recognition is emphasized. The clinical manifestations ...

Pneumoencephalography was carried out in 23 patients with various muscular disorders, i.e. spinal neurogenic atrophy, classified as Wohlfart-Kugelberg-Welander's and Charcot-Marie-Tooth's diseases, and muscular dystrophy. EEG-registrations and psychological testing were carried out. Pneumoencephalography revealed ventricular enlargement and cortical changes in 17 out of 23 cases. Changes were found in all three ...

Four patients with gastrointestinal bleeding due to vascular malformations of the cecum are described with emphasis placed on the clinical, angiographic and pathologic features. Barium enema examinations were negative in all four cases and in three of four early venous filling identified the cecal vascular malformation. Postoperative angiographic studies of ...

A review of 158 consecutive nephrectomies is presented. The pathological findings are listed and compared to other author's findings. In the present series a very low rate of nephrectomy necessitated by stone and infection is noted. Surprisingly, 14 normal kidneys were removed. The specific diagnostic problems in each case are ...

The incidence of aortic incompetence complicating ventricular septal defect has been estimated as varying from 2-5% (Glasser et alii, 1972) to 5% (Nadas et alii, 1964). Although numerous publications have appeared describing the clinical, pathological and surgical aspects of this syndrome in different parts of the world, documentation of its ...

A 5-6/12 year old male child who was noted to have neurological impairment at birth, eventually died with widespread neurological disease. Pathological findings were compatible with adreno-leukodystrophy, but also showed microphthalmia and diffuse organ hypoplasia. A review of the clinical and pathological characteristics of adreno-leukodystrophy of previous cases and the ...

The clinical and pathologic findings in three cases of unilateral megalencephaly, showing a spectrum of mild to severe involvement, are presented. The first case demonstrated an increase in neuronal size and mild gliosis and is contrasted with the second and third cases, which showed a progressive enlargement and bizarre appearance ...

A case of hypothyroidism with ataxia is described. At necropsy there were degenerative changes in the cerebellum, particularly in the anterosuperior portion of the vermis, together with atrophy of ventral portion of the pons, transverse pontine fibres, and middle and superior peduncles. The relationship between ataxia and pathological findings in ...

Subacute inclusion encephalitis has been reported most frequently from Western Europe; only 16 cases have been described in North America. During the past eight years the authors have encountered 14 cases in the Toronto area, and histological confirmation has been obtained in seven of these.The disease most often presents as ...

In his review of pathological studies on Japanese encephalitis conducted in Japan over the past 40 years, the author first discusses the findings obtained from post-mortem examinations of persons who had died of the disease, and, secondly, summarizes experimental research carried out on monkeys, horses and mice. He stresses that, ...