The authors add another case to the few reported ones of multiple tumor nodules in both brain and the viscera. They adhere to the thought that the tumors in both sites arose in the reticuloendothelial system, and that the variance in morphologic appearance is dependent upon the site of origin.
This is an interesting report of the occurrence and management of an arachnaidal cyst located in the posterior fossa in an infant which caused hydrocephalus by compression of the aqueduct of Sylvius.
The authors have described their experiences with open heart surgery in elderly patients. They demonstrate that chronologic age is not the vital factor in prognosis. Selection should be based on the life expectancy in the individual patient in terms of the several factors which bear upon life expectancy.
This study points up the problems of identifying those with chronic disease or disability in a given population. It illustrates the inherent problems of management and rehabilitation. Needs for education of the medical profession and society in general to such problems is a long road.
The authors emphasize the hazards of prescribing Doriden, especially the patient predisposed to suicide. They suggest expectant treatment standing ready to offer ventilator/ support as the need arises.
This paper calls attention to an unusual cause of intestinal bleeding in children—benign lymphatic hyperplasia.
The authors have called attention to the association at times of these two lesions. They speculate upon the possibility that the viral etiology of the condyloma might be carcinogenic but indicate that there is no proof of such relationship.
The case described here illustrates that renal failure after transplantation may be unusually extended and yet be reversible. By the use of radioactive hippuran and biopsy this complication was managed with ultimate success. The authors speculate as to the effect of deficient perfusion of the kidney in the preagonal period…
This paper describes the incidence of Au/SH antigen as determined by the immunodiffusion technic in 206 patients with a variety of diseases, and hospital personnel at a university medical center. Approximately one-half of the adults with a clinical diagnosis of hepatitis were found to have antigen present in the serum;…
The authors have reviewed 75 cases of eastern Rocky Mountain spotted fever. They summarize the clinical findings as well as the histopathologic findings in the brain of those who died.
The ethics of human experimentation is a topic which receives much attention. The rules which hedge such activities are well spelled out by government and foundations which support research. Medical schools have committees to monitor research which involves humans. The use of prisoners in this way has been quite controversial…
Warnings have been issued by both the FDA and the manufacturer that methotrexate, an antimetabolite, is a hazardous drug only to be used under the most stringent surveillance. This study points up a potential danger in the use of the drug.
Neurogenic dysfunction of the bladder may be an accompaniment of parkinsonism. It more often is of the uninhibited type and usually responds to treatment by anticholinergic drugs.
The author reviews the difficulty in diagnosis in a patient who had lead intoxication, alcoholic neuropathy as well as alcoholic myopathy, biopsy studies eventually establishing the diagnosis.
The use of this drug in long-term management of psoriasis has emphasized its hepatotoxicity. The present case report indicates that even low dose intermittent but long-term treatment may produce hepatic cirrhosis. This bears out the warnings issued by the FDA and the manufacturer concerning the use of this drug in…
The tricho-rhino-phalangoal syndrome is an unusual disorder of children which includes characteristic fades, other anomalies and, frequently, growth and mental retardation. This report describes the first case of this disorder associated with hypoglycemia which was found not to be due to deficiency of growth hormone.
The instrument described can measure uterine contractions and record them graphically. It identifies normal or dysfunctional contractions, and can be used to monitor labor induced by oxytocin.
The authors describe a technic for removing intercaths, which have broken off to become lodged in more distal blood vessels, without operation.
Though the acute life-endangering complications of acute otitis media have been quite eliminated by antibiotic therapy, this treatment may be followed by the complication of chronic disease. Because of improper selection of an antibiotic or insufficient treatment or bacterial resistance, chronic otitis and/or mastoiditis may supervene.
This case report documents the possibility of intestinal obstruction following a remote Boldy-Webster operation. Thera was associated a Brenner tumor which explained menses persisting to age sixty-one.
The authors report the fourth case of this entity, and the first in a male.
The authors add this organism to the long list of infectious agents which may cause disseminated intravascular coagulation in the presence of severe illness and shock.
Darvon is used by heroin addicts to aid in the control of withdrawal symptoms. The patient described, following the self-administration of the drug, developed intravascular coagulation and hemolysis which required hemodialysis.
The questions at law are several: Can stress, exertion, excitement damage the heart and can these forces cause death in a damaged heart? The physician and attorney are not necessarily in agreement in these areas.
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