Some Unusual Cases

Amyloidosis; five cases of primary generalized amyloidosis and some other unusual cases.

A conception of amyloidosis as merely a complication of chronic syphilitic, tuberculous or septic disease of bones and joints or of chronic intrathoracic sepsis is no longer adequate. This older view has had to be modified as the association of amyloidosis with other diseases came to be recognized: the predisposing diseases are now known to include rheumatic and rheumatoid affections, myelomato...

Unusual cases of Theileria annulata infection in calves

Unusual presentation of gestational trophoblastic neoplasm: Report of two cases

  Abstract: Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasm (GTN) is among rare human tumors which can be observed with widespread metastasis. Two young patients with emergent neurologic symptoms with no gynecological problems are presented in this report. GTN was later diagnosed in both cases with brain metastasis. The first case: A 22 years old patient, admitted to the infectious disease ward, with probab...

Some Unusual Joint Lesions

a matter of considerable difficulty and treatment protracted and laborious. The disability and impairment of .function may be out of all proportion to the pathological lesion. Moreover, it is often necessary to supplement any operative procedure by a prolonged course of graduated remedial exercises or of physio-therapy. The management of such cases, therefore, requires considerable experience a...

Fournier's gangrene: two unusual cases.

Case 1. A 60year old man was admitted with symptoms and signs of a perforated duodenal ulcer. At operation a perforated duodenal ulcer with widespread peritoneal contamination was found. The ulcer was oversewn and covered with an omental patch. A tube drain was placed in the subhepatic space and exteriorized in the right hypochondrium. On the fifth postoperative day he developed cellulitis arou...