A Case of Diffuse Cerebro-Spinal sclerosis

Cerebro-Spinal Disseminated Sclerosis in Soldiers

Pte. J. W., cet. 24, ljftely admitted to hospital for " Paralysis agitans," presents marked symptoms of that rare affection ?Disseminated sclerosis. The disease appears to have supervened on a prolonged attack of secondary syphilis two years ago. His medical history sheet records several recent admissions for "ague" and "simple continued fever" which, according to the man's own statement, were ...

Case of Cerebro-Spinal Fever

Cerebro-Spinal Fever (Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis)

The invasion of New York by cerebro-spinal fever in the winter and spring of 1904-5, when some 4,000 cases occurred,1 and the more recent appearance of the disease in Glasgow (March, 1906), in Belfast, and some other districts, invite attention to its causation and prophylaxis. It is generally recognised that a cerebro-spinal meningitis may be set up by various causes, such as disease of the mi...

A Case Report of Small Cell Lung Carcinoma in a Patient with Progressive Diffuse Sclerosis

 Connective tissue diseases, including scleroderma, may be associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. The most common type of lung cancer associated with systemic sclerosis is adenocarcinoma or bronchoalveolar carcinoma, and small cell carcinoma is rare. This reports presents a 54-year-old non-smoker woman with a history of scleroderma who was examined due to aggravation of shortness of ...

Cerebro-Spinal Fluid Findings in a Case of Meningococcal Meningitis

smears made from the centrifuged deposit of the fluid, other findings such as the number and the type of cells, presence or absence of sugar, and the quantitative estimation of chlorides help to determine the diagnosis in a case of meningitis. Thus we say that meningococcal meningitis gives rise to increased polymorphonuclear cells and tuberculous meningitis to increased lymphocytes. This, howe...