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Gershwin’s medical history during much of this ordeal was vague and frustrating. Beginning in 1936, he complained of headaches, stomach pain, irritability, worries over losing his hair, and ...
Jan 1, 2016 · Gershwin's medical history showed typical features of a brain tumor, even without the benefit of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scans 29, 30, 43. For decades it was believed Gershwin suffered from a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), by far the most common and most malignant of the glial tumors.
- Davide Bagatti
- 2016
Mar 8, 2019 · A more recent article (2001) on Gershwin’s tumor by Gregory D. Sloop from the Department of Pathology of the Louisiana State University of Medicine, reproduces a similar microphotograph labeled as Gershwin’s tumor and provided by Dr. Nathan B. Friedman of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 13 It is Dr. Sloop’s belief that the tumor was a pilocytic astrocytoma. He reviews the natural history of ...
Aug 12, 2017 · George Gershwin (born Sept 26, 1898) was one of the greatest American composers in history. He died, aged 38 years on July 11, 1937, after surgery for his brain tumour. His olfactory hallucinations, a sign of temporal lobe epilepsy, had begun in early 1934, 1–3 but he continued active musical works despite the gradual deterioration of his ...
- Takahiro Mezaki
- 2017
Jul 21, 2021 · George Gershwin (1898–1937) was one of the most influential American composers of the 20 th century. Likewise his swift, comet-like, career progress from a high school dropout to an iconic composer of the 20 th century: “The man who said he had more notes in his head than he could write down in a hundred years died suddenly … in Hollywood”.
- Alexandru Vlad Ciurea, Răzvan Onciul, Aurel George Mohan, Mircea Vicenţiu Săceleanu, Andrei Alexandr...
- 10.47162/RJME.62.1.38
- 2021
- Jan-Mar 2021
Apr 24, 2015 · For many decades, the story of the American composer George Gershwin and his fatal brain tumour has been the subject of a number of publications, some popular and some focussing on the medical aspects of his functioning as a composer and artist. It has become obvious that the glioma that developed in his right temporal lobe seriously affected ...
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