CALCIFICATION OF THE CEREBRAL VESSELS WITH A CLINICAL PICTURE SIMULATING BRAIN TUMOR

Abstract

<h3>INTRODUCTION</h3> In this paper we offer a somewhat detailed clinical and histologic report of a case which is interesting in three respects: First, a diagnosis of brain tumor was clinically justifiable and several operations were performed in the hope of removing the supposed tumor. In other words, it was an example of so-called pseudotumor cerebri. Second, epileptiform attacks of petit mal and grand mal types were the principal symptoms, so the case shows what kind of changes occasionally may cause such attacks. Third, and chiefly, the case is of interest on account of the most unusual pathologic condition presented; namely, a large indurated area in the interior of the left hemisphere in which the capillaries were infiltrated with a hyaline, or colloid material and also calcified to such an extent that decalcification was necessary for the preparation of suitable microscopic specimens. While calcification of large sclerotic vessels is extremely common