treatment of a patient with combination syndrome

... ataxia, fatigue and cognitive decline In 1994, a trial of interferon β-1b was discontinued because of increased spasticity, and she was not a candidate for glatiramer She had no history of diabetes, ... In view of these effects and the established safety profile of TZDs, we investigated the therapeutic potential of the FDA-approved anti-diabetic TZD pioglitazone in a patient with secondary progressive ... lymphocyte activation, CNS inflammation and demyelination, resulting in axonal and neuronal damage [1] The thiazolidinedione class of drugs were developed for the treatment of type diabetes and act by...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... years at the time of analysis The patient expressed elevated titers of anti-52 kDa Ro(SS -A) and anti-52 kDa La(SS-B) antibodies, had marked hypergammaglobulinemia, and was rheumatoid factor (RF) ... obtained from the peripheral blood of the same patient This patient manifested increased titers of autoantibodies (anti-Ro and anti-La), hypergammaglobulinemia and enlargement of the parotid glands, ... classification of SS [8] were analyzed The patient was a 76-year-old female who manifested a typical histology of the minor salivary glands (focus score >1) The duration of the disease was years...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:24

... 121:319-321 Mishima HK, Masuda K, Kitazawa Y, Azuma I: A comparison of latanoprost and timolol in primary open-angle glaucoma and cited in PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours — you keep ... Effect of PhXA41, a new prostaglandin F2α analog, on aqueous humor dynamics in human eyes Ophthalmology 1993, 100:1297-1304 Yousufuzai SY, Zheng P, Abdel-Latif AA: Protaglandin F2α and its analogs ... was obtained from the patient for publication Acknowledgements Takashi Noma, Ph.D M.D (Department of Ophthalmology, Kure Saiseikai Hospital, Japan) contributed to examination of the patient Publish...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22

... diagnosis of Morgagni's hernia and diagnosis may be established by the presence of a fatty mass in a cardiophrenic angle along with omental vessels [6] Patients with Williams syndrome have elastin ... 2) showed a diaphragmatic hernia with some collapse/consolidation of the adjacent lung She was considered to be a high-risk patient for general anaesthesia Her endotracheal intubation was difficult ... Congenital diaphragmatic hernias are a rare form of diaphragmatic hernia and present during adult life They originate from a defect in the septum transversum due to failure of the closure of the pars...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 19:21

... treatment Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol 2007, 3:148-155 van Laar JA, Missotten T, van Daele PL, Jamnitski A, Baarsma GS, van Hagen PM: Adalimumab: a new modality for Behçet’s disease? Ann Rheum Dis ... disease and psoriatic arthritis Arthritis Res Ther 2009, 11:R17 Dik WA, Nadel B, Przybylski GK, Asnafi V, Grabarczyk P, Navarro JM, Verhaaf B, Schmidt CA, Macintyre EA, van Dongen JJ, Langerak AW: ... chromosomal breakpoints impact the level of LMO2 expression in T-ALL Blood 2007, 110:388-392 Yazici H, Fresko I, Yurdakul S: Behçet’s syndrome: disease manifestations, management, and advances in treatment...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... Journal Of South Africa 2006, 17(5):257-258 Karimi A, SalehiOmran A, Ahmadi H, Yazdanifard P: Total myocardial revascularization for situs inversus totalis with dextrocardia: a case report Journal ... myocardial revascularization in dextrocardia J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2004, 45(1):31-3 Abdullah F, Mazalan S: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a high-risk dextrocardia patient: a case ... case they used LIMA as a free graft to graft the LAD Tabry et al anastomosed the free LIMA to the RIMA and then they grafted the LIMA to the first diagonal branch and the LAD [5] Kuwata et al...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... hypertension and Poland syndrome His mother had had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and had a heart attack at age 64, which caused her death The rest of the patient s family history was negative ... corresponding to Poland syndrome in our patient (A) Absence of right breast and right pectoralis major muscles (B) Right hand symbrachydactyly Lizarraga and De Salles Journal of Medical Case Reports ... compatible with cavernous malformations in other areas of the brain can also be observed (arrowheads) Figure Multiple cavernous malformations in our patient (A) and (B) Cavernous malformations...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... Japan [8] It appears to affect both sexes and all ethnicities equally The most common physical characteristics associated with DS are growth retardation, a characteristic facial appearance and ... views of the skull, and hand and wrist radiographs We also carried out an auxological examination, and found that our patient s bone age was compatible with his chronological age (verified by assessment ... 1998, 2:293-296 37 Al-Nemri AR, Kilani RA, Salih MAM, Al-Ajlan AA: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and chromosomal breakage in a newborn infant with possible Dubowitz syndrome Am J Med Genet 2000,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... unilateral trans-tibial amputation 40-60%, unilateral trans-femoral amputation 90 to 120%, bilateral trans-tibial amputation 60-100% and bilateral transfemoral amputation > 200% Patients with ... contralateral leg to the peripheral vascular disease during the four years after amputation [7] The more proximal levels of amputation are associated with decreased survival rates [8] Compared ... prosthetic ambulation Case Presentation We report a case of a 67-year-old aboriginal woman who was admitted to the rehabilitation ward In March 2007, the patient underwent right femoral popliteal artery...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 02:22

... Japan [8] It appears to affect both sexes and all ethnicities equally The most common physical characteristics associated with DS are growth retardation, a characteristic facial appearance and ... views of the skull, and hand and wrist radiographs We also carried out an auxological examination, and found that our patient s bone age was compatible with his chronological age (verified by assessment ... 1998, 2:293-296 37 Al-Nemri AR, Kilani RA, Salih MAM, Al-Ajlan AA: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and chromosomal breakage in a newborn infant with possible Dubowitz syndrome Am J Med Genet 2000,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... Perfluorodecaline may also have a role in the etiology of some changes, such as corneal oedema and deep corneal vascularization in the area of perfluorodecaline-endothelial contact It is known that corneal ... with an residue in anterior chamber of Coloura images of perfluorodecalinintact crystalline lens Colour images of perfluorodecalin residue in anterior chamber of a 17-year-old male with an intact ... the patient refused (4) After our attempt to remove the perfluorodecaline in the anterior chamber with a 27G needle failed, an anterior chamber wash was performed with balanced salt solution via...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... ossification in the alveolar septa associated with caseating granulomas was reported in a patient that had developed TB and was [4] In the case we describe here, the observed bony metaplasia was a ... bronchial wall The bronchial cartilage is primarily responsible for maintaining the stability of the airways Metaplastic ossification happens as part of the aging process of the thyroid cartilage ... bronchial cartilage [9] Degenerative changes in the cartilage and increased perichondrial fibrosis have been demonstrated in patients with COPD and bronchial asthma [10] Meanwhile, there was a previous...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... Ward and Reid [1] described a 64-year-old woman with an acute MI who had a cardiac arrest She had ventricular tachycardia and was cardioverted to sinus bradycardia, intubated and ventilated She ... and anterolateral walls with a small area of reversibility Taking his advanced age into account, we decided against performing cardiac catheterization He subsequently underwent implantation of ... BP was 80/60 mmHg Several days later, her cardiac catheterization demonstrated severe coronary artery disease and a large anteroapical and septal infarction with aneurysm formation She was eventually...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... density changes in appearance to become isodense with brain tissue and ultimately (after at least a month) to appear as an area of low density Figure admission Computed tomography scan of the brain ... potential confusion with subarachnoid haemorrhage Below, we summarise the findings and analysis of CT scanning of the brain Normal brain and fundamentals of CT interpretation The brain normal grey/white ... occasionally within the basal ganglia Acute haemorrhage appears as an area of high density (white) There is often surrounding low density oedema with associated mass effect Over the subsequent to 10 days...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... myofascial pain is also complicated by the variable nature of pain patterns Travell stated that pain referred from myofascial trigger points does not follow a simple pattern and may not always ... complaint However, digital palpation of a trigger point in the right infraspinatus muscle did exacerbate the chief complaint of shoulder pain and parasthesias of the lateral forearm and hand Based ... muscle can be reliably localized by a clinician using manual palpation[20] While the MRI revealed anatomical changes consistent with potential causes of cervical radiculopathy, given the lack of clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... local inflammation, injection site pain and itching, anaphylaxis/anaphylactoid reactions, local ecchymosis, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, and headache [26] While Hyalgan © has a relatively ... dysplasia of both acetabula, and severe osteoarthritis and subluxation of both hip joints On physical examination, the patient was small in stature (4ft 2in, 65lbs) and had obvious craniofacial abnormalities ... unique treatment alternative for a patient with Marshall Smith Syndrome and debilitating, painful bilateral hip dysplasias using intra-articular sodium hyaluronate injections This management...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... local inflammation, injection site pain and itching, anaphylaxis/anaphylactoid reactions, local ecchymosis, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, and headache [26] While Hyalgan © has a relatively ... dysplasia of both acetabula, and severe osteoarthritis and subluxation of both hip joints On physical examination, the patient was small in stature (4ft 2in, 65lbs) and had obvious craniofacial abnormalities ... unique treatment alternative for a patient with Marshall Smith Syndrome and debilitating, painful bilateral hip dysplasias using intra-articular sodium hyaluronate injections This management...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), which is a weak gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonist that decreases GABA release by presynaptic inhibition [6,7] Lead is known to compete with metals like calcium, zinc, iron and ... separate areas were provided for the removal and storage of the lead-contaminated protective work clothing and equipment The regulatory body should make it mandatory to evaluate and create awareness ... lacking local and general exhaust ventilation and washing facilities culminating into alarmingly high blood lead levels of 128.3 µg/dl According to United States Occupational safety and Health Administration...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... diagnostic evaluation revealed gastric adenocarcinoma that was resected Case presentation The patient is a 20 year old female that was diagnosed with ataxia-telangiectasia syndrome at years of ... tumour [Japanese] Naika no Ryôiki (Domain of Internal Medicine) 1975, 35:623-626 Watanabe A, Hanazono H, Sogawa H, Takaya H: Stomach cancer of a 14-year-old boy with ataxia-telangiectasia Tohoku ... Haerer AF, Jackson JF, Evers CG: Ataxia-telangiectasia with gastric adenocarcinoma JAMA 1969, 210:1884-1887 Kondo K, Horikawa Y: Spinocerebellar degeneration Ataxiatelangiectasia and malignant...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... Data source The databases of PubMed, Wanfang Data, as well as American Society of Hematology (ASH) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting abstracts were searched for articles ... Saito K, Nakamura Y, Aoyagi M, Waga K, Yamamoto K, Aoyagi A, Inoue F, Arai Y, Tadokoro J, Handa T et al: Low-dose cytarabine and aclarubicin in combination with granulocyte 18 colony-stimulating ... refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation Int J Hematol 2000, 71(3):238-244 39 Hirayama Y, Sakamaki S, Takayanagi N, Tsuji Y, Sagawa T, Chiba H, Matsunaga T, Niitsu Y: Chemotherapy with...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:23