An Autopsy Case of Caisson Disease

Diffuse Lewy body disease: an autopsy case.

A 67-year-old male patient initially showed memory disturbance followed by tremors a year later. The symptoms rapidly aggravated to dementia and Parkinsonian symptoms, and the patient died 2 years and 6 months after the onset at the age of 69 years and 5 months. Autopsy revealed numerous senile plaques in the cerebral cortex and Alzheimer's neurofibrillary tangles in the inferior temporal lobe ...

Menkes disease--an autopsy case with metal analysis of hair.

We report the first case of Menkes' disease in Korea, occurring in a 1 1/2 year old boy with characteristic clinical, arteriographic and pathologic features. Postmortem examination revealed widespread neuronal destruction and abnormally tortuous and elongated large arteries including cerebral, visceral and limb vessels. Microscopically, many of the hairs formed were twisted (pili torti), of var...

Congenital cystic disease of the lung: an autopsy case.

Munchausen's syndrome simulating caisson disease.

A Case of Banti's Disease, with Autopsy