Citation

Adams CW, Bruton CJ. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 1989; 52(5): 600-604.

Affiliation

Department of Neuropathology, Runwell Hospital, Wickford, Essex, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2732729

PMCID

PMC1032168

Abstract

The brains of 22 ex-boxers were examined histologically to determine the frequency of recent or old haemorrhage. Four boxers had died from an acute intracerebral bleed, usually soon after a boxing bout. Seven of the other 18 showed evidence of previous perivascular haemorrhage, as detected by Perls' ferrocyanide test for iron, and a similar number showed minor degrees of meningeal or subpial siderosis, consistent with previous meningeal bleeding; cerebellar siderosis was present in six cases. Seventeen of the 22 boxers showed evidence of recent or past haemorrhage. Control material showed an incidence of 11% for perivascular iron deposition and only 4% for minor degrees of meningeal siderosis.

Language: en