[Study of socioeconomic home environment of children hospitalised at the Department of Paediatrics of Municipal Hospital in Łodz].

Unlabelled: One of types of child abuse is lack of proper care concerning health and development. This was the motivation to carry out this study in hospitalised children in our Department.

Aim: analysis of socioeconomic home environment of children hospitalised in the Department of Paediatrics of municipal hospital, situated in the centre of Łodz city.

[Alterations of procalcitonin and interleukin 6 after cardiopulmonary bypass in children with congenital heart disease].

Unlabelled: Cardiac surgery induces systemic inflammatory response that may have been implicated the postoperative organ dysfunction. This inflammatory response is thought to be produced by exposing patients to proinflammatory factors. The aim of our study was to investigate alterations in procalcitonin (PCT) concentration in peripheral blood in children as the potential early indicator of complications occurring during and after surgery in extracorporeal circulation.

[Urolithiasis in children: an analysis of clinical cases].

The authors on the basing on clinical observation of 116 children with urolithiasis, in aged between 3 and 17 years have concluded the following: among the patients of the pediatric ward urolithiasis amounts to 9% of patients. It has been concluded that to diagnose urolithiasis ultrasounds are necessary, but in treatment and prevention an assay of crystallization components is indispensable. In all cases of children with urolithiasis, besides an infection, one must look for coexisting defects in the urinary tract.

Middle superficial cerebral vein.

The microanatomical study present the anatomy of the middle cerebral vein. On the basis of the anatomical data we distinguished concentric and nonconcentric types of tributaries of the middle superficial cerebral vein. The nonconcentric type prevails.

[Contribution to the microanatomy of the proximal part of the arteria centralis longa (Heubner's artery)].

The anterior communicating artery complex is one of the most frequent intracranial aneurysm sites. Pterional craniotomy is the usual way to expose this region. While exposing of the aneurysmal dome, the posterior part of the gyrus rectus is frequently resected.

[Evaluation of some hemodynamic indices in 15 to 18 year old boys with lipid risk factors for atherosclerosis].

The aim of the work was an attempt at answering the question whether there is any correlation between the haemodynamic indices describing arterial elasticity assessed by physical analysis of the circulatory system and lipid risk factors for arterial atherosclerosis in boys aged 15 to 18 years. The studies included 45 boys with lipid risk factors for atherosclerosis. The control group included 53 boys without lipid risk factors.

Meningiomas and gliomas in juxtaposition: casual or causal coexistence? Report of two cases.

Two cases of meningioma and glioma established in biopsy material from one or more than one operation are reported. In these cases, an originally benign meningioma was followed by the development of anaplastic astrocytoma in close juxtaposition to the site of first operation. The close juxtaposition of two histologically different tumors suggested that one of them might lead to local proliferation and independent growth of the other.

A long term follow-up of fetal dopaminergic neurons transplantation into the brain of three parkinsonian patients.

In three parkinsonian patients ages 48, 53, and 50, human fetal dopaminergic cells taken from the ventral part of mesencephalon of 11-12-week-old fetuses were implanted into the head of caudate nucleus. The operation was carried out with a specially designed device to enable safe and precise graft implantation. All patients had been suffering from severe Parkinson's disease for about 10-15 years (stage 4/5 according to Hoehn and Yahr scale) with bradykinesia, rigidity and tremor as the main symptoms.

[Neurotransplantation. III. Intracerebral grafting of fetal substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease].

The paper reports the results of fetal substantia nigra transplantations into the brain of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease, performed in different neurosurgical centers in the world. Commonly accepted Ethical Guidelines for Fetal Tissue Transplantations are presented. The criteria regarding patients selection for therapeutic transplantation are also discussed.

Microcystic meningioma--a rarely occurring morphological variant of meningioma.

Two cases of microcystic meningioma are reported. They were found by retrospective study of 124 human intracranial meningiomas. Both of the examined tumors were characterized histologically by a great number of cysts of various size intermixed with nests of neoplastic tissue of meningothelial meningioma type.

[Extensive bifocal location of ependymoma of the spinal cord].

Spinal cord ependymomas belong to rare tumours of the central nervous system. Their malignancy is usually low although anaplastic forms are known also to occur. Surgical treatment is the method of choice supplemented often with radiotherapy.

[Transplantation of fetal dopaminergic cells in Parkinson disease].

Four patients with severe form of Parkinson's disease received transplantation of fetal dopaminergic cells into the caput of the caudate nucleus. The operation was done by an original method using a device designed specially for this purpose. In all cases the duration of the disease was 10 to 15 years, and the predominating signs were tremor, bradykinesia, and markedly pronounced side effects of the treatment (on-off syndrome and involuntary movements).

[Methods of preventing atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease in vocational school students].

The authors suggest that identification of high-risk individuals, modification of nutritional habit, preventing the smoking habit, increased physical activity, low salt intake, and early diagnosis and treatment of hypertension should be the most important methods used for atherosclerosis and IHD prevention in youths.

[Late growth of supratentorial meningioma after radiotherapy of cerebellar tumor].

The authors report a case of supratentorial meningioma of the brain developing after radiotherapy for cerebellar astrocytoma. On the basis of a survey of the literature and own speculations the authors try to demonstrate a cause-and-effect relationship between radiotherapy and meningioma development.

[Favorable outcome of decompression of the trigeminal nerve in a case of bilateral neuralgia].

A case of the bilateral trigeminal neuralgia produced by compression of the V cranial nerve roots by the branch of the anterior lower cerebral artery and post-hemorrhagic aggregates is presented. Complete recovery was obtained in the result of 2-stage, intracranial relief of the right and left trigeminal nerve roots. Neurologists share the opinion that intracranial surgical relief of the V cranial nerve root produces favourable result in case of trigeminal neuralgia resistant to pharmacotherapy.