[Differential diagnosis of neuroses and neurosis-like conditions in residual-organic diseases of the brain]. / K differentsial'noi diagnostike nevrozov i nevrozopodobnykh sostoianii pri rezidual'no-organicheskikh zabolevaniiakh golovnogo mozga

The study is based on a clinical and X-ray examination of 481 patients where in 270 cases different forms of neuroses were found and in 211--neurotic-like conditions of an organic character (arachno-encephalitis, cerebral arachnoiditis, diencephalitis). Craniograms depicted changes only in 18% of the patients with neuroses while in organic brain lesions in 52% of the cases. In the group of patients with neuroses there were no convincing changes in the pneumoencephalograms. A total of 172 patients with neurotic-like conditions demonstrated polymorphic pial and brain changes. Cerebral angiography in 65% of the examined patients depicted pathological changes of circulation.