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DIAGNOSTIC USE OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES IN CHILDREN (PEDIATRIC NUCLEAR MEDICINE)

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A Functional Classification of Hypochondriasis With Specific Recommendations for Treatment

Abstract: A review of both past and present psychiatric literature reveals that the concept of hypochondriasis is inexact and confusing. In an attempt to make hypochondriasis a meaningful and useful concept for practicing clinicians, a functional classification is presented that views hypochondriasis from four aspects—(1) as a “warning signal,” (2)…

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Gonococcal Arthritis in Pregnancy: A Ten-Year Review

Abstract: Thirty-two cases of gonococcal arthritis in pregnant women admitted to Jackson Memorial Hospital between 1962 and 1971 are reviewed. Our specific aim is to reinforce awareness of this serious complication in pregnancy. The incidence of gonococcal arthritis is higher in women, but more significantly, it appears that the pregnant…

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Childhood Brain Tumors: A 15-Year survey of Treatment in a University Pediatric Hospital

Abstract: Eighty-seven children with histologically confirmed brain tumors were reviewed. Fifty-nine of the tumors were in the posterior fossa, 19 were cerebral gliomas, and nine were miscellaneous supratentorial tumors, including five craniopharyngiomas and two papillomas of the choroid plexus. In the posterior fossa there were 22 astrocytomas, 11 medulloblastomas, and…

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Tuberculosis of the Wrist: A Report of Ten Cases

Abstract: Ten patients with tuberculosis of the wrist are reported. In three, the disease was limited to the tenosynovium and these patients were treated by synovectomy. Seven patients had disease involving the carpal bones. In six of these an arthrodesis of the wrist was done, and solid fusion was attained…

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Leiomyoblastoma of the Stomach

Abstract: Two cases of leiomyoblastoma of the stomach are reported. Endoscopic features, ie, submucosal mass with umbilication and apical ulceration, presence of normal peristalsis, and absence of stenosis or irregularity, help differentiate this tumor from carcinoma of the stomach. Case histories are presented and pathologic features are described.

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Georgia Plan for Education in Long-Term Care

Abstract: A successful program for reaching long-term care to students of the Medical College of Georgia is described. Five years of experience have proved its importance in medical education. Such a program could be instituted in community hospitals or in other medical colleges. Improvement in the quality of long-term care…

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Male Pattern Baldness: classification and Incidence

Abstract: The need for a widely accepted, accurate, and reproducible standard of classification for male pattern baldness has increased with the advent and increasing popularity of hair transplant surgery. This report establishes such a classification, and reports its use in determining the incidence of male pattern baldness at various ages…

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Intravenous Hyperalimentation in the Treatment of Difficult Urologic Problems

Abstract: Intravenous hyperalimentation has gained great acceptance in the management of complex medical and surgical problems. This paper presents two cases of fistula developing in patients treated with irradiation and who had total cystectomy and ileal conduit diversion for carcinoma of the urinary bladder. The fistulas closed completely after two…

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Trauma to the Portal Venous System

Abstract: During a 16-year period, 47 wounds of the portal and/or superior mesenteric veins were encountered. Overall mortality was 57%. Survival was greatest in patients with injury to the superior mesenteric vein, wounds repairable by lateral phleborrhaphy, absence of associated major vascular trauma, and only transient or minimal hypovolemic shock….

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Radiologic Aids in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Children

Abstract: Chest and abdominal radiograms are most helpful in evaluating acute abdominal pain in children. When basilar pneumonia is found, the likelihood of associated appendicitis is slim. Evidence of appendicolithiasis on abdominal films secures the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and should prompt the surgeon to early operative intervention, since the…

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Acute Systemic Toxicity From Bupivacaine During Epidural Anesthesia in Obstetric Patients

Abstract: Convulsions occurred within 30 seconds after the injection of bupivacaine through the epidural catheter in four obstetric patients in labor, and mild excitation without convulsions occurred in three others. Since the time between injection and the reaction was so short and since the dose was so small, the response…

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Another Look at Pereyra's Stint Urethropexy

Abstract: Twenty-five women with stress incontinence had stint urethropexy as described by Pereyra. Unqualified success was achieved in only 53%. These cases are analyzed and criteria suggested for selecting patients suitable for stint urethropexy.

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Temporal Bone Radiography: A saeening Survey Approach

Abstract: For preliminary evaluation of the temporal bone, a combination of conventional radiographs and hypocycloidal tomography in the frontal projection is advocated. If significant abnormalities are detected in this screening survey, a more in-depth study can then be pursued.

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Diagnostic Value of Serum Creatine Phosphokinase in Motor Neuron Disease

Abstract: In ten cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, creatine phosphokinase was, without exception, elevated, in 12 cases of other diseases of the central or peripheral nervous system, values were elevated only in two cases of peripheral neuropathy

Case Report

Incontinentia Pigmenti (Bloch-Sulzberger Syndrome) Associated With Acute Granulocytic Leukemia

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Newer Treatment in Dermatology

Abstract: The future of a drug depends upon what it can do in the hands of the practitioner. Medicine is practiced on the basis of probabilities, and treatment must be selected which has the best chance of helping the patient, with the least amount of harm. There are many new…

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A Rational Approach to Carcinoma of the Ovary

Abstract: Carcinoma of the ovary is the leading cause of death from pelvic gynecologic malignancies in the United States. Factors which may reduce mortality from ovarian cancer include (1) emphasis on early diagnosis by awareness of neoplastic possibility and by an aggressive approach to persistent ovarian enlargement, (2) concentration upon…

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Innovar as a Preoperative Medication

Abstract: Innovar, administered intramuscularly 45 minutes preoperatively, provides excellent operative sedation, analgesia, and patient cooperation. Postoperative complications are minimized, and the quantity of postoperative analgesics and antiemetics is drastically reduced when Innovar is used as a preoperative medication.

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Repair of Vesicovaginal Fistulas: Simultaneous Transvaginal-Transvesical Approach

Abstract: The records of 91 patients with vesicovaginal fistulas at the Ochsner Clinic between 1942 and 1974 were reviewed. The fistulas were managed in several ways: spontaneous closure, palliative operation, urinary diversion, transvesical repair, transvaginal repair, and a combined transvaginal-transvesical procedure. The latter had a 100% success rate in the…

Case Report

Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia and Peripheral Neuropathy Heralding Hodgkin's Disease

Review Article

Iatrogenic Lesions of the Colon and Rectum

Current Concepts

Current and Potential Options for Preventing Hemoglobinopathies

Current Concepts

The Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis

Case Report

Glaucoma With Elevated Episcleral Venous Pressure

Article

Historical Aspects of Foreign Bodies in the Air and Food Passages

Article

Eponym: Corrigan's Disease

Clinical Brief

Augmentation Mammaplasty Through a Circumareolar Incision Using a Solid, Gel-Filled Implant

Book Review

Mechanical Properties of Bone

Book Review

Pathological and Pharmacological Considerations in Anesthesiology

Book Review

Histology

Book Review

Atlas of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Book Review

Modern Thin-Section Tomography

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