1926

1925-1927

Charles Foix and Théophile Alajouanine first described the Foix-Alajouanine Syndrome in 2 young men (aged 29 y and 27 y), in 1926 ¹⁾.

The first case was reported in 1837 by Magnus. The syndrome was described by Foix Chavany et Marie in 1926 ²⁾ , and called SFMC by Weller (1993). His literature review of 62 SFMC allowed the differentiation of five clinical types: the classical and most common form associated with cerebrovascular disease, a subacute form caused by central nervous system infections, a developmental form, a reversible form in children with epilepsy and a rare type associated with neurodegenerative disorders ³⁾.

Brainstem tumors were first described by Kummel in 1881 ⁴⁾ and Monakow ⁵⁾. The first nosological classification was reported in 1926 by Bailey and Cushing who emphasized, for the first time, that brainstem gliomas could develop from certain embryological cells ⁶⁾.

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Foix C, Alajouanine T. La myélite nécrotique subaigue. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1926;2:1–42.

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Foix C, Chavany JA, Marie J (1926) Diplégie facio-linguomasticatrice d’origine souscorticale sans paralysie des membres (contribution à l’étude de la localisation des centres de la face du membre supérieur). Rev Neurol 33:214–219

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Laurent-Vannier A, Fadda G, Laigle P, Dusser A, Leroy-Malherbe V. [Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome in a child caused by a head trauma]. Rev Neurol (Paris). 1999 May;155(5):387-90. Review. French. PubMed PMID: 10427603.

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Kummel B. Beitrag Zur Kasuistik Der Gliom Des Pons Und Der Medulla Oblongata. Klin Medizin. (1881).

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Monakow C. Histoire naturelle des tumeurs cérébrales, en particulier du gliome. Encéphale. (1926):117–89.

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Bailey P, Cushing H. A classification of tumors of the glioma group on a hystogenesis basis. Philadelphia: Lippincot; (1926).