{"title":"[Russell syndrome. Report of a case].","authors":"I D Mello Chemak, G R Medina, F Farinatti","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A child who presented the typical features of the diencephalic syndrome of Russell is presented. The authors stress the importance of ruling out a diencephalic neoplasm in all infants who present failure to thrive. The appearance of symptoms related to diencephalic syndromes of older children such as obesity, sexual precocity in later stages of syndrome of Russell is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 4","pages":"275-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18361441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An adequate head-holder to be used in auditory and posterior cranial fossa research. Technical note.","authors":"R Velluti, A Platas, L Iglesias","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A head holder for guinea-pigs to be used in posterior fossa or cochlear surgery and electrophysiological recordings is described. Cochlear microphonic and auditory nerve potentials are shown.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 2","pages":"129-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17811845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Tumors of the sellar region and the cavernous sinus. Evaluation of diagnostic procedures and therapeutic orientation].","authors":"A Calvo, J A Purriel, E Bastarrica, M A Haberbeck","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two cases of infrequently seen tumors of the cavernous sinus and the clivus regions are presented. One of them was a chordoma and the other, a myeloma, and both were approached by the transphenoidal route. The clinical picture and the diagnostic procedures are reviewed, and the several surgical approaches to these regions are discussed. These regional processes should be submitted to a precise radiological evaluation: plain skull films, conventional tomography, arteriography, and computerized tomography scan, in order to establish their origin and their extension, and also to determine the proper approach. The authors conclude that all these regional tumors must be operated on, and that the transphenoidal approach is the most effective. This approach is extradural, well known through the experience brought about by the pituitary surgery, and with a low morbi-mortality rate.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 2","pages":"111-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18361438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Development and perspectives of neuropsychology].","authors":"H Hécaen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuropsychology is a new discipline placed between neurosciences (neurophysiology, neurochemistry, comparative neuroanatomy) and psychology (experimental psychology. psycholinguistics, linguistics). History of neuropsychology shows, during last and the beginning of the present centuries, a marked trend to localization and association (one center for each function, followed later by a period where globalistic trends predominate, according to which a localized lesion is important mostly because of the modification it produces in the functions of brain as a whole. During the last 30 years, the development of anatomoclinical methods and experimental neuropsychology have again given impulse to a neoassociational trend. By their importance, recent advances in the following topics are underlined: (1) The study of behaviour, particularly regarding the role of neurotransmitters. (2) The concept of \"hemispheric specialization\" in substitution of \"hemispheric dominance\". (3) The mechanisms of functional reestablishment in the central nervous system. (4) The role of genetic background and experience in the development of functions of the central nervous system.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 2","pages":"75-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17811846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L Barraquer-Bordas, J Peña-Casanova, L Pons-Irazábal
{"title":"[Central deafness without aphasic disorders due to bilateral temporal lesion].","authors":"L Barraquer-Bordas, J Peña-Casanova, L Pons-Irazábal","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors report the case of a 68 years-old man with two strokes with an interval of 12 years in each hemisphere. In the last one, the patient presented total and persistent central deafness without any aphasic disorders, except verbal comprehension interference due to the deafness. During the first weeks he also had complex auditory hallucinations. Computerized tomography showed alterations suggesting old bilateral temporal lobe infarctions.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 3","pages":"165-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18354007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Crossed aphasia in right-handed persons].","authors":"A Donoso, E Vergara, M Santander","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two cases of crossed aphasia in dextrals are presented. Twenty six cases of crossed aphasia in dextrals are reviewed, and compared with a group of aphasics by left-sided lesions. This analysis is made attending to the clinical typology of aphasia, sex, age, associated higher cortical functions defects and familial left-handedness. Crossed aphasia in dextrals is due to right or bilateral language representation. It is concluded that anomalous language is accompanied by lesser intrahemispheric specialization of the classic areas of language. The dominance of the minor hemisphere for some praxic and visuo-spatial functions is also lessened. Crossed aphasia and familial left handedness would not be associated.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 4","pages":"239-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17248771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Dujovny, N Wackenhut, N Kossovsky, L Leff, C Gómez, D Nelson
{"title":"Biomechanics of vascular occlusion in neurosurgery.","authors":"M Dujovny, N Wackenhut, N Kossovsky, L Leff, C Gómez, D Nelson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Principle factors involved in effective vascular occlusion were identified and incorporated into a computer program designed to calculate the minimal occlusion force (MOF) in accordance with a modified version of Laplace's law. In vivo, the carotid arteries of 14 guinea pigs were occluded for one hour at an experimentally determined MOF or MOF + 50. A good correlation was found between the computed MOF and the experimentally determined MOF. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) examination of the endothelium of the occluded vessels revealed extensive damage with forces greater than the MOF.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 2","pages":"123-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18361439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reading, writing and drawing disorder due to right brain damage.","authors":"I Lebrun","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The author studies the written language in a series of right-handed patients with a right side cerebral lesion. Reduplications and omission of strokes and of letters are noted on writing. The cause of these disorders is attributed by the author to an impairment of visual and kinesthetic control of the act of writing, and not to a truly aphasic alteration. This impairment is part of a more general deficit, namely a distorted interpretation of spatial data. The author proposes to call this writing disorder afferent dysgraphia.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 4","pages":"223-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18361440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Termino-lateral anastomosis of the carotid of the rat. Histological evaluation of permeability in relation to the number of suture stitches and the thread used].","authors":"A Calvo, J A Purriel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A histological study of end-to-side anastomosis on the carotid arteries of the rat, is presented comparing the results according to the type of suture material and the number of stitches. Two groups of 5 animals were studied. Group \"A\" in which the 11-0 monofilament nylon (18 microns; needle of 70 microns) was utilized with an average of 11 stitches; and group \"B\" corresponding to the 10-0 nylon (25 microns; needle of 100 microns) with an average of 8 stitches. The patency of the anastomosis was ascertain in all cases except one where a complete thrombosis of the donor artery was discovered. The fact that there were no difference between both groups is stressed. Other findings were: dehiscence, 3; invagination, 3; partial thrombosis, 4 in spite of actual patency. It was concluded that the 10-0 nylon is easier to handle, and 8 stitches are enough to perform and end-to-side anastomosis in 1mm diameter arteries. A regular distance among the stitches and a balanced tension of knotting are important to prevent or to diminish the risk of dehiscence, first range factor of occlusive thrombosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 4","pages":"215-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17811847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Quiles Llisterri, F Rubio Borrego, J Peres Serra
{"title":"[Paroxysmal phenomena in multiple sclerosis. Brain stem crisis].","authors":"A Quiles Llisterri, F Rubio Borrego, J Peres Serra","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors report three cases of multiple sclerosis which presented, during its course, paroxysmal attacks, also denominated brain-stem seizures. They review the literature with special reference to the incidence and the clinical forms of these paroxysmal phenomena, and they discuss the proposed pathogenic mechanisms. According to the authors, the literature review and the clinical picture of their cases, have shown a direct relation between these paroxysmal symptoms and a neighboring bout of the disease. They may also appear as an isolate \"abortive bout\". A partially demielinated lesion at brain-stem level, possibly by a transversely spreading ephatic activation, is suggested to explain the clinical phenomena.</p>","PeriodicalId":75394,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica latinoamericana","volume":"26 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18257698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}