POLYCYTHEMIA WITH PAPILLEDEMA AND INFRATENTORIAL VASCULAR TUMORS

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Article1 May 1958POLYCYTHEMIA WITH PAPILLEDEMA AND INFRATENTORIAL VASCULAR TUMORSGRIER F. STARR, M.D., CHARLES F. STROEBEL JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., THOMAS P. KEARNS, M.D.GRIER F. STARR, M.D., CHARLES F. STROEBEL JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., THOMAS P. KEARNS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-5-978 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInfratentorial vascular tumors have been noted in association with polycythemia by several authors, although the true incidence of this association is conjectural. Few reports have presented adequate hematologic data. Reëmphasis of the diagnostic problem presented by patients with polycythemia and papilledema appeared justified. It was therefore thought advisable to examine the experience at the Mayo Clinic with infratentorial vascular tumors and their association with polycythemia and papilledema.PRESENT STUDYThe clinical records of all patients with infratentorial vascular tumors were reviewed and microscopic sections of these tumors were examined. No tumor was accepted without histologic verification. Special staining procedures, including...Bibliography1. TurnerKernohan OAJW: Vascular malformations and vascular tumors involving the spinal cord: pathological study of 46 cases, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 46: 444, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Kearns TP: Changes in the ocular fundus in blood diseases, M. Clin. North America 40: 1209 (July) 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. StroebelLaw CFWM: Polycythemia vera, M. Clin. North America 40: 1045 (July) 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. StroebelFowler CFWS: Secondary polycythemia, M. Clin. North America 40: 1061 (July) 1956. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Received for publication August 26, 1957.From the Sections of Surgical Pathology, Medicine and Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation.The Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Section of Publications, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 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