Thyroid hormones in comatose patients with traumatic brain injury.

The objective was to study if thyroid hormones, cortisol, prolactin and brain injury marker levels were changed in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients with changing levels of consciousness. We estimated the above named parameters in 32 patients (27 men and 5 women aged 11-55). Admission Glasgow Coma Score was < 8.

[Clinical picture of colloid cysts of the III ventricle].

Clinical analysis of 74 cases of colloid cysts of the III-d ventricle was performed. Dynamics of clinical symptom complex was studied both in preoperative and early postoperative period as well as in remote periods after surgery. Most of the patients were treated in N.