Spinal cord compression due to an aspergilloma.

abstract：:A review of 228 cholecystectomies done over a two-year period revealed 15 cases (6.6%) in which gallstones were absent. These 15 patients were all characterized by colicky abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant, with a mean duration of eight months. Ultrasonographic examination was falsely positive for gallstones ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Frykberg ER,Duong TC,LaRosa JJ,Etienne HB

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described an unusual case of tuberculous sacroiliitis associated with adrenal insufficiency, with details of radiologic studies and review of the literature concerning tuberculous sacroiliitis. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Goldberg J,Kovarsky J

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia may not have a systemic inflammatory response characterized by fever and leukocytosis. We compared lack of fever and leukocytosis with mortality in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Patients with fever and leukocytosis (group A, 47 patients) were com...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ahkee S,Srinath L,Ramirez J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most regions of the United States are served by poison control centers that provide 24-hour toxicologic guidance resulting in the home management of most poison exposures. It has been suggested that without public access to a poison control hotline the majority of poison-exposed patients would seek medical care in eme...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： King WD,Palmisano PA

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of a positive urine screen for cocaine on thyrotropin (TSH, also thyroid-stimulating hormone) concentrations. METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study, patients admitted to the mental health unit at an academic inpatient setting with a diagnosis of cocaine dependence or cocaine intoxic...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Koroscil MT,Schulte JJ,Bricker D,Koroscil TM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of splenoportography in evaluating patients with portal hypertension was assessed. The technic was found to be useful in estimating portal-venous pressure, ruling out portal vein thrombosis, evaluating the superior mesenteric and portal veins as to their suitability for shunt procedures, and defining anatomy...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kogutt MS,Jander HP

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a phylogenic classification of the spine, one can identify precisely the numerical location of any vertebra or disc, including vertebrae with junctional anomalies at transitional zones. Such precision permitted comparisons of myelographic reports of sites of disc disease with the actual levels of extradural defo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wigh RE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although studies have identified physician beliefs that may cause them to avoid spiritual topics in the clinic (eg, lack of time), it is unknown to what extent these beliefs predict behavior. The purpose of the present study was to identify physician beliefs about religion and medicine that predict attention...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Chibnall JT,Brooks CA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with strangulation of a Meckel's diverticulum in a femoral hernia. In the case of Littre's hernia, true diagnosis before surgical intervention is rare if not impossible. It is therefore important that the surgeon be well versed in the management of such cases, as well as in distinguishing a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Trupo FJ,Aburahma A

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the records of 100 consecutive patients who had gastroscopy. All endoscopic work was done by our four-man surgical group. Roentgenographic and endoscopic diagnoses are compared with reference to degree of accuracy. The expanded uses of gastroscopy in surgical practice are illustrated and a plea is made for...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Futch CB,Jennings ER,Egan RW,Addison BA

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the efficacy of infrainguinal bypass for limb salvage in patients with end-stage renal disease. The patency of 42 femoropopliteal and femorodistal bypasses, performed for limb salvage in 37 patients with end-stage renal disease, was assessed with Doppler ultrasonography and dye tests. Patency rates and limb...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wassermann RJ,Saroyan RM,Rice JC,Kerstein MD

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma rarely involves bone or bone marrow. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis of an AIDS patient with lower back pain and bilateral limb edema revealed multiple lesions involving liver, spleen, and axial skeleton. Bone marrow examination of the involved iliac crest revealed Kaposi's ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Teh BS,Lu HH,Lynch GR,Banez E,Kroll MH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1979 more than 54% of women with children less than 18 years old were in the labor force. The purpose of this study was to study the attitudes of pediatricians toward maternal employment and substitute child care arrangements. To survey their attitudes toward maternal employment and substitute child care, we sent a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sinal SH,Herndon A

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical diagnosis of meningitis in neonates is difficult because of paucity of physical findings. In older infants and children, nuchal rigidity, Kernig's or Brudzinski's sign, or bulging fontanelles are sought. A review of 1,064 cases of bacterial meningitis beyond the neonatal period revealed that 16 (1.5%) patie...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Geiseler PJ,Nelson KE

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a ten-year period 139 patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the esophagus were treated by palliative feeding procedures, palliative radiation therapy, radiation therapy for cure, or resection. Analysis of the results of these modes of therapy indicates that long-term palliation is best achieved when resection is th...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hollenbeck JI,Tobias JA,Wheat MW,Daicoff GR

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Satiety is the perception of satisfied fullness and represents a summation of neural and hormonal influences. Satiety can be assessed by drink tests, including water load. The objective of our study was to confirm the difference in water load volume between nonobese control children and children with function...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Arrouk R,Karpinski A,Lavenbarg T,Belmont J,McCallum RW,Hyman P

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a leading cause of liver failure and transplantation in the United States and a major public health issue. Studies have shown that patients with hepatitis C are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, which make statins of particular benefit in this patient population. However, the National Chol...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Andrus MR,East J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing and/or balance disorders are symptoms that may be associated with tumors of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA). Between March 1988 and May 1995, 22 patients had diagnosis or evaluation of CPA tumors at Cleveland Clinic Florida. The most common presenting signs or symptoms included unilateral low-frequency tinnit...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Astor FC,Lechtenberg CL,Banks RD,Hanft KL,Hanson MR,Salanga VD,DeSai MB

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with pancytopenia, severe sensory neuropathy, and a six-year history of excessive vitamin intake showed portal hypertension on evaluation. A liver biopsy revealed hypervitaminosis A. His sensory findings were characteristic of a recently described syndrome of sensory neuropathy secondary to megadoses of vita...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Davidson RA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective study of all patients who had pulmonary embolism during a 37-year span at M. D. Anderson Hospital, we identified 502 patients, 30 of whom had a primary malignancy in the head and neck region. Only five of these patients had a clinically significant pulmonary embolus during the immediate postoperativ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Spires JR,Byers RM,Sanchez ED

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old woman had features of acute pulmonary edema soon after taking hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for the first time. Although 31 cases of HCTZ-induced pulmonary edema have been reported in the world literature since it was first described in 1968, little is known about this clinical entity. Because its presence ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Almoosa KF

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HBsAg and anti-HBs positivity was determined in hospital laboratory workers and nonlaboratory hospital workers (controls) matched for race and sex and adjusted for age. The combined prevalence of antigen-antibody positivity among white female technicians was 12% versus 0 of controls (P less than 0.005). The highest pr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wruble LD,Masi AT,Levinson MJ,Rightsell WA,Bale GF,Bertram P,Blackwell CF

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis treatments range from topical treatments and phototherapy to oral systemic medications and injections. Despite good control of the disease when applying appropriate treatments (according to disease severity, insurance parameters, patient preference, and patients' ability to adhere), continued advancements wi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Smith J,Cline A,Feldman SR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) is increasingly used to evaluate abdominal diseases, including those of the colon. Recent CT studies have documented colonic abnormalities in patients with pseudomembranous colitis; however, these findings are not widely appreciated by primary care physicians. Over a 25-month period, we prospe...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Wilcox CM,Gryboski D,Fernandez M,Stahl W

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing numbers of the adult population are using alternative or complementary health resources in the treatment of chronic medical conditions. Systemic hypertension affects more than 50 million adults and is one of the most common risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This study evalua...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Burke BE,Neuenschwander R,Olson RD

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare but potentially lethal disorder associated with the administration of neuroleptic agents. This syndrome may be underdiagnosed because it is poorly understood and often unrecognized. It affects all age groups and has a 20% mortality. Presenting features include extrapy...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rampertaap MP

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause profound alterations in the bone marrow. These alterations can mimic the more serious diagnosis of acute leukemia. The two patients described in this report were originally suspected of having acute leukemia or myelodysplasia on the basis of the bone marrow smear, and induction chemoth...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Aitelli C,Wasson L,Page R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several previous studies of invasive Group A streptococcal (GAS) disease have been hindered by small sample sizes (< or = 100 patients) and limited generalizability. METHODS:We conducted a population-based study of invasive GAS disease. The objectives of the study were to describe the clinical features of i...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mulla ZD,Leaverton PE,Wiersma ST

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic metformin use results in vitamin B12 deficiency in 30% of patients. Exhaustion of vitamin B12 stores usually occurs after twelve to fifteen years of absolute vitamin B12 deficiency. Metformin has been available in the United States for approximately fifteen years. Vitamin B12 deficiency, which may present with...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Bell DS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00