Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to J Holyst.
A 225 gm fibroblastic tentorial meningioma was successfully removed by a supratentorial approach. Clinically the case more closely resembled a cerebellopontine angle tumour. Carotid and vertebral angiography should always be performed if the diagnosis of tentorial meningioma is suspected.
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Traumatic thrombosis of the internal carotid artery following soft palate injury in a 3 1/2 year old boy is reported. Prominent collateral circulation through the circle of Willis and the orbit was a good prognostic sign. The problem of traumatic carotid thrombosis is of considerable practical importance in differential diagnosis from intracranial haematoma.
A case of a previously healthy 51-year-old man, who was diagnosed clinically as having a posterior cranial fossa tumour. At operation this proved to be an abscess which was radically removed. Histological investigations showed the presence of a fungus which was identified as Candida albicans.