Quatro irmãos com moléstias de Charcot-Marie-Tooth são estudados do ponto de vista clínico e genético. São ressaltadas, mediante análise da sintomatologia, as formas de transição no grande grupo de moléstias heredodegenerativas, sendo atribuída particular ênfase às formas entre a moléstia de Charcot-Marie-Tooth e a de Friedreich. Nos casos apresentados havia sinais clínicos da amiotrofia de Charcot-Marie-Tooth e da degeneração espinocerebelar de Friedreich. No estudo genético foram observadas aberrações cromossômicas, fenômeno inédito na moléstia de Charcot-Marie-Tooth.

Four brothers with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease are studied clinically and genetically. By comparing the symptomatology, the mixed clinical forms within the great group of heredodegenerative diseases are enfazised, with special attention to the intermediate forms between Charcot-MarieTooth and Friedreich diseases. In the present cases there were signs of Charcot-Marie-Tooth's peroneal muscular atrophy and Friedreich's spinocerebelar degeneration. By the genetic study a cromosomal breakage, an unusual phenomenon in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, was observed.

Os autores não encontraram na literatura caso de carcinoma bilateral do plexo coróide operado com sucesso. O trabalho consta da apresentação de uma criança de 11 anos com carcinoma dos plexos coróides nos dois ventrículos laterais. São feitas considerações a respeito das dificuldades no diagnóstico, da importância dó estudo angiográfico completo e do tratamento

A case of bilateral carcinoma of the choroid plexus is reported. Bilateral carcinoma of the choroid plexus are very rare and the authors did not find in the literature a similar case operated sucessfully. The difficulties for dignosis are discussed. The possibility exists that in other cases with bilateral tumors a complete diagnosis is impossible if angiography is performed only in one side. Therefore, it is necessary to perform a bilateral angiographic study when a tumor of the choroid plexus is suspected. The surgical treatment and the mortality rate are also discussed.