In 1958, Dr. Denis P. Burkitt reported on a series of 32 children presenting with large malignant tumors of the jaw at Mulago Hospital in Uganda and six other district hospitals. The syndrome was notable for starting in the mandible and often spreading to other jaw quadrants, as well as to the adrenals, kidneys, and liver. No involvement of spleen or lymph nodes was detected in these initial 38...

PURPOSE To determine the natural history of asymptomatic, clinical rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. DESIGN Single observer, prospective, consecutive, observational case series. METHODS Consecutive patients were included who were referred to the author's clinical practice with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment extending greater than two disk-diameters posterior to the equator. Patients who...

INTRODUCTION This article deals with the description and diagnosis of a new nosographic syndrome, which received the eponym of "Cugini's syndrome" by the name of the Author who discovered its clinical picture. This syndrome is characterized by the binomial: "minimal target organ damage associated to monitoring prehypertension". CLINICAL HISTORY AND DIAGNOSIS: Between the years 1997 and 2002, th...

Oatmeal has been used for centuries as a soothing agent to relieve itch and irritation associated with various xerotic dermatoses. In 1945, a ready to use colloidal oatmeal, produced by finely grinding the oat and boiling it to extract the colloidal material, became available. Today, colloidal oatmeal is available in various dosage forms from powders for the bath to shampoos, shaving gels, and ...

diagnosis, was eventually achieved (in Hess's account) by the Natural History School of Johann Lukas Schonlein, which is discussed in the last third of the book, following on from Johanna Bleker's standard work in this field. In the 1830s and 1840s Schonlein and his pupils developed a methodical concept of seeing disease as an ens sui generis, of describing its symptoms, exploring the underlyin...

• Research method originated in clinical medicine (the case history, i.e. the patient’s personal history (idiographic method) • Description of the symptoms, the diagnosis, the treatment and eventual outcome (descriptive method) but also in newer research explanatory case studies • Uses the person’s own memories, the memories of friends and relatives, or records of various types such as diaries,...

• Research method originated in clinical medicine (the case history, i.e. the patient’s personal history (idiographic method) • Description of the symptoms, the diagnosis, the treatment and eventual outcome (descriptive method) but also in newer research explanatory case studies • Uses the person’s own memories, the memories of friends and relatives, or records of various types such as diaries,...

abstract background and purpose: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is the most common metabolic disorder in pregnancy. it was known one of the complications of this period. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between some risk factors with gdm in pregnant women in zahedan, iran. materials and methods: in a descriptive-analytical study, 70 pregnant women with gdm and 140 ...