Tumors of the cerebellum / by Charles K. Mills [and others].

Date:
1905
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Credit: Tumors of the cerebellum / by Charles K. Mills [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of 6o1 cases of tumor made by Dr. J. M. Martin, and paying attention to the relation between posi- tion, occurrence of optic neuritis, and difference of neuritis on the two sides, I find that there was unilateral neuritis (or excess) in 10 cases of frontal tumor, and in 8 of these it occurred on the same side as the tumor. In four cases of neuritis differ- ence, in cases of temperosphenoidal growths, the one sided excess was always on the same side. Put- ting these together, we have the unilateral excess of neuritis on the same side as the tumor in 12 out of 14. The unilateral character of the neuritis was noted in 10 cases of tumor of the parietooccipital lobes and in the cerebellum. In 5 of these it was on the same side as the tumor and in 5 on the op- posite side.” He further points out that a one sided difference of neuritis is more common in tumors of the ce- rebral lobes than in tumors of the cerebellum. In the collection before referred to it occurred in 20 per cent. of all of the cases of neuritis with tumors of the cerebrum, and in only about 3 per cent. of those associated with tumor of the cerebellum. i have not seen unilateral neuritis in cerebellar growth, although, as in the present collection, I have noted an excess of neuritis on one side as compared with the other. (c) Retinal Changes—It has been known since