An excellent review of lesions which may occur in the mediastinum, and which may become manifest clinically through pathophysiologic disturbances in the organism. This article might well be classed as a reference paper far those readers whose daily work involves the diagnosis of systemic disease.
Determinations of SGOT and SLDH have been used in the diagnosis of renal infarction. However, abnormalities in their levels obviously are nonspecific. Therefore the authors propose the use of plasma renin activity as offering a specific diagnostic criterion for renal infarction. They report two instances of an increase in renin…
The authors point to a uremic complication to be met more frequently in these days of dialysis for renal failure. They report the first instance of successful surgical treatment.
This article describes the occurrence of an unusual form of congenital heart disease in a child—a diverticulum of the left ventricle—accompanied by fatal cerebral embolization.
Though sarcoidosis is not a rare disease and its common clinical manifestations are of general knowledge, it may cause rare pictures which are of interest in differential diagnosis. The author presents several examples of unusual manifestations.
This is a study of middle-aged adults to determine the amount of exercise required to achieve conditioning. The study then established the minimal amount of exercise thereafter to maintain this level of conditioning. This should be of interest to those advising exercise for their patients.
This paper points up facets of medical care which are part of the environment of any unit set aside for intensive care. Attending physicians probably lose sight of the psychodynamic features of the interrelationships involving patients and the unit's staff. These may have importance even though not much can be…
The stomach has an important role in decreasing the concentration of glucose in its contents to deliver a lesser concentration to the small bowel. Therefore these studies are of interest in explaining the malabsorption of glucose in certain instances of operation upon organs of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
This case report points up current interest in regard to a seemingly increased susceptibility of women in blood groups A, B or AB to thromboembolism from oral contraceptives.
The authors direct attention to this rare complication of regional enteritis. They point to the clinical manifestations which may arouse suspicions.
Here is an interesting medicolegal speculation. The discussor represents the legal profession.
It is being documented increasingly that selected lymphomas are curable by irradiation. The importance of staging the lesion in terms of treatment indicated and prognosis is becoming very evident, as is emphasized in this article.
The dumping syndrome or diarrhea upon occasion may be seriously disabling consequences of operations for peptic ulcer disease. If conservative medical management fails to control symptoms and complications, a remedial operation may be in order.
The author believes this new drug is effective in some patients who have had chronic schizophrenia for many years, when other drugs have been ineffective.
This case report will be of interest to those who are responsible for the management of cardiac arrhythmias. The authors report a paradoxic or unanticipated response to the use of quinidine. Though such a response is unusual, its possibility should be kept in mind.
Degeneration within the corpus callosum in chronic alcoholics may be more common than is thought. It has been diagnosed before postmortem examination. This case report may raise the index of suspicion.
This paper describes an unusual cause of myocardial ischemia in a child—a congenital aneurysm of the coronary artery.
The authors describe electrocardiographic changes suggestive of pericarditis in some instances of diabetic ketoacidosis. These changes are transient and apparently benign. They speculate upon the etiology as related to water and electrolyte balance.
Homocystinuria has been described more commonly for children with a variety of genetic abnormalities. Mild forms of this abnormality in adults have been recorded upon occasion. The authors, however, describe a family containing a number of individuals having homocystinuria with the abnormalities appearing in later life and of a mild…
The authors demonstrate that a strongly presumptive diagnosis of this disease can be made by several uncomplicated tests. Thereby, lifesaving medical intervention is made possible.
The majority of strains of meningococci isolated from patients in Houston, Texas, during 1966–1970 were sulfonamide-resistant. In addition, group C strains have increased in importance as a cause of meningococcal disease in that area.
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