• Histologic studies were carried out on 300 optic nerves covering ages from birth to 96 years.
The optic nerve is small and nearly unmyelinated at birth. It rapidly grows and becomes …

There are differences of opinion about the pathogenesis of Perthes' disease. All are agreed
that it is due to ischaemia, but the cause of this and the size and number of infarctions are in …

An unusual neuropsychiatric disorder inherited in autosomal dominant fashion occurred in
three successive generations of a family. Symptoms commenced late in the fifth decade in six …

Eighty normal human brains varying from 22 weeks' gestation to 1 month postnatal life were
graded according to convolutional development and compared with the microscopical …

✓ A case of dural arteriovenous (AV) fistula is presented with detailed radiological and
pathological findings. The complex hemodynamic alterations that may result from dural AV …

✓ The records of 15 patients with a diagnosis of malignant meningioma were reviewed. In
one of these patients, in whom invasion of the brain and pituitary gland was the only unusual …

A patient with herpes zoster ophthalmicus developed hemiparesis that at first responded to
steroids but, when these were reduced, culminated in massive cerebral infarction and death. …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-six diabetic patients were studied. These were unselected,
consecutive cases except that patients with malignant diseases were excluded in order …

The clinical and histological features of 14 cases of canine intraocular melanoma are reviewed
and compared to the human counterpart. These tumours occur less frequently in dogs …

✓ An enlarged parotid lymph node excised from a young woman contained malignant cells.
Three weeks later she developed signs of a brain tumor and died despite irradiation. …