Atypical cause of radiculopathy - Intradural spinal arachnoid cyst.

abstract：:Coronary artery disease is frequently associated with disturbed blood lipids and with a deficient blood fibrinolytic capacity. In order to investigate a possible link between hypercholesterolemia and hypofibrinolysis, we have investigated the effect of simvastatin, a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, on blood lipids and fi...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Jacobs H,Van de Werf F,Lesaffre E,De Geest H,Collen D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insertion sequences IS481 and IS1001 are targets for molecular detection of respectively Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis. There is a raising concern about specificity of these targets due to sequence similarity with Bordetella holmesii and Bordetella bronchiseptica. The likelihood of false (para)pert...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van den Bossche D,De Bel A,De Smet D,Heylen O,Vekens E,Vandoorslaer K,Soetens O,Piérard D

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroidism is relatively rare etiology of serositis with effusion, but massive pleural effusion is very unusual. This is a report of massive pleural effusion in patient taking methimazole after surgical resection of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)-producing pituitary adenoma (TSHoma). The patient was clinically ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Lee JH,Park M,Park MJ,Jo YS

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old man with slight dyspnoea underwent routine X-ray examination by his primary care physician. The X-ray and the CT showed a homogenous mass at the right side of the anterior mediastinum. The benignity and the origin of the tissue were still unknown. Therefore, we performed a CT-guided fine needle aspiratio...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Michels G,Drebber U,Pfister R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective and Importance Boerhaave's syndrome is a sudden and rare form of oesophageal rupture and is often complicated by local or systemic infection of the mediastinum or pleural cavity. Several micro-organisms are documented as cause of pleural empyema in patients with Boerhaave's syndrome. Intervention (& Techniqu...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Teblick A,Jansens H,Dams K,Somville FJ,Jorens PG

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:The term "microvesicular steatosis of the liver" refers to a variant form of hepatic fat accumulation whose histologic features contrast with the much more common macrovesicular steatosis. Microvesicular steatosis of the liver was originally described in association with conditions who share a number of biochemical an...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Hautekeete ML,Degott C,Benhamou JP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the incidence, risk factors and mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. DESIGN:Prospective, observational, population-based study. SETTING:The medical (14-bed) and surgical ICU (26-bed) of the Ghent University Hospital. METHODS:All 1295 patie...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Myny D,Depuydt P,Colardyn F,Blot S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia (BOOP) can complicate allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It is associated with prior graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and the case fatality is 21%. In 22%, diagnosis is preceded by tapering the corticosteroids given as a treatment for GVHD. We report a fa...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Deeren D,Lammertijn L,Van Dorpe J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a skin Mycobacterium marinum infection presenting as wide ulcerative lesions of the arm (4 cm for the widest) in a hypoxic COPD patient who takes 4 mg methylprednisolone daily and higher doses during exacerbations. Diagnostic delay as well as glucocorticoid use could be responsible for the extension of the l...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Buttafuoco F,Peché R,Vander Elst B,Van Meerhaeghe A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces' is a rare radiological entity that is more frequently encountered on imaging studies and is gaining more attention since the widespread use of CT for lung cancer screening. Numerous aspects of this entity remain unraveled, including molecular profiling. The goal of this o...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Snoeckx A,Reyntiens P,Pauwels P,Van Schil PE,Parizel PM,Van Meerbeeck JP

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a systematic survey of original papers published in The Lancet throughout the years 1945, 1946, 1970 and 1995. The Lancet was chosen due to a conservative layout through these years, and the year 1946 added to the analysis to ponder for any war-induced bias. The general layout and structure of the journal...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Selvais P,Hermans M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that pneumococcal vaccination of older persons would be cost-effective in preventing pneumococcal pneumonia, but evidence of clinical protection for this condition is uncertain. Given much better evidence of vaccination effectiveness against invasive disease, studies showing that v...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Graeve D,Verhaegen J,Ament A,Baltussen R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Water and electrolytes disturbances often occur in renal transplant recipients. The objective is to describe the pathophysiology and the treatment of the most prevalent abnormalities. Methods: We screened PubMed for the following words in various combination: kidney transplantation and (disturbances or abn...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Waele L,Van Gaal PJ,Abramowicz D

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There has been an exponentially increasing interest in intraabdominal hypertension (IAH) and the abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) over the last decade, and different definitions have been suggested. Nevertheless, there has been an impetus from experts in the field to modify these definitions to reflect ou...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Malbrain ML,De Laet I,Cheatham M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Q fever is a global zoonosis that can cause both acute and chronic infections in humans through aerogenic transmission. Although Q fever was discovered already 80 years ago, this infectious disease remains largely unknown. We studied a case series in a Belgian tertiary care hospital. METHODS:A laboratory an...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Vanderbeke L,Peetermans WE,Saegeman V,De Munter P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a frequent medical condition during pregnancy. GDM is associated with an increased risk of complications for both the mother and the baby during pregnancy and birth. Women with GDM also have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Two large randomised intervention t...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Benhalima K,Van Crombrugge P,Hanssens M,Devlieger R,Verhaeghe J,Mathieu C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) is a rare, non-clonal lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by constitutional symptoms, anaemia and generalised lymphadenopathy. Its incidence among the HIV-positive population seems to have increased during the past decades. AIM:The present study intends to compa...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Jonckheere S,Vandercam B,Theate I,Michaux L,Yombi JC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Turner syndrome (TS) is characterized by dysmorphism and body disproportion. TS women are also susceptible to a range of chronic disorders including arterial hypertension (AHT), osteoporosis, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and thyroid disease. The association between dysmor...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van De Kelft AS,Lievens C,De Groote K,Demulier L,De Backer J,T'Sjoen G,Craen M,Callewaert B,De Schepper J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Altered iron metabolism plays a central role in the development of anaemia in critically ill patients but the time course of iron status in septic and non-septic critically ill patients has not been well defined. METHODS:Prospective study in a 34-bed medico-surgical ICU. The complete blood count, iron, ferr...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Piagnerelli M,Cotton F,Herpain A,Rapotec A,Chatti R,Gulbis B,Vincent JL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE:A 45-year-old man presented at the emergency department (ED) with stomach pain since eight days. The patient was not worried about his symptoms and requested only pain relief. The emergency physician requested a consult of the gastroenterologist. Clinical examination was unremarkable. However, 12-lead ECG and isch...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Van Damme A,Vanderheeren P,De Backer T,Desimpel F

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to demonstrate an intake of cannabis, there are a number of rapid tests, all of them being focused on urine. In this study, we evaluated the results of six tests when applied to sweat (DrugWipe), saliva and urine (Syva Rapidtest, Biomedix, Frontline, DrugWipe, Cortez Dako). Fifty regular users of cannabis and...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Mura P,Kintz P,Papet Y,Ruesch G,Piriou A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last two decades have witnessed that flow-assisted analysis of in vitro-activated basophils can constitute a valuable adjunct in the in vitro diagnostic approach of immediate drug hypersensitivity reactions (IDHR). This article summarises the current experience with the basophil activation test in the diagnosis of...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Mangodt EA,Van Gasse AL,Bastiaensen A,Decuyper II,Uyttebroek A,Faber M,Sabato V,Bridts CH,Hagendorens MM,De Clerck LS,Ebo DG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This cross-sectional study registered the prevalence of sedative drug use and withdrawal strategies in geriatric in-patients from 30 centres in nine European countries. METHODS:We conducted a survey among young geriatricians using a standardised questionnaire on sedative drug use for more than three weeks. T...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Petrovic M,Spatharakis G,Conroy S,Van Maeles G,Moulias S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder is a classical complication encountered after kidney transplantation, its diagnosis can still be challenging and its outcome life-threatening. Most cases are related to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and occur mainly in the first year post-transplant, favoured ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Biller P,Michaux L,Pauw LD,Camboni A,Mourad M,Kanaan N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:pp65 antigenaemia and real-time PCR are two methods that are used to diagnose CMV infection in its early stages and, thereby, to facilitate initiation of pre-emptive therapy. OBJECTIVES:Firstly, to compare PCR with antigenaemia and clinical outcome in order to define a clinical threshold for starting pre-em...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Mullier F,Kabamba-Mukadi B,Bodéus M,Goubau P

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 60-year-old man who presented with sudden visual loss, a history of postprandial abdominal pain, malabsorption, and skin lesions typical of systemic Degos' disease. Despite anti-aggregants and prednisone the patient's status did not improve. On the basis of the hypothetical dysimmune origin of ...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： De Breucker S,Vandergheynst F,Decaux G

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a rare cause of endocarditis. Most cases were observed in people working with animals. We report a case in a 45-year old man without any exposure to animals. He was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnoea. Blood cultures were drawn following fever on day 8 of hospitalisation. Erysi...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Spiritus T,Surmont I

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with severe rheumatoid arthritis received d-penicillamine treatment for 16 months. She developed mild pruritus 6 months after d-penicillamine initiation, and severe pemphigus 10 months after d-penicillamine was changed to azathioprine. Subsequent methylprednisolone pulse therapy resulted in a transient clini...

journal_title：Acta clinica Belgica

authors： Wouters EA,De Clerck LS,Francx L,Stevens WJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00