Abstract:
:A case of an extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP), which presented with a solitary pelvic tumor, is reported. Complete tumor resection was performed, followed by radiation therapy. Our experience demonstrates a satisfactory short-term oncological outcome.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Lai CR,Chung SD,Tai HC,Huang SY,Chang YL,Chueh SCdoi
10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181e6d082subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-08-01 00:00:00pages
831-3issue
8eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
103pub_type
杂志文章abstract::I reviewed the cases of 50 consecutive patients who had a total of 75 plastic surgery procedures after weight reduction. The average weight loss was 126 lb. There were 28 women and 22 men. The 75 operations were abdominoplasty (24), face-lift (18), reduction mammaplasty (ten), blepharoplasty (eight), mastopexy (eight)...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198711000-00011
更新日期:1987-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Adhesive capsulitis is characterized by a progressive and painful loss of shoulder motion of unknown etiology. Previous studies have found the prevalence of adhesive capsulitis to be slightly greater than 2% in the general population. However, the relationship between adhesive capsulitis and diabetes mellitu...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181705d39
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gabapentin, an antiepileptic agent, is a safe and versatile medication also used in the adjunctive treatment of painful disorders. These include neuropathic pain, such as postherpetic neuralgia, diabetic neuropathy, and the pain of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Interstitial cystitis, a painful disease entity, shares m...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Systemic lupus erythematosus presents various clinical manifestations. The coexistence of systemic lupus erythematosus and celiac sprue has been rarely reported. We present a patient who had systemic lupus erythematosus with malabsorption demonstrating characteristic clinical and pathologic findings of celiac sprue (g...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199506000-00018
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Depression is among the most common of clinical conditions. Like problems such as anemia, it is not one disease, but a constellation of signs and symptoms which may occur as the result of several psychopatho-physiologic processes. This paper summarizes the recent dramatic advances in research into the neurochemistry o...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197502000-00015
更新日期:1975-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::An 8 year-old girl had a large congenital nevus involving the posterior thigh, leg, and foot. The nevus on non-weight-bearing areas was resected, and the areas were resurfaced with artificial skin and ultra-thin split-thickness grafts. A good result was ultimately achieved. Our management of this case and the relative...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Studies at "the Farm," a community of spiritually gathered young people in Summertown, Tenn, have shown that it is possible to sustain a normal pregnancy on a vegan diet. The source of dietary protein (ie, animal or vegetable) does not seem to affect birth weight, as long as vegans are health conscious, receive contin...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198706000-00007
更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Patient safety event (PSE) reporting is a critical element for healthcare organizations that are striving for continuous quality improvement. Although resident physicians routinely provide the majority of direct patient care, the level of their participation in PSE reporting historically has been low. In add...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000486
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A technic incorporating the simultaneous elevation of multiple adjacent thoracoabdominal pedicale flaps, based in opposite directions, has been successfully used on four patients with extensive degloving injuries of the hand. In all cases, the hand was later divided into individual digits. A five-year follow-up of thr...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197803000-00024
更新日期:1978-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cronkhite-Canada syndrome is a rare, noninherited gastrointestinal polyposis syndrome associated with characteristic ectodermal abnormalities. This report describes a 60-year-old female who was diagnosed with Cronkhite-Canada syndrome with hypothyroidism after presenting with chronic diarrhea, alopecia, intermittent a...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000157528.71614.C4
更新日期:2005-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197507000-00025
更新日期:1975-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Buried bumper syndrome (BBS) is an uncommon complication of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement. This unusual phenomenon occurs when the internal bumper of a PEG tube erodes and migrates through the gastric wall and becomes lodged anywhere between the gastric wall and the skin. If not removed and ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181fa73d0
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:In this study, we determined patients' attitudes toward discussing firearms and issues of firearms safety with emergency department physicians. We assessed whether patients feel discriminated against should physicians discuss firearms safety, and whether they believed that physician counseling may change how...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000915
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Blastomyces dermatitidis, a dimorphic broad-based budding yeast endemic to the Mississippi River Valley region, is responsible for morbidity in humans via inhalation and dissemination. The response of acute lung injury, which produces an illness with serious morbidity and an approximately 50% mortality, uncommonly occ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199809000-00012
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case is reported of megaloblastic anemia resulting from folate deficiency in a vegetarian who had been taking oral contraceptives for eight years. A brief report of the pertinent literature is included, ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197502000-00029
更新日期:1975-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Pneumonia is a leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) have published treatment guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) based upon the site of acquisition and specific pathogen ris...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318287fe71
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Patients with cirrhosis have a high rate of 30-day hospital readmission that affects their quality of life and contributes to increased healthcare-related costs. The aim of our study was to identify frequency, predictors, and preventable causes of hospital readmissions among patients with decompensated cirrh...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000371
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have reported a case of severe erythema multiforme caused by outbreaks of recurrent HSV-2 infection. The EM was debilitating and responded to the treatment of HSV with oral acyclovir. On stopping the oral acyclovir, the HSV and the EM both recurred. We recommend a trial of oral acyclovir in cases of severe EM cause...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198606000-00027
更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Presented is a well-documented, autochthonous case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, a protozoan disease endemic to Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, South America, and Central America, which until recently was not found in North America. Diagnosis is made by positive culture on NNN media, positive serodiagnosis, positive ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-197702000-00041
更新日期:1977-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of complex cervical spine disorders may underestimate the magnitude of structural disease because imaging is performed in a nondynamic non-weight-bearing manner. Myelography provides additional information but requires an invasive procedure. METHODS:This was a p...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-200405000-00008
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have described a case in which the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis with findings of progressive paraplegia and a neurogenic bladder led to supravesical urinary diversion. Pyocystis led to creation of a urethrovesicovaginal fistula. Psychotherapy later uncovered hysterical conversion reaction. Which was cured with h...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198109000-00039
更新日期:1981-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Psychiatric emergency room (ER) patients are thought to be at increased risk of suicide. The prevalence and characteristics of suicidal behavior in a recent sample of patients who came to the ER for psychiatric evaluation were examined. METHODS:Charts of 311 consecutive psychiatric ER patients were reviewed...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mesenteric lipodystrophy (ML) is a rare condition characterized by a nonspecific inflammatory process that involves the root of the mesentery in a lipoma-like lesion. Presenting features of ML include abdominal pain, weight loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation. This case illustrates that ML should be inc...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199905000-00013
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The acid-fast smear has been regarded as a poor screening technique of decreasing reliability for correct identification of diseased patients in representative hospital populations. In this report, laboratory data are reviewed from three institutions: a tertiary care facility, a regional reference laboratory, and a su...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-198402000-00005
更新日期:1984-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper explores the possibility that bed sharing may carry particular risks for children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). Two cases of CSHCN who may have sustained adverse health effects from bed sharing are described. These two case reports indicate that CSHCN may be particularly susceptible to risks associ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.smj.0000220843.75686.cb
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Program directors have noted that first-year residents struggle with many of the patient care responsibilities they assume as they enter the US graduate medical education system. A national description of medical students' patient care experience in advance of graduation has not been published. We sought to ...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000738
更新日期:2017-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00007611-199509000-00008
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine predictors of coronary events (cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction, and urgent revascularization) within 30 days after admission. METHODS:We prospectively collected data on 400 patients admitted through our emergency room for unstable angina and acute coronary syndromes. Patient...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.SMJ.0000053481.49309.58
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been suggested as a cause for pulmonary embolism (PE). We aimed to explore the prevalence and clinical impact of AF in patients with PE. METHODS:Using the 2012-2014 National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample database, we identified "adult patients with PE" as the principal discharge...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001059
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The transition of care between pediatric and adult medicine is a challenging time for patients and physicians. This longitudinal process encompasses much more than the physical transfer of a patient between providers. Established transition of care processes and literature exist for many chronic disease populations, b...
journal_title:Southern medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001017
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00