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D Maitrot

Publications and source records attributed to D Maitrot.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1990

Dandy-Walker variant malformation, spastic paraplegia, and mental retardation in two sibs.

Two sibs, a boy and a girl, had both hypoplasia of the cerebellar hemispheres and partial agenesis of the cerebellar vermis with normal communication between the fourth ventricle and arachnoid spaces, i.e., the manifestations of the Dandy-Walker variant malformation associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum. Both sibs were mentally retarded and had spastic paraplegia. The occurrence of a distinct and similar pattern of congenital anomalies in sibs born to healthy parents points toward a "new" syndrome caused by the homozygous state of an autosomal recessive gene. Prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis is possible at least for the more severe form of the brain anomalies.

Brain↗
PubMed1987

[Bilateral meningioma of the optic nerve. Discussion apropos of a case].

The authors report a case of a 14 years old girl with a bilateral optic neuropathy especially an optic atrophy on the left eye. They show the clinical and radiological diagnostic difficulty of these symptoms before coming to the bilateral optic nerve meningioma. The authors have compared this rare case to those described in literature and insist on the importance of the CT Scan and eventually the nerve surgical exploration.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

Soft cervical disc herniations.

The authors report their findings in a series of 51 patients suffering from typical cervical radiculopathy. With the aid of the CT scanner and intravenous injection of a contrast medium, the quality and resolution of the resulting images allowed neurosurgical intervention in 42 patients in whom the symptomatology alone was not sufficiently informative to allow successful treatment. In most cases the CT images allowed an accurate diagnosis and revealed a free fragment that had torn the common posterior vertebra ligament.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

[Cerebral tumors of primitive germinal origin].

The authors attempt to justify the term cerebral tumour of primitive germinal origin from four of their own cases and a review of the literature. They emphasise the specific features. The tumours are more common in boys and involve the pineal, the walls of the third ventricle, the hypothalamus and the posterior pituitary. Several histological types may be distinguished by the degree of differentiation but the stromal reaction, which is partly responsible for the symptoms, is always present. The clinical course of the illness is biphasic. The first is manifest by endocrine disorders and is of relatively long duration. Water homeostasis is always affected and may be associated with other hypothalamic disorders. In the second phase, neurological symptoms and raised intracranial pressure appear. Surgical removal is not always possible, but radiotherapy improves the outlook.

Adenoma↗
PubMed1977

[Tomodensitometry of hydatid brain cysts in a child].

A case of an eleven year old boy with an intracranial hydadid cyst is reported. The characteristics of computerised tomography of the skull are described, and differential diagnosis of other cystic space occupying lesions of the brain as seen on computerised tomography is discussed.

Absorptiometry, Photon↗