abstract：:Polymastia is described and tumor formation in this condition is discussed. Two cases of carcinoma is aberrant breast tissue and one of fibroadenoma in a supernumerary breast are reported. ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Khan T,James CR,White JE

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of primary melanoma of the cervix is reported. The patient presented with vaginal bleeding and was thought to have a degenerated cervical fibroid. A radical hysterectomy with pelvic node dissection was performed and followed postoperatively with chemotherapy (phenylalanine mustard). The patient died within...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Ramsey HE,Smith HB

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten cases of advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin in albinos, treated by radiotherapy from 1973 to 1979 at the Muhimbili Medical Center of Dar-es-Salaam, have been reviewed. Age, sex, duration of symptoms, anatomic distribution, stage of disease, and treatment are reviewed. The relationship between albinism, s...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Alexander GA,Henschke UK

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B streptococci (GBS) have been infrequently recognized as a cause of pharyngitis. We report three cases of GBS pharyngitis in patients with underlying diseases, two of whom were treated with and responded incompletely to oral beta-lactam antibiotics. The susceptibility of 20 clinical isolates of GBS was tested b...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Corrado ML,Palmadessa DJ,Corrado SH,Weissman C,Cherubin CE,Landesman SH

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:THIS RESEARCH EXAMINES THE KINDS OF PROBLEMS THESE YOUNG FATHERS ARE LIKELY TO SEEK HELP FOR AND ADDRESSES ITSELF TO THE QUESTION: Is there a difference in the help-seeking behavior of unwed adolescent fathers who reside in different cities? Despite the complexity and diversity of their difficulties, it was clear from...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Hendricks LE,Howard CS,Caesar PP

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the clinical recognition, diagnosis, and management of ectopic pregnancy at the Queen of Angels Hospital for the past 15 years. The incidence of ectopic pregnancy to deliveries is 1:195. Pain is the cardinal symptom of ectopic pregnancy, and amenorrhea of some degree was present in all cases. Pel...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Weekes LR

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The data of the Third National Cancer Survey show for many cancer types, large differences in cancer incidence between Euro-Americans and Afro-Americans.(1) As in other racial studies, it is difficult to separate environmental and genetic factors. For the cancers which are more frequent among Afro-Americans, environme...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Goldson A,Henschke U,Leffall LD,Schneider RL

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A higher incidence of hallucinations has been previously reported among blacks, as compared to whites, in both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric populations. In contrast to these reports, which relied on hospital records, the present study utilized standardized research rating scales, and confirmed the above observation ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Adebimpe VR,Klein HE,Fried J

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small bowel obstruction, one of the most common causes of acute surgical abdomen in adults, constitutes approximately 20 percent of all cases of acute surgical abdomen. With improper management, strangulation of the bowel may occur and result in an increased probability of mortality. The author reviews the literature ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Davidson AT Sr

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major trauma is a preventable entity. Illustrations are used to discuss the differences between major trauma centers. Requirements for a trauma center are enumerated and the impact of residency training programs is discussed relative to trauma care. The development of trauma centers is examined and reference is made t...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Jackson TL,Balasubramaniam S

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 75-year-old woman with two previous neck operations for follicular carcinoma of the thyroid presented with a breast mass nine years after diagnosis. The mass recurred one month after excisional biopsy. Pathological examination revealed metastatic follicular carcinoma. The breast tumor was weakly positive for estroge...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Chisholm RC,Chung EB,Tuckson W,Khan T,White JE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth standards specific to black boys and girls are necessary because genetically determined patterns of growth in black children are significantly different from those of white children. Such standards have only recently become available, and they need further refinement. The required improvements include: (1) adju...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Schutte JE

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most radiologists agree that micronized barium is superior to regular USP barium in demonstrating ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. The authors present the results of a study which shows the differences in reliability of the two substances in demonstrating duodenal ulcers. ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Smith JE,Press HC Jr

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of leukopenia associated with cimetidine therapy is reported. The patient had sarcoid cirrhosis with portal hypertension. Cimetidine therapy was instituted for upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to gastritis, resulted in leukopenia, and was reversed on discontinuation of therapy. ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Iyer SK,Chandrasekhara KL

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An eight-year-old black male with severe growth and mental retardation presented with massive myxedema, hyponatremia, and hypothermia. History of hypothyroidism was confirmed by laboratory investigation. The hypothyroidism appeared to be secondary to organic pituitary insufficiency due to diffuse brain damage. Appropr...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Schutt-Aine JC

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondroectodermal dysplasia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by short extremities, short stature, polydactyly, and nail hypoplasia. Dental abnormalities, congenital heart defects, and thoracic abnormalities impending respiration are seen in many patients. Virtually all previous reports of the class...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Guillozet N,Mbede J

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is the leading cause of renal failure in this dialysis and transplant center. When malignant hypertension is encountered, the symptom complex of cachexia and failure to thrive highlights its clinical presentation. The courses of 32 black renal hypertensive patients studied retrospectively demonstrated thi...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Cruz I,Callender CO,Cummings Y,Dillard M,Hosten A,Stevens J

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enlarged spleen without a clear-cut etiology, and believed to be related to malarial infestations, has been referred to as "tropical splenomegaly" and "cryptogenetic splenomegaly." Splenectomy performed in such cases after a failure of antimalarial therapy shows histopathologically, while some of these meet the criter...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Ajao OG

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Nigerian school boy with the syndrome of multiple jaw cysts, skeletal anomalies, and basal cell nevi is described and discussed. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of this syndrome in a black African. ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Daramola JO,Komolafe OF,Ajagbe HA,Lawoyin DO

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to determine the impact of one aspect of the Cincinnati Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center's educational program, a study of the level of knowledge of sickle cell facts by elementary and secondary school students in the Cincinnati public school system was conducted. An underlying assumption of this study wa...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Jones RL,Smith CH,Cox E

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although gastric cancer has not been reported in association with pregnancy, the authors encountered it in a paraplegic young pregnant woman presenting with gastric outlet obstruction.Fiberoptic gastroscopy and biopsy provided the surprising tissue diagnosis. Ultrasound was helpful in assessing the size and position o...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Sims EH,Schlater TL,Sims M,Lou MA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large majority of psychiatric outpatients (70 percent) could be diagnosed by nonprofessionals, and an even larger proportion, 80 percent, of 36 patients evaluated could be treated by nonprofessionals. Where the nonprofessional needed professional assistance to diagnose and treat the patient, it was a medical doctor ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Lowinger P

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The latency period is an extremely important transition between the preschool years and adolescence. Normal ego functioning is described, especially cognition, socialization, motor development, and defensive functions. ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Adams MS

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen normal individuals and 100 hospital patients, all black, were tested for abnormal carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels. Male and female subjects (smokers and non-smokers) were tested. The results of the tests are discussed. For normal subjects, the CEA values ranged from 0.0 ng/ml to 2.6 ng/ml. Among hospital...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Ruff WL,Duhaney SD,Kim JJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Care and caution are required in using immunosuppressive agents to combat sight-threatening ocular disease. Informed consent of the patient and the active participation of a knowledgeable internist are mandatory in view of the known potential consequences of therapy. These consequences or side effects include specific...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Boone WB,Slater L

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with thymoma metastatic to bone is presented. The case differs radiographically and pathologically from one previously reported case in which the diagnosis was made during life. The diagnosis was obtained by percutaneous needle biopsy under fluoroscopic control. ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Collins JD,Pagani JJ

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 533 brain tumors, 339 lung tumors, and 299 breast tumors was made in a contiguous six-county area of Kentucky to determine if a previous clustering of brain tumors with a rate 3.37 times the state rate still existed. No significant difference in incidence by age, sex, or race could be found between this six...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Sims WL,Marx MB,Brooks WH

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitional cloacogenic carcinoma of the anus is one of the rarest tumors of the alimentary tract. It represents less than two percent of all anorectal cancers. Three cases are presented from the surgical files of George W. Hubbard Hospital, Meharry Medical College, which were collected during a period of 15 years. ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Scott LE,Bernard LJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the author recognizes the positive impact community psychiatry has had on postpsychotic patients by the uses of medical management and environmental manipulation, he demonstrates that there is a deficiency in the treatment of lower socioeconomic patients with neurotic illnesses. Specifically, neurotic patients t...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Bell CC

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few reports in the medical literature of treatment of compression of the spinal cord by the use of radiation therapy alone. Laminectomy has been the standard procedure to relieve compression of the spinal cord and should be performed within 48 hours of initial symptoms. In this patient, radiation therapy was...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Solisio EO,Akbiyik N,Alexander LL

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To a cancer patient, pain is a very distressing symptom and to the physician it heralds advanced nature of the disease. While the mechanisms of initiation of pain are simple, its perception is very complex. In cancer, the tumor growth which results in producing pressure, destruction of tissue, and obstruction is the m...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Kumar PP

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precocious puberty can be very confusing and frightening to an affected child and his or her family. The following presentation includes the pertinent physiology, psychology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of precocious pubertal development. Radioimmunoassays for gonadotropins and several key hormones are now avai...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Marks SR,Elders MJ

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative clinical trial of short-course and long-course ampicillin prophylaxis in cesarean section was completed at Ife University Teaching Hospitals Complex. The results demonstrate a decided advantage in using the short-course regimen in the various parameters measured. The study constitutes a significant advan...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Ayangade O

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen cytologic endocervical atypias are reported with corroborative tissue analysis. Maternal diethylstilbestrol (DES) history was positive in three patients, one with clear cell adenocarcinoma, one with colposcopy and biopsy proven benign vaginal adenosis, and one with squamous carcinoma in situ of the cervix. Col...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Chenoweth B,Rodney MB

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery is the modality of choice in curative treatment for cancer of the colon and rectum. Since a majority of the patients present advanced disease where the surgical outlook is poor, adjuvant therapy may be warranted. Clinical and experimental data demonstrate the benefits from preoperative radiation therapy and so...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Reddy EK,Mansfield CM,Hartman GV

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of minority physician graduates depends upon both the recruitment and retention of physician manpower. Numbers cannot be increased until the problems of recruiting and retaining minority students are minimized. This paper describes the process by which one medical school initiated changes to overcome barrie...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Bruhn JG

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse drug reactions are defined and examples are given. Four areas of concern are addressed, namely, defining drug reactions, identifying some of the factors contributing to the adverse drug reactions, implications of adverse drug reactions for health-care providers, and preventive measures which impact on the occu...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Bourgeois MJ

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of 20 cases of testicular neoplasia in cryptorchid patients is presented. These cases serve to emphasize the need for more effective diagnosis and management of the undescended testis. The various clinical presentations, diagnostic modalities, prognostic indicators, and types of management are r...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Green R,Herr H,Scott M,Cosgrove M,Schwarz H,Martin D

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hemolytic complement (CH50) and activation of the alternate mechanism were measured in eight patients before and after splenectomy and compared to similar measurements made in a control group of patients following other abdominal surgery. In the splenectomy group, alternate-pathway-mediated activation of C3 was ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： de Ciutiis A,Polley MJ,Metakis LJ,Peterson CM

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attributes of age, tobacco use, and alcohol consumption were studied in order to elucidate their roles in the increased risks of blacks for selected neoplasms. Black cancer patients with and without liver cirrhosis were compared by cancer sites, age, tobacco usage, and alcohol consumption. Subsequently, non-cirrhotic ...

journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association

authors： Keller AZ

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00