Suprarenal Hæmorrhage in an Infant

Tumour of the Suprarenal Cortex in an Infant of 18 weeks.

REGINALD LIGHTWOOD, M.D., M.R.C.P., D.P.H. (From the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London.) The functional importance of the suprarenal medulla was recognized for some years before that of the cortex was fully appreciated. While animals can live perfectly well without the medullary portion, total adrenalectomy causes death. From this and other data it is known that the cortex...

Large Meningioma in an Infant

Abstract Background Histologically confirmed meningiomas in first year of life are quite rare. However, review of the sporadic cases in the literature reported meningioma in infants. Those have unique features in common. Case presentation An 11 month-old Iranian male infant presented with a several weeks history of decrease in movement of his right sided upper and lower extremities. Brai...

A Method of Study of Intracranial Hæmorrhage in the New-Born Infant.

Hæmoplastin in Hæmorrhage

Suprarenal Tumors

maffin cells of the medulla, on the other hand, are derived from primitive mural elements having an origin in common with other components of the sympathetic nervous system. The pathologic behavior of the tumors emphasizes this two-fold origin (Fig. 1). The more rapidly growing cortical tumors are accompanied by changes in the sex characteristics of the patient, while the medullary tumors show ...