Asymptomatic destruction of the fornix in man.
In the five previous reports dealing with the effects of interruption of the formix in man, two noted that a severe disturbance of recent memory resulted, and three indicated that no symptoms were evident. The brain was examined in only one of the cases cited. This report describes a patient, without any apparent neurological or psychological disturbances, in whom a malignant tumor had destroyed the formix bilaterally.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002831:Choroid Plexus / Q000473:pathology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008326:Mammillary Bodies / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology