Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula simulating a vanishing tumor.

abstract：:To study the association between anticonvulsant therapy and osteomalacia or rickets, we evaluated 450 epileptic patients receiving anticonvulsants and residing in an institution for the mentally retarded in Florida. Fifty-five of them with increased mean serum alkaline phosphatase and mildly depressed mean serum calci...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Williams C,Netzloff M,Folkerts L,Vargas A,Garnica A,Frias J

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute methemoglobinemia is a medical emergency that can rapidly become fatal. A substantial number of drugs, including topical preparations, can precipitate this condition. I report a rare example of severe, acute methemoglobinemia caused by oropharyngeal anesthesia with topical benzocaine spray for orogastric intubat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cooper HA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of treating 238 transverse, longitudinal, and osteochondral fractures of the patella are reviewed. Of these, 89 patients had partial patellectomy and extensor mechanism reconstruction. After an average follow-up of four years, functional results have been excellent; there have been no late patellectomies and t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andrews JR,Hughston JC

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the operative complications in 333 living related donor nephrectomies done at our institution over the past 12 years. The overall complication rate was 17.1%; only three patients (0.9%) had major complications, and none died. The major complications were a delayed splenectomy because of bleeding, an adrena...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ottelin MC,Bueschen AJ,Lloyd LK,Joseph DB,Diethelm AG,Burns JR

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old white male presented with jaundice, pruritus, and a 30-pound weight loss over two months. Physical examination revealed scleral icterus. Laboratory evaluation revealed ALT 161 U/L, AST 290 U/L, alkaline phosphatase 2004 U/L, GGT 2,552 U/L, total bilirubin 10.2 mg/dL, and a carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 1...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lowe D,Lee J,Schade R,Chaudhary A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new era in the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory disorders has begun with the clinical availability of anticytokine therapy. Biological agents that are currently available include 3 agents that decrease the activity of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (infliximab, adalimumab, etanercept) and an interleukin-1 rece...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Efthimiou P,Markenson JA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although exceedingly rare, fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) in immunocompetent patients can develop with primary or recurrent infection due to herpes simplex virus (HSV). The diagnosis is frequently obscured by the absence of mucocutaneous involvement. Elevated transaminase values with leukopenia and a relatively low b...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fahy RJ,Crouser E,Pacht ER

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked increase in the number of cases of shigellosis was reported in Kentucky in 1988. To examine reasons for this increase, we reviewed the 389 cases of shigellosis reported from 1986 through 1989. Ninety-three percent (285/305) of cases due to known species were due to Shigella sonnei. Sixty-two percent (243/389)...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pelletier AR,Finger RF,Sosin DM

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest pain is a frequent patient complaint that requires a careful history and physical examination to determine its cause. Cardiac and esophageal causes of chest pain are common, but musculoskeletal disorders such as Tietze's syndrome, chest wall pain syndromes, fibrositis, inflammatory arthritic conditions, cervical...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Semble EL,Wise CM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman developed a fatal Aeromonas hydrophila infection of the skin after dropping a crab trap on her leg. The area surrounding the punctures was erythematous and had several flaccid bullae. A biopsy specimen of the involved skin showed necrosis and suppuration in the dermis and subcutaneous fat. The A hy...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fulghum DD,Linton WR,Taplin D

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 29-year-old woman who had acute cytomegalovirus hepatitis superimposed on previously unrecognized chronic hepatitis B infection. We then review the diagnostic approach to acute hepatitis and positive hepatitis B surface antigen. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Zuschke CA,Herrera JL,Pettyjohn FS

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accelerated atherosclerosis is a common and recognized complication of diabetes mellitus. We have reported the fifth case of spontaneous infarction of a portion of the quadriceps muscle group in a patient with diabetes mellitus. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ratliff JL,Matthews J,Blalock JC,Kasin JV

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective review of eight years' experience with the Mallory-Weiss syndrome emphatically supports the need for accurate, early localization of the site of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Pertinent aspects of the history and physical and laboratory evaluation of this group of patients were analyzed to determine ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hixson SD,Burns RP,Britt LG

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac ascites is a rare condition. Diagnosis is aided by liver histology, which characteristically shows diffuse hepatic congestion affecting the centrilobular region. In our case of refractory ascites due to constrictive pericarditis, diagnosis was delayed because centribular hepatic congestion was absent histologi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kirsch M,Fleshler B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 50 years, it has become evident that atherosclerosis originates in childhood. Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) events are rare in children, autopsy data and imaging studies have documented subclinical disease in association with measurable risk factors during childhood. When present at a young age...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilson DP,McNeal C,Blackett P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of unilateral primary adrenal hyperplasia, without concomitant hypokalemia, is presented. After surgical removal of the gland, a complete remission occurred. This rare condition may, in fact, be more frequent than thought as it can coexist with normokalemia. We postulate that it is probably a new phase of the t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pignatelli D,Falcão H,Coimbra-Peixoto A,Cruz F

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the reliability and accuracy of the Papanicolaou smear for the detection of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infections, we obtained chlamydial cultures and cervical smears from 252 patients attending a gynecologic service during an eight-month time period. In 12 of these patients (4.8%), the cervical culture ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Clark RB,Schneider V,Gentile FG,Pechan B,Dalton HP

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the maternal transfers for one year (1980) to the Emory Perinatal Center, a tertiary care center for North Georgia. Of 445 telephone consultations or patient referrals, 150 women gave birth at the tertiary center. Indications for maternal transfer were predominantly based on the needs or anticipated needs ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kanto WP Jr,Bryant J,Thigpen J,Ahmann M,Randall H

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cell granuloma of the thyroid is a rare tumor-like lesion formed by a localized proliferation of inflammatory cells, supported by a stroma of fibrous tissue. Few cases have been previously reported in the medical literature. We report a new case of a 41-year-old man presenting a goiter with primary hypothyroidi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ferrer-García JC,Costa-Talens P,Merino-Torres JF,Prieto-Rodríguez M,Vera-Sempere JF,Piñón-Sellés F

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual volar and radial perilunate transscaphoid fracture dislocation is reported. Treatment of perilunate transscaphoid fracture dislocations by closed reduction often produces a poor result. Early open reduction may be followed by a good result, but if open reduction is impossible, proximal row carpectomy is adv...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Woodward AH,Neviaser RJ,Nisenfeld F

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:: Bronchus-associated Lymphoid Tissue (BALT) lymphomas are a rare type of extranodal marginal zone lymphomas. They comprise 1% of lymphomas and more than two-thirds of all primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) of the lung. BALT lymphomas arise from the bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue. METHODS:This report d...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Arnaoutakis K,Oo TH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two cases of drug-induced hypertriglyceridemia, one associated with interferon alfa-2b and the other with asparaginase, each of which is mediated through a different mechanism. Hypertriglyceridemia caused by these medications is not listed as an adverse reaction in the Physicians' Desk Reference, one of th...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Keung YK,Rizk R,Wu XY,Cobos E

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of psychotropic medication is often associated with weight gain. We provide documentation for this effect and review the mechanisms possibly responsible for it in the case of neuroleptic agents, lithium carbonate, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and amitriptyline. We also enumerate the undesirable medical conseq...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rockwell WJ,Ellinwood EH Jr,Trader DW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diaphragmatic flutter is a rare phenomenon characterized by high-frequency, pulsatile contractions of the thorax and abdominal wall associated with breathlessness. We describe the case of a patient previously treated for status asthmaticus who had physical signs of diaphragmatic flutter. Respiratory inductive plethysm...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Harrison P,Onorato DJ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cephalosporin antibiotics are the most frequently used agents for surgical prophylaxis. Within this class are considerable pharmacokinetic variations that could have significant implications. We used a computer simulation of cephalosporin serum levels to describe concentrations achieved and maintained intraoperatively...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Nix DE,DiPiro JT,Bowden TA Jr,Vallner JJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is predominantly a disease of the elderly population, but it sometimes occurs in young patients. The diagnosis of CRC in youngsters is often overlooked by physicians or presentation may be delayed. METHODS:With assistance from the cancer registry center of Taipei Veterans General Hos...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chen LK,Hwang SJ,Li AF,Lin JK,Wu TC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal mechanisms for metabolic acidosis in selective hypoaldosteronism were investigated in a patient with marked renal insufficiency. Studies demonstrated a distal hydrogen ion secretory defect. Control of elevated serum potassium levels did not normalize urinary acid excretion, but systemic acidosis was improved. Mi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Barbour GL,Keller AW Jr

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Alloantibody formation secondary to transfusion in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) is a well-known phenomenon. Pretransfusion testing (eg, "antibody screening") protects patients from receiving incompatible red blood cell transfusions. Because alloantibodies have a tendency to evanesce (ie, become un...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Williams LA 3rd,Lorenz RG,Tahir A,Pham HP,Marques MB

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tourniquets for upper and lower extremity operative procedures is controversial in patients with sickle cell hemoglobinopathies. The authors used Ovid and MEDLINE®, PubMed, and CINAHL® to detect English-language reports of any surgical procedure where a tourniquet was used on a patient with sickle cell dise...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fisher B,Roberts CS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective review from 1987 to 1989, we identified seven alcoholics who had severe acute hepatocellular injury soon after using acetaminophen for therapeutic purposes and who had no suicidal intent. All had markedly elevated serum transaminase values (aspartate aminotransferase greater than 4000 U/L) and prolo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wootton FT,Lee WM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00