Two Cases of Necrosis

Two Cases of Sub-Acute Hepatic Necrosis.

Case 1.A girl baby, aged 8 months, was brought to the East Londoni Hospital for Children with the complaints that the abdomen had beeni swelling and that the ehild was occasionally yellow. She had had broncho-pneumonia, not severely, six weeks previously, and before that had been perfectly well. She was the first child of a young couple, aged 20 and 21 respectively, both healthy. There had been...

Two Cases of Localised Necrosis of the Lung, with Recovery

Fat necrosis of the newborn--report on two cases.

Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn is an uncommon disorder occurring during the prenatal stage. Generally occurring in full-term neonates or during the first four weeks after a traumatic delivery, the disorder is characterized by the appearance of hard subcutaneous nodules or plaques on the trunk, buttocks or thighs. It is normally a benign and transient condition, although it may be comp...

Pleomorphic adenoma with extensive necrosis: report of two cases.

Pleomorphic adenoma (PA) is the most common neoplasm for both the major and minor salivary glands. While PA is occasionally associated with cystic change or hemorrhage necrosis, spontaneous infarction appears to be very uncommon. We report two unusual cases of extensive necrosis of PA; one occurred in the palate with the necrotic tumor mass slipping into the oral cavity. This phenomenon, possib...

Renal Papillary Necrosis and Phenacetin: Two Further Cases.

Progress. His post-operative course was satisfactory and he was discharged on June 15th, 1962-seven weeks after admission. On the second post-operative day the blood pressure was 170/120, on the fourth it was 160/105, and by the eleventh day (on discharge) the reading was 135/90. On June 8th, 1962, intensive antituberculous therapy was started: streptomycin sulphate 0.5 g. b.d. for six weeks, p...