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A case is reported of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with amyloid infiltration of cerebral vessels. The duration of progressive dementia was only 4 months. Neuritic plaques were not a feature of the pathology. This report emphasises the association of spongiform encephalopathy with the presence of amyloid in the brain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A case of chondroblastoma of the temporal bone is reported, and the pathology of the lesion outlined. The rarity of these neoplasms in the skull makes accurate prognosis impossible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Death due to giant cell arteritis (GCA) is rare, and is usually caused by coronary or vertebral arteritis in the acute phase of the disease. A case of fatal GCA is reported in a woman with a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate, who had been treated for temporal arteritis for eight months. Post mortem examination showed a dissection and thrombosis of the intracranial portion of the left vertebral artery caused by giant cell arteritis. Focal coronary artery GCA was also found. As far as is known, this is the only case in which dissection of the vertebral artery attributable to GCA has been reported. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An abstract of the article "Myopathy as The Presenting Feature of KlineFelter's Syndrome," by A. Merwick, C. Keohane, and B. McNamara is presented.