NEOPLASM OF THE POSTERIOR FOSSA SIMULATING CEREBRAL VASCULAR DISEASE: REPORT OF FIVE CASES WITH REFERENCE TO THE ROLE OF THE MEDULLA IN THE PRODUCTION OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

摘要: The purpose of this communication is to present 5 cases in which the diagnosis tumor brain was made either shortly before death or at necropsy. An attempt will be reconstruct retrospect sources errors committed each case. REPORT OF CASES Case 1. —A man aged 58 had headache, dysphagia and weakness following an attack bronchitis. Temporary improvement followed by exacerbation symptoms. Signs bilateral involvement pyramidal tracts, cerebellum bulb were noted. clinical multiple sclerosis, pseudobulbar palsy vascular disease pons. At necropsy a cerebellopontile angle found. past family histories no significance. In February 1927, about one one-half years patient's admission neurologic division Montefiore Hospital, after bronchitis, there developed severe difficulty