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Publications and source records attributed to G C Bertolino.
The authors report two cases of diastematomyelia in adults. One patient had a congenital kyphoscoliosis; the other had undergone surgery at birth for a myelomeningocele. The occurrence of diastematomyelia in patients with congenital scoliosis and myelomeningocele is discussed. Diastematomyelia is regarded as one of the causes of late deterioration of neurological function in such cases.
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The clinical material of this report includes 100 cases of TIAs, studied with angiographic investigations in the past four years: lesions in the carotid system were more common (78%) than in the vertebro-basilar system (22%). Ulcerative and stenotic atheromatous plaques of the carotid artery were the more frequent alterations in our cases of TIAs in the carotid system. Thrombosis of the internal carotid artery was fairly frequent. Angiographic investigations used in our patients are presented.
Authors have analyzed the efficacy of brain scanning detecting in neurological diseases and compare this examin with usualy neuro-radiological screenings. They have noted an absolute diagnostic accuracy (100%) in various cases of vascular diseases and a great accuracy (81,8%) in cases of brain tumors.
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