Foram estudados 190 casos de AVC autopsiados no Departamento de Patologia da Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, tendo sido encontrados 94 (49,4%) casos de hemorragia, 67 (35,26%) de infartos e, em 29 (15,26%) casos, observou-se associação de hemorragia e infarto. Tanto os infartos quanto as hemorragias foram mais freqüentes em homens que em mulheres. As médias de idade foram 34,9 anos para as hemorragias e 48,6 anos para os infartos. Dos AVC hemorrágicos, a variedade intraparenquimatosa foi a mais freqüente. Os infartos predominaram em território da artéria cerebral média. As causas determinantes de hemorragia foram principalmente a hipertensão arterial sistêmica e processos infecciosos. No grupo dos infartos, a aterosclerose predominou.

A retrospective study of 190 postmortem examinations of cerebrovascular disease from the Department of Pathology was carried out. We found 94 cases (49.47%) of hemorrhage, 67 (35.26%) of infarction and 29 patients (15.26%) with hemorrhage and infarction; both were more frequent in males. Among the hemorrhagic cerebral vascular disease the intracerebral hemorrhage was more frequent. The cerebral infarction was more frequent in the territory of the middle cerebral artery. Arterial hypertension was the most common cause of cerebral hemorrhage and the cause in the great majority of the cerebral infarction cases was atherosclerosis.

Os autores baseiam o estudo do presente trabalho em 106 casos de tumores intracranianos em crianças, diagnosticadas e tratadas nos hospitais Santo Antonio e Beneficência Portuguesa de Porto Alegre no período de janeiro de 1962 a 1977. Comentam os achados clínicos e as relações entre a sede preferencial, idade, sexo e os vários vários tipos de neoplasias. Destacam a presença de tumores antes de um ano de idade.

The authors analyze 106 intracranial tumors occurring in patients from 0 to 15 years of age. This study was carried on during the period from 1962 up to 1977. In 85 cases the diagnostic work up was made on clinical, radiological, and histological grounds; the remaining 21 cases had their diagnosis based solely on clinical and radiological evidence. Observations involving incidence according to age, sex, localization and histological types are made. The signs and symptoms and supplementary examination are discussed. The frequency of primary intracranial tumors in children under 1 Year of age is stressed.

É relatado o caso de um paciente masculino, de 34 anos, com paraplegia le instalação súbita e nível sensitivo em D8, cujo diagnóstico, realizado por ocasião da autópsia, foi de tumor seminomatoso de mediastino anterior, com metástase para o corpo vertebral de D8, determinando compressão medular.

The case of a 24 year old male with crural paraplegia and sensitive level at T8 is reported. The thoracic spine films revealed an expansive process producing spinal cord compression and deformation of T8 vertebral body. A laminectomy was performed and the patient died by cardio-respiratory arrest during the surgery. The post-mortem examination discovered an anterior mediastinal tumor, the T8 vertebral body being involved by a mass with the same caracteristics. The histopathologic study revealed a mediastinal seminoma like-tumor, metastasizing at T8 vertebral body.