Mondor's disease associated with metastatic lung cancer in the breast.

abstract：:A 28 year old female patient with Cushing's syndrome due to an adrenal adenoma also suffered from recurrent urinary infections (proteus), tonsillitis (streptococcus), permanent candidiasis and perimandibular abscess (Staphylococcus pyogenes). Suppression of cellular and humoral immunity was confirmed by in vitro tests...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Würzburger MI,Prelević GM,Brkić SD,Vucković S,Pendić B

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients, one of whom was pregnant, developed superior vena caval thrombosis while receiving central parenteral nutrition. They were successfully treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Barclay GR,Allen K,Pennington CR

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Obesity is an increasing problem in the UK and bariatric surgery is likely to increase in volume in the future. While substantial weight loss is the primary outcome following bariatric surgery, the effect on obesity-related morbidity, mortality and quality of life (QOL) is equally important. This study repor...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Titi M,Jenkins JT,Modak P,Galloway DJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating nitric oxide (NO) and lipid levels are closely associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). It is unclear whether the rs1799983 polymorphism in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) gene is associated with plasma levels of NO and lipids. This systematic review and meta-analysis (Preferred Re...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Luo Z,Jia A,Lu Z,Muhammad I,Adenrele A,Song Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77 year old man with digital gangrene of his left hand had anti-phospholipid antibodies, the lupus anticoagulant and antcardiolipin antibodies. This patient, as far as we are aware, is the first elderly person to present in such fashion with this uncommon syndrome. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Roche SW,Niriella DC,O'Mahoney A,Cayley AC

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex encephalitis may be underdiagnosed in Britain. We report eight patients treated at one hospital over three years. Fever, impaired consciousness or focal neurological signs were seen in all patients at presentation but herpes simplex encephalitis was rarely considered as the initial diagnosis. The electr...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gulliford MC,Chandrasekera CP,Cooper RA,Murphy RP

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mirizzi syndrome is an unusual presentation of gallstones which occurs when a gallstone becomes impacted in either Hartmann's pouch of the gallbladder or the cystic duct, causing obstruction of the common hepatic duct by extrinsic compression. The diagnosis of this syndrome is of importance because surgery in its ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Pemberton M,Wells AD

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary gastric lymphoma is a rare tumour. It is thought that low grade gastric mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma has not been previously reported to occur in a patient with gastrojejunostomy. This report describes such a case. The patient presented with bleeding from non-healing stomal ulcers. The ulcers hea...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Misra SP,Misra V,Dwivedi M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis (PsO) is a chronic skin disease. This study aims to evaluate clinical and subclinical response to calcipotriol+betamethasone foam, in patients with PsO, comparing, for the first time, data from microvascular ultrasound (MicroV) and shear wave elastography (SWE) with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI). ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Guazzaroni M,Ferrari D,Lamacchia F,Marisi V,Tatulli D,Marsico S,Orlacchio A,Floris R,Bianchi L,Dattola A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of gonococcal urethritis with bilateral tysonitis is discussed. The patient was treated successfully with oral tetracycline 500 mg 6 hourly for 10 days, with a complete resolution. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Abdul Gaffoor PM

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to determine the effects of long-term insulin therapy on the development and regression of lipid perturbations and experimental cholesterol atherosclerosis in rabbits: (1) Insulin administration for 15 days significantly reduced plasma lipid levels and free fatty acids in rabbits fed a high-chol...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Marquié G

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvements in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging now permit diagnostic images of the fetus to be obtained. Ultrasound remains vital in all aspects of fetal imaging but MR provides a useful second line imaging test. Its value is best researched in fetal central nervous system disorders but it can be applied in other are...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Weston MJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common bile duct perforation causing biliary peritonitis is an unusual entity and a pancreatic calculus causing this perforation is all the more rare, and to our knowledge has not been reported previously. Such an unusual presentation of chronic calcific pancreatitis is herein reported. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Kumar A,Kataria R,Chattopadhyay TK,Karak PK,Tandon RK

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish a cerebral hypoxia ischaemic model in piglets and to explore the early diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) as well as the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). METHODS:Twenty four 3 day old piglets were permanently ligated common carotid arteries b...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Cheng Y,Liu GR,Guan JT,Guo YL,Li YK,Wu RH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This short overview discusses circadian rhythms observed in cardiovascular events such as myocardial ischaemia and myocardial infarction, which occur most frequently in the morning. Changes in the frequency of occurrence seem to be related to, and may result from, circadian rhythms in factors such as heart rate, blood...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Fox KM,Mulcahy DA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective measurements of serum thyrotrophin and thyroxine concentrations were made in six patients with primary hypothyroidism treated consecutively with an incremental regimen of oral thyroxine. A fall in thyrotrophin occurred over several months, accompanied by a concurrent slow rise in serum thyroxine. Those pat...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Ghose RR,Upadhyay HP

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been caused the greatest pandemic of our century. Many of the deaths related to it are due to a systemic inflammatory response, which has been called 'cytokine storm'. OBJECTIVES:We developed a comprehensive review of the pathophysiology mec...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Mélo Silva Júnior ML,Souza LMA,Dutra REMC,Valente RGM,Melo TS

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of amino acid supplements to peritoneal dialysis fluid has been studied in 8 patients with compromised renal function requiring peritoneal dialysis. By the addition of 10 ml of Vamin-glucose solution to each one litre of peritoneal dialysate, amino acid losses were curtailed, no significant alterations oc...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Jackson MA,Talbot S,Thomas DW,Lee HA

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary hyperkalaemic paralysis is a rare condition often mimicking the Guillain-Barré syndrome. There have been a few case reports of hyperkalaemia caused by renal failure, trauma, and drugs where the presentation has been with muscle weakness. A case of hyperkalaemic paralysis caused by an angiotensin converting e...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Dutta D,Fischler M,McClung A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-radiation large vessel injury has not received as much attention as microvascular irradiation injury. A few studies have shown that common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is increased after radiotherapy to the head and neck. However, in most of these studies, the irradiated subjects also had other ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Shariat M,Alias NA,Biswal BM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the general use of all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and their relation to upper gastrointestinal bleeding in view of National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines published in July 2001 in the UK. METHODS:Cross sectional study on all patients who were referred for endoscopy...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lim CH,Heatley RV

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59 year old woman presented with acute onset of fever, chills, diaphoresis, vague chest discomfort, and was found to be hypotensive and tachypnoeic. An electrocardiogram demonstrated sinoatrial block with a junctional rhythm between 50 and 80 beats/min. All cultures were negative and imaging studies unrevealing. Her...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Medarov B,Tongia S,Rossoff L

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has shown that sicker patients are less satisfied with their healthcare, but specific effects of adverse health outcomes have not been investigated. The present study aimed to assess whether patients who experience adverse outcomes, in hospital or after discharge, differ in their evaluation...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Marang-van de Mheen PJ,van Duijn-Bakker N,Kievit J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity in mid-life may increase the risk of subsequent dementia. Our objective was to study this risk, focusing on differences by age at the time of recording of obesity, in a large defined population. METHODS:A record linkage cohort study was undertaken using national administrative statistical data on hos...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wotton CJ,Goldacre MJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal vein thrombosis in a pregnant woman is reported. This entity should be differentiated from vaginal arteriovenous fistula which may cause severe antepartum, intrapartum and post-partum haemorrhage. The humoral and mechanical factors which favour the occurrence of varicosities and thrombosis are briefly describe...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Gitstein S,Ballas S,Peyser MR

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32 year old man with alcohol-induced pain over a right submandibular swelling is described. Excision biopsy of this swelling revealed chronic sialadenitis and the symptoms promptly ceased following this excision. We speculate on the possible pathophysiological mechanism. ...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Okany CC,Akinsete I,Akinyanju OO

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic peliosis was identified at necropsy in a 62-year-old woman receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for end-stage renal failure, and erythropoietin therapy for uraemia and anaemia. The immediate cause of death was arrhythmia related to ischaemic heart disease, following an episode of intramuscular h...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Lam KY,Chan AC,Chan TM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient presented with fever, malaise and a staphylococcal wound infection occurring 3 weeks after severe haemorrhage from a lacerated brachial artery. There were no clinical features to suggest Addison's disease but abdominal computed tomography to exclude abdominal sepsis showed bilateral adrenal gland enlargement...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Wheatley T,Gallagher S,Dixon AK

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Genome-wide association studies have revealed an association of ADAMTS7 polymorphisms with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Nonetheless, the role of ADAMTS7 polymorphisms on myocardial infarction (MI) risk remains poorly understood. Here, we aim to evaluate the effect of ADAMTS7 tag single nucl...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Liang LL,Zhou YL,Cheng J,Xiao YT,Tang ZB,Liu SM,Lian JC,Wang XX,Liu X,Xiong XD

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 114 patients (52 males and 62 females) with long-standing pernicious anaemia, hypoferritinaemia was found in 27 (23.7%) and hypochromic microcytic anaemia in 19 (16.6%). Our findings indicate that iron deficiency is a common yet neglected complication of long-standing pernicious anaemia and warrants greater diagnos...

journal_title：Postgraduate medical journal

authors： Atrah HI,Davidson RJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00