Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a rare neurological manifestation in Von Hippel-Lindau disease.

abstract：:The hepatotoxicity of tetracyclines is well known. If microvesicular steatosis due to a high dose of tetracycline has virtually disappeared, it can also be observed with other drugs belonging to the tetracycline family. To our knowledge, hepatotoxicity induced by doxycycline has never been reported. In our patient, th...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Lienart F,Morissens M,Jacobs P,Ducobu J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP) is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by auto-antibodies to Willebrand factor (vWF) cleaving enzyme (ADAMTS13), resulting in unusually large vWF multimers that lead to platelet aggregation, microthrombi formation and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia....

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Krecak I,Medic MG,Gveric-Krecak V,Roncevic P,Bašić Kinda S,Babel J,Radonic R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Behçet's disease (BD) is a multi-systemic inflammatory disorder which can affect all types and sizes of vessels.The usage of TNF-α antagonists is increasing in different involvements of BD that is inadequately controlled by standard immunosuppressive regimens. Methods: Here we reported a rare BD case that ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Uyaroglu OA,Erden A,Kilic L,Peynircioğlu B,Karadag O,Kalyoncu U

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After notification of a case of fulminant hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in a 83-year-old female resident of a nursing home to the Flemish Health Inspectorate, a seroepidemiological study and a retrospective cohort study were conducted among the 94 residents and 47 nursing staff to assess the extent of HBV transmis...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Schrijver K,Maes I,Van Damme P,Tersago J,Moës E,Van Ranst M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for legal control of sensitivity discs. False results are obtained by the use of discs containing an antibiotic and an unlabelled antimicrobial drug. Results of sensitivity tests (performed by the disc agar diffusion method) using Levocyclin8 discs furnished by the manufacturers were highly improbable....

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Yourassowsky E,Dony J,De Roeck A,De Keere V,Schoutens E,Vanderlinden MP,Palsterman V

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) has traditionally been measured in the supine position, however, measuring the pressure in lateral semi-recumbent position has not been studied. DESIGN:A single centre prospective 1-day study. PATIENTS:10 patients admitted for more then 24 hours who were mechanically ventilate...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Keulenaer BL,Cheatham ML,De Waele JJ,Kimball EJ,Powell B,Davis WA,Jenkins IR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a 67-year-old woman, with mitral valve prolapse, for more than 20 years. She recently complained of attacks of syncope and clinical ventricular tachycardia; ventricular fibrillation was induced during programmed stimulation. The patient seemed to be at high risk for sudden cardiac death,...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van Caenegem O,Chaudron JM,Scavée C,de Meester A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein(a) has many similarities to low density lipoproteins but possesses a unique protein moiety called apolipoprotein(a). The plasma concentration of lipoprotein(a) is mainly under genetic control and most of diets and hypolipidemic drugs do not change its level. Only nicotinic acid and neomycin are able to red...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Heller FR,Parfonry A,Hondekijn JC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and objective: The prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) among nursing home (NH) residents is high. This study aimed to investigate the acceptance and implementation of pharmacist recommendations based on a screening tool for PIP, the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Foubert K,Muylaert P,Mehuys E,Somers A,Petrovic M,Boussery K

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis affects about 2 to 3% of the caucasian population. It is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting predominantly the skin with the involvement of autoimmune mediated mechanisms. Typical pathogenic features include an increased renewal of epidermal keratinocytes, the enlargement of the germinating compartment,...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： de la Brassinne M,Failla V,Nikkels A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Postprandial reactive hypoglycaemia (PRH) is a clinical syndrome characterized by the recurrence of symptomatic hypoglycaemia during postprandial periods. PRH remains a diagnostic challenge for clinicians, because of its atypical manifestations and low prevalence, especially in older persons. ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Deliens C,Losseau C,Vandeleene B,Boland B

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haemophagocytic syndrome or haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a syndrome encompassing a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a persistent activation of benign macrophages, leading to uncontrolled secretion of cytokines and phagocytosis of blood cells. The syndrome can be primary due to muta...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Dierickx D,Cortoos A,Vanderschueren S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Neurologic and liver involvement in Wilson's disease (WD) is well-documented, however, few reports demonstrated cardiac involvement. Tpe and Tpe/QT are new measures of ventricular repolarization which were recently suggested as predictor of arrythmogenesis. We aimed to evaluate ventricular depolarization an...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ozturk S,Gurbuz AS,Efe SC,Iliaz R,Banzragch M,Demir K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction:Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare auto-immune condition that can present as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and progress into Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Importance:The purpose of this clinical case is to highlight the importance of considering less prevalent causes of ARDS amid the...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van Cauwelaert S,Stylemans D,D'Haenens A,Slabbynck H,Nieuwendijk R

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to characterize the clinical picture of macroprolactinemic patients and to further assess whether macroprolactinemia was part of an auto-immune syndrome. Eighty-two hyperprolactinemic (serum PRL > 1000 mU/l) patients were investigated and the PEG precipitation test identified 14 patients ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Theunissen C,De Schepper J,Schiettecatte J,Verdood P,Hooghe-Peeters EL,Velkeniers B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 2 decades, IgE-mediated NRL allergy has become a well-defined condition with recognised risk groups, established diagnostic tools, and adequate prevention strategies (1-3). Furthermore, molecular biology and biochemical techniques have significantly improved our knowledge of the proteins responsible to cau...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Ebo DG,Stevens WJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institute for Insurance of Disease and Disablement (RIZIV/INAMI) in Belgium reimburses the costs of long term oxygen therapy (LTOT) by concentrators since 1984 and by liquid oxygen since 1988 for specific categories of patients supervised by approved medical centers. Since then we prescribed these therapi...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Buyse B,Demedts M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient in this report was diagnosed simultaneously with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), spondyloarthritis, and generalized morphea and was started on infliximab therapy. In addition to an improvement in clinical symptoms with this therapy, an improvement was also observed in laboratory parameters such as cholest...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Resorlu H,Kılıc S,Isık S,Gokmen F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 25 year old male who presented with a well-circumscribed mass in the infratemporal fossa, without intracranial localisation. On histological examination, this tumor was a transitional type of meningioma. We review the literature and discuss the pathogenesis and the differential diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Galant C,Rombaux P,Hamoir M,Marbaix E,Gosseye S

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although giant cell arteritis, also called temporal arteritis, is the most common primary vasculitis in the elderly, an association with AA amyloidosis has rarely been reported. AA amyloidosis is a disorder that results from the extracellular deposition of proteolytic cleavage products of serum amyloid A, which occurs...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van De Ginste L,Dendooven A,Van Dorpe J,Delanghe JR,Vanmassenhove J,Speeckaert MM

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have shown that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major health problem especially in an older population. Given the growing segment of the elderly population and the important implication of renal disease on health care, this review discusses the structural and functional changes of the ageing ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Maertens S,Van Den Noortgate NJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Anemia is frequent in patients with cancer and is often multifactorial. Treatment depends on etiology and can consist of transfusions, intravenous iron (IV Fe), and/or erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA). Several studies have shown that cancer-related anemia is undertreated. The aim of this study is to ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： de Putter R,Geboes K,De Man M,Van Belle S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report and discuss the case of a 51-year-old patient undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery for pheochromocytoma after 10 days of medical pre-treatment. After anaesthetic induction, a deep level of anaesthesia could not prevent the onset of repeated hypertensive peaks, followed by severe hypotensive periods. Once...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Jakus L,Jacquet LM,Maiter D,Mourad M,Jonas C,Scholtes JL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of primary aldosteronism secondary to bilateral adrenal hyperplasia in three subsequent pregnancies. The disease was diagnosed soon after the first pregnancy, which ended in a miscarriage, and was treated pharmacologically with spironolactone. Because spironolactone is contraindicated in pregnancy, ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Krysiak R,Samborek M,Stojko R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Automated insulin calculators (AICs) with carbohydrate counting (CHC) have been shown to be effective in improving glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. By contrast, use of AICs without CHC, with predetermined prandial insulin doses modified according to a correction factor and modulated as a function of glyc...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Oriot P,Ponchon M,Hermans MP

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common form of thyroid malignancy in children and adult with frequent metastases to the cervical lymph nodes. We present a case of metastatic papillary thyroid cancer with remarkable imaging findings of consecutive metastatic calcified lymph nodes resembling a chain of rings. While...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Juan YH,Hsuan HF,Ng KK,Ng SH,Yu CW,Liu H,Lin YC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant insulinomas are very rare. They have typical clinical and biochemical characteristics that allow an early detection and distinction from other sorts of islet cell carcinoma. As a result a curative resection can occasionally be managed. Nevertheless, for more advanced stages the same treatment options as for ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Berwaerts J,Verhelst J,Hubens H,Kunnen J,Schrijvers D,Joosens E,Mahler C,Van Gaal L

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of combination antiretroviral therapies (cART) represents a significant advance in the treatment of (human immunodeficiency virus) HIV infection. However, several studies report that a large percentage of individuals with HIV, particularly those receiving cART, present body composition differ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Chițu-Tișu CE,Barbu EC,Lazăr M,Bojincă M,Tudor AM,Hristea A,Abagiu AO,Ion DA,Bădărău AI

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On a regular basis, the media presents the potential risks of the use of psycho-active compounds, including misused pharmaceuticals (flunitrazepam, GHB) or drugs of abuse (cannabis, LSD, ecstasy). Ethanol is also frequently encountered. These drugs can be used for recreational purposes by addicts or can be observed af...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Kintz P,Villain M,Cirimele V,Goullé J,Ludes B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insight into the fundamental physiological mechanisms of blood vessel development and neoformation has led to the discovery of multiple angiogenic growth factors and inhibitors. To date, at least 5 angiogenesis inhibitors are readily available for clinical use, mainly in the treatment of cancers and age-related macula...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Buysschaert I,Carmeliet P,Dewerchin M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00