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The Authors report a case of intracranial meningioma in two sisters, with no evidence of neurofibromatosis. A study of the karyotype has been performed; in one patient we have found a pericentric inversion of one chromosome 9. The possible role of the genetical factors in the develop of familial meningiomas is discussed.
The Authors report 2 cases of recurrent cystic meningiomas among 22 cases operated on. After a review of the literature, the pathogenesis of the recurrences of these tumors is discussed, concluding that wrong interpretation of neuroradiological examination and/or incomplete extirpation of tumoral capsule are the main factors responsible of recurrences of cystic meningiomas.
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The authors report a case of two sisters affected of intracranial meningioma, with no evidence of von Recklinghausen's disease. A study of the karyotype has been performed in the patients and in their family; in one sister we have found a pericentric inversion of one chromosome 9. The possible role of the chromosomal abnormality in the develop of familial meningioma is discussed.
It has been reported a case of intraventricular cysticrecosis of the fourth ventricle. The Authors discuss the utility of CT iodoventriculography with reference to the diagnosis of such disease.
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The Authors report a case of acute, apoplectiform, multiple sclerosis, with right hemiparesis and severe motor dysphasia. The way undertaken to arrive to the diagnosis of demyelinating disease is discussed, with special attention to the importance of a multiple diagnostic approach, analysing the sensitivity and the limits of the instrumental methods actually available.
Six cases of Cortical Hyperostosis (C.H.) are presented. The clinical and laboratory features of the disease seem to be related to age at onset. In fact, our cases with a later onset (after the first year of life) are characterized by: a) a longer duration of the disease and a particularly high frequency of relapses; b) the absence of any sign of mandibular involvement; c) the presence of eosinophilia (700-1300/mm3). In two out of three cases having a later onset clinical and laboratory data suggest the hypotesis of a immunoallergic pathogenesis and particularly of cow's milk allergy. A review of the literature appears to confirm the differences between early and late onset forms of C.H. as for as the sites of skeletal involvement and the whole clinical course are concerned.
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