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J Retif

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[Multicentric gliomas. Report of a case (author's transl)].

The criteria of culticentric gliomas, based upon histological data, were recently defined (Bartzdorf et al. 1963) and permits us to distinguish them clearly from multiple gliomas. The authors report an atypical case of glioma for which the diagnosis of multicentric gliomas has been established after anatomical and histological studies. Physiopathological hypotheses are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the clinical pictures, diagnostic techniques as well as evolution and therapeutic aspects.

Brain Neoplasms↗
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[Hydrocephalic and/or degenerative dementia].

The authors report ten cases of progressive dementia. Nine are associated with gait disturbances and seven with urinary incontinence. Despite the severity of dementia and Ct Scan signs of cortical atrophy, magnitude of neuroradiological ventricular dilatation and ventricular reflux at isotopic cisternography lead to shunt therapy. After ventricular shunting of CSF, a follow-up at short and long terms shows different clinical evolutions: two transitory improvements, three cases without change and five worsening. Retrospective clinical study of these cases in which diagnosis leads to a degenerative process of the Alzheimer type shows atypical premorbid neuropsychological characteristics by a normal-pressure hydrocephalus. In fact, in the ten cases preoperative neuropsychological investigation shows, at various levels, aphasic, alexic and agraphic signs. Their occurrence in the clinical picture represents an essential contribution to differential diagnosis.

Adolescent↗
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[Post-traumatic conversion hysteria. A case report of hysterical paraplegia (author's transl)].

The authors report a case of hysterical paraplegia occurring two days after a craniovertebral trauma. They describe the patient's evolution on psychological, neurological and physical therapy grounds. They also discuss the concept of traumatic neurosis with regard to definition, characteristics, classification and its boundaries in relation to the subjective central post-traumatic syndrome. They also study the definition, frequency, limits and course of conversion hysteria with special emphasis on hysterical paralysis and its characteristics.

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[Subacute myoclonic encephalopathy in diabetes. Clinico-pathological correlation].

A 59 years old diabetic man suffered from a rapid central neurological syndrome of unknown aetiology. He died after a nine weeks clinical course. Post-mortem examination showed widespread cortical micro infarcts with diabetic specific arteriolar lesions. This unusual manifestation in the clinical course of the diabetes is discussed in the light of data from the literature.

Brain Diseases↗