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A. Everette James, Jr., MD

JAMA. 1968;206(12):2732-2733.

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DR. MILTON A. WEINER: The patient, a 30-year-old Oriental man, came to the Massachusetts General Hospital with a six-week history of headaches on the left side, pressure sensation over the left orbit, and decreasing vision in both eyes. Physical examination revealed bilateral visual field loss and diminished hearing on the left. The remainder of the cranial nerves were intact, and no motor or sensory abnormalities were noted. The patient was afebrile and had a white blood cell count of 5,850/ cu mm, with a normal differential count. Results of all other laboratory studies were normal. Roentgenograms of the skull were obtained.

Discussion

DR. LAURENCE L. ROBBINS: Dr. New, would you interpret these roentgenograms?

DR. PAUL F. J. NEW: The lateral, posteroanterior (Figure, top, center), and basal views show destruction of sphenoid and ethmoid areas. There is undercutting of the anterior clinoid processes with erosion of their inferior aspects and loss . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the weekly X-ray Seminar, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114 (Dr. Laurence L. Robbins).

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