[Peroxide chemiluminescence of the cerebrospinal fluid in spinal cord tumors].

Spontaneous and initiated by hydrogen peroxide chemiluminescence was evaluated before and after freezing of the CSF from 20 patients with various spinal tumors and 10 controls with intervertebral lumbar osteochondrosis. The intensity of the above chemiluminescence was found significantly different in tumors and osteochondrosis. Cryotreatment induced marked changes in CSF chemiluminescence, especially in extramedullary spinal tumors.

[Chronic traumatic cerebellar hematoma].

Traumatic hematomas of the posterior cranial fossa are a rarity. The paper is concerned with clinical cases of chronic intracerebellar hematoma characterized by general cerebral and cerebellar symptoms. Early diagnosis and surgical intervention made it possible to attain a favourable outcome in the immediate postoperative period.

[Chemoluminescence of the cerebrospinal fluid in spinal cord tumors].

The article discusses a new method for recognising tumors of the spinal cord--spontaneous and photoinduced chemoluminescence of the cerebrospinal fluid. Twenty-seven patients with tumors of the spinal cord of various localization and histological structure and 15 individuals of the control group were examined. Statistically significant differences in chemoluminescence in extra- and intramedullary tumors and in the control group were revealed.

[Acute traumatic intracranial hematoma in children].

The data on 25 children patients with acute traumatic intracranial hematomas are presented. This accounts for 2.9% of a total of intracranial hematomas and 0.