THE PAPILLITIS ACCOMPANYING BRAIN TUMOR.

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The papillitis accompanying brain tumor must, according to Unthoff, have reached an elevation of at least two-thirds of a millimeter, before it can be properly referred to as choked disc, and before it can be properly classified under the latter term. Although bilateral in the vast majority of cases, it is often more intense on one side than on the other, and may be unilateral. This form of papillitis, known as "choked disc," may be briefly described as follows: It is of grayish-red color, presents diffuse cloudiness, radiating stripes, knob-like elevation, borders indistinct, veins wide and tortuous, arteries small, vessels hidden in part, abruptly bent at the border of the papilla, while hemorrhages and white spots appear on the disc and in its immediate vicinity. The diameter of the papilla may be three times as great as the normal diameter. In high grades the borders of the disc may be

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