Palliative treatment of carcinoma of the esophagus.

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：:Herpes zoster and disseminated herpes zoster, or varicella (V-Z), continue to be dreaded complications of patients with immunosuppression. Currently, there is no available therapy for V-Z, except for general supportive measures. Seven cases of V-Z are presented, showing the results of cytosine arabinoside administrati...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： DuBois RE

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fixation of femur fractures in children and adolescents is becoming widely accepted because of the lower chance of iatrogenic infection and prohibitive cost of in-hospital traction and spica cast care. Interlocking nails, which have dramatically improved adult femur fracture care, have posed problems, such as injury t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McGraw JJ,Gregory SK

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a 38-year-old white American woman who had a 7-year history of pain in the left anterior chest, neck, right wrist, and buttocks. The pain fluctuated in severity and appeared to coincide with worsening of her skin condition, palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP). She manifested the typical skeletal features o...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McGee TC,Field RS,Loebl DH,Bailey JP Jr,Sizemore KR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontyphoidal salmonellae (NTS) are often isolated from stool specimens of individuals having evaluation of gastroenteritis. The significance of isolation of NTS in a stool specimen from previously healthy individuals with gastroenteritis is not clear. The purpose of this study was to determine which serotypes were bei...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Rathore MH,Jenkins SG,Williams E

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone, a benzofuran derivative, has proven useful in the control of serious cardiac arrhythmias. We reviewed the English language medical literature to characterize clinical, radiographic, scintigraphic, pathologic, diagnostic, and prognostic data concerning amiodarone pulmonary toxicity. Our review showed that f...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Fraire AE,Guntupalli KK,Greenberg SD,Cartwright J Jr,Chasen MH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man who received therapeutic irradiation to limited areas of each lung for intrapulmonary Hodgkin's disease developed bronchioalveolar carcinoma in the same areas more than 20 years later. This is the first report of a malignant process developing in areas of the lung that had been previously irradiated for treatmen...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lesser M,Chang JC,Yoo OH,Roswit B

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary sarcomatous arterial tumors are rare. We have reported a case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma in an elderly woman successfully treated by resection of the involved femoral vessel and reconstruction with a PTFE graft. The long-term result in this patient is presently uncertain. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Feldtman RW,Cox CS Jr,Nirgiotis J,Guarjardo M

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-four residents in internal medicine and primary care medicine were surveyed before and after receiving a prescription drugs price guide booklet to determine whether providing written price information to the residents would improve their knowledge of drug costs. Results indicated that the pricing information did...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Babington MA,Robinson LA,Monson RA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of all admissions to the University of Kentucky Medical Center from 1977 to 1987 revealed six persons in whom splenic vein thrombosis could be documented. The patients had either upper gastrointestinal bleeding from gastroesophageal varices or abdominal pain. Pancreatic disease was present in fi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Simpson WG,Schwartz RW,Strodel WE

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is uncommon. Four cases are presented. The average age is in the sixth decade. Early diagnosis is difficult and prognosis is generally poor. Efforts toward earlier detection and treatment are recommended. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stromberg BV

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare grayscale and color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) findings to that of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) portography in the evaluation of portal hypertension in children. METHODS:Thirty children (mean age, 11.4 years) with definitive clinical and laboratory diagnoses of portal hypertension were...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Adaletli I,Bariş S,Gülşen G,Kurugoglu S,Kantarci F,Mihmanli I,Şenyüz OF

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:To evaluate the relationship between bacterial colonization in neonatal peritonitis and patient age or intestinal pathology, we retrospectively reviewed peritoneal culture results from 96 infants having surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis. Microorganisms recovered mirrored those usually found as fecal flora within t...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Mollitt DL,String DL,Tepas JJ 3rd,Talbert JL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described the radiographic features of a case of solitary giant hepatocellular carcinoma in a noncirrhotic liver. It was angiographically avascular and resembled a massive metastatic tumor. Most hepatocellular carcinomas appear highly vascular on angiography. Hypovascularity may sometimes be encountered in the...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Thomas CT,Westerfield LH,Perlman PE,Thomas E

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the 19th century, deaths from acute exposure to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) portended permanent brain injury from nonlethal doses. The neurobehavioral effects of H2S exposures lasting from moments to years were compared in 16 subjects, 2 years to 22 years afterward. METHODS:Neurophysiologic and psychologic te...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Kilburn KH

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An instance of thyroglossal duct cyst in a 68-year-old man was reported. The clinical diagnosis of a thyroglossal duct cyst is suggested by the presence of a cystic mass situated anteriorly in the midline of the neck regardless of the patient's age. A review of the literature revealed that the incidence markedly decre...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Murphy JP,Budd DC

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten bites by Loxosceles reclusa, the North American brown recluse spider, are reported from South Carolina. Envenomation by the brown recluse spider is becoming a public health problem in the United States. The spider reportedly now is found from coast to coast in the southern half of the country and its range is prob...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Majeski JA,Durst GG Sr

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a patient with portal hypertension and retrocardiac paramediastinal density on upright PA chest x-ray film. Splenoportograms showed this density to be paraesophageal collateral veins. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Frederick HM,Clements JL Jr,Colvin RS

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 59-year-old woman with an International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIIB serous psammocarcinoma. Only 12 cases of this rare ovarian neoplasm have been reported previously. These tumors act like borderline tumors and, therefore, do not usually require chemotherapy or radiation...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Powell JL,McDonald TJ,White WC

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a 42-year-old man with Brugada syndrome (BRS) mimicking acute coronary syndrome. Chest pain, near-syncope, and electrocardiographic changes were thought initially to be due to ischemia. Cardiac catheterization was performed. The coronary arteries and left ventricular function were normal. Careful...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Yousef SE,Herre JM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of renal cell carcinoma extending into the inferior vena cava and resulting in total occlusion. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography allowed us to assess cardiac function, follow the extent of vascular involvement, and prevent embolization of tumor and air. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Hasnain JU,Watson RJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Insurance status has the potential to play a significant role in an individual's health care by affecting the time of diagnosis and the treatment options used. Our study reviewed insurance status as a determinant of the time of a breast cancer diagnosis as well as the surgical treatment options offered. MET...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Lukavsky R,Sariego J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of multifocal systemic sporotrichosis presenting with lobar pneumonia caused by Sporothrix schenkii is described. While five cases of pulmonary involvement in multifocal sporotrichosis have been previously reported, all had nodular or cavitary apical lesions. Similarly, unifocal pulmonary sporotrichosis usually...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Arango C,Davila E,Greenman R

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of the foregut are an increasingly common cause of symptoms in Western populations. This review summarizes recent advances in the understanding and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, dyspepsia and celiac disease. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Moss AC,Kelly CP

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have discussed the pathology of the diverse, numerous neoplasms associated with the central and peripheral types of von Recklinghausen's disease, as exemplified by two case reports. While overlap can occur between these two major types, characteristically this does not occur. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Richardson RR,Noronha A,Lettsma J,Siqueira EB

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize rates of initial misclassification of type 1 diabetes mellitus as type 2/unspecified diabetes mellitus in a cohort of children/adolescents and to examine the impact of misclassification on the risk of diabetes-related complications. METHODS:An 11-year dataset (1996-2006) was analyzed. Inclusion...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tripathi A,Rizvi AA,Knight LM,Jerrell JM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypochlorhydric states such as atrophic gastritis and partial gastrectomy have long been known to cause iron deficiency anemia. However, studies to date have failed to show a similar association with omeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor that also produces achlorhydria. These studies, however, have primarily involved no...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sharma VR,Brannon MA,Carloss EA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old woman suffered from dyspnea for several days before she came to an outside clinic for help. Pleura biopsy was performed and the histologic diagnosis was malignant mesothelioma. Sixteen months later, a palpable left breast lump was noted. Physical examination revealed a firm mass in the breast, measuring ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Sheen-Chen SM,Liu YW,Eng HL,Huang CC,Ko SF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old white woman was hospitalized with a postpartum psychosis presenting as an affective disorder with the delusion of Capgras. She was treated with electroconvulsive therapy with resolution of her affective and delusional states. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cohn CK,Rosenblatt S,Faillace LA

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00