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DIAGNOSIS BY VENTRICULOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION

ALONZO B. CASS, M.D.; DAVID L. REEVES, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1939;39(4):667-681.

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Although Reil¹ described the first case of agenesis of the corpus callosum as early as 1812, the apparent rarity of the condition is indicated by the fact that Baker and Graves,² reviewing the literature in 1933, discovered only 81 reported cases, to which they added 1 of their own. Of the 82 cases, only 2 were reported in the United States. Archambault,³ in 1911, described a case of complete agenesis. In the case reported by Baker and Graves the agenesis was partial.

Until the introduction of ventriculography in 1918⁴ and encephalography in 1919⁵ by Dandy there was no method of diagnosing the condition during life, and for this reason agenesis of the corpus callosum was invariably discovered unexpectedly at autopsy.

Apparently Guttmann⁶ made the first encephalographic study of this condition in 1929. His description of the encephalographic picture was typically that of agenesis of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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