CEREBRAL arteriovenous aneurysms have frequently been recorded in the literature. However, prior to the brief account of this case 1 the occurrence of bilateral cerebral arteriovenous communications had not been reported. A more detailed description of this case, amplified with illustrations and photographs, seems desirable at this time, in the light of the disclosure at operation and necropsy of a second case by one of us (R.J.) reported in the Archives by Alpers and Forster,2 and 2 similar cases described by Russell and Nevin.3 The case here reported is also of unusual interest because of the prolonged period of observation and the opportunity for thorough study at frequent intervals from birth until death, at the age of 4\m=1/2\years.
REPORT OF A CASE4S. K., a male infant weighing 9\m=1/2\pounds (4,310 Gm.), was delivered with difficulty by forceps. Respiration began immediately, but about two minutes later he collapsed, ceased breathing, became cyanotic and was revived with difficulty.The pregnancy had been abnormal in that the mother had continued to menstruate.In an examination at term, Dr. Walter Reed, of Boulder, Colo., the attending physician, noted that the head seemed abnormally large. A roentgenologic exami¬ nation of the mother's pelvis confirmed this impression and also showed that the Dr. Forbes died Nov. 8, 1943. From the
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