It has been believed for a long time that the Paduan scholar Antonio Vallisneri (1661–1730) described the second historical case of the frontal sinus osteoma in 1733. By historico-medically reexamining this case, we conclude that the brain concretions he described were not a case of frontal sinus osteoma, while they appear to have been pathological outcomes of neurocysticercosis, whose larval stages would only be described by Johann Goeze (1731–1793) later, in 1784. Thus, this case becomes relevant for the history of neuroparasitology.
Galassi F.M., Varotto E., Zanatta A., Zampieri F. (2018). Did Antonio Vallisneri (1661–1730) really describe frontal sinus osteoma? Unexpected insights for paleo-neuroparasitology. NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 39(7), 1275-1277 [10.1007/s10072-018-3312-7].
Did Antonio Vallisneri (1661–1730) really describe frontal sinus osteoma? Unexpected insights for paleo-neuroparasitology
Varotto E.
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2018-01-01
Abstract
It has been believed for a long time that the Paduan scholar Antonio Vallisneri (1661–1730) described the second historical case of the frontal sinus osteoma in 1733. By historico-medically reexamining this case, we conclude that the brain concretions he described were not a case of frontal sinus osteoma, while they appear to have been pathological outcomes of neurocysticercosis, whose larval stages would only be described by Johann Goeze (1731–1793) later, in 1784. Thus, this case becomes relevant for the history of neuroparasitology.
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