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W Q Wu

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PubMed1978

Cervical hematomyelia as cause of death after mild head injury.

A 55-year-old black man died the day after an automobile accident during which his forehead struck the car's windshield. He was not rendered unconscious. At routine autopsy no cause of death was found by the pathologist. Postmortem neurosurgical consultation disclosed hematomyelia and associated damage of the cervical spinal cord. Review of the literature disclosed that such changes in the spinal cord may be caused by hyperextension injuries of the cervical spine. These findings have been observed both clinically and experimentally. This report deals only with cases of "central cord" trauma without roentgenologic evidence of bony disruption.

Accidents, Traffic↗
PubMed1977

Metastasis of carcinoma of cervix uteri to convexity meningioma.

A cerebral collision tumor in which a convexity meningioma was invaded by a metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix uteri is described. This is the first time such a lesion has been reported to invade a cerebral meningioma. The patient lived three active years postoperatively until the lesion recurred. Her status then deteriorated, and she died five years after the operation. This was a longer follow-up than any among the other 17 cases of carcinomatous metastases to meningiomas found in the literature.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

Subluxation of cervical spine in major epileptic seizure due to cerebral schistosomiasis.

Subluxation of the cervical spine either with or without neurologic involvement as a result of epileptic seizure is a rare occurrence. Most of the literature reviewed deals with compression fractures of the spine effected by metrazol-induced convulsions or electroshock therapy for major psychosis. Of further interest in this case is the presumptive diagnosis of a cerebral lesion due to schistosomiasis as the cause of the seizure which produced the cervical subluxation with neurologic changes. The subluxation was reduced and stabilized by inter-body fusion.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Cranio-cerebral injuries from nail-gun used in the construction industry.

The nail-gun has been used in the construction industry world-wide. An increasing number of injuries to the cranium and other parts of the body has been reported due to its careless use or mishandling. Some of these are reviewed with emphasis on craniocerebral and spinal cord involvement. Two cases are reported here. Both of these patients survived and have returned to gainful employment.

Accident Prevention↗
PubMed1970

Primary non-skeletal intracranial cartilaginous neoplasms: report of a chondroma and a mesenchymal chondrosarcoma.

The clinical and pathological features of two rare, primary non-skeletal intracranial cartilaginous tumours, a chondroma and a mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, are presented. The literature with respect to clinical, pathological, and possible pathogenetic features is reviewed. The chondroma was successfully resected and the patient has had no recurrence since the operation in 1956. The clinical course of the mesenchymal chondrosarcoma was characterized by rapidly recurring tumour, slowed somewhat by cobalt therapy and frequent surgical interventions. Death occurred some 16 months after the initial resection. There were no metastases.

Adolescent↗