[An autopsy case of bilateral cavities in the temporal white matter and the striatum (author's transl)]

A 24-year-old female developed high fever and unconsciousness for several days at the age of 3. She was said to have meningitis. Subsequently her verbal development was markedly retarded so that she was kept at a deaf-and-dumb institute. At the age of 19, she was transfered to the mental hospital because she occasionally became very wild without any reasons. She suddendly died at the age of 24 due to paralytic ileus. Her autopsy showed bilateral cavities in the white matter of the anterior portion of the temporal lobes and the striatum. Microscopically, the tissues around the cavities were necrotic and devastated with loss of neurones. Glio-mesodermal reaction was mild. Besides marked thickening of meninges and micropolygyria of the cerebellar hemispheres were demonstrated.