Polyarteritis (polyarteritis nodosa) is a multi-system connective tissue disorder involving small and medium-sized arteries throughout the body. Occasionally, however, the condition is clinically localized to a few systems, such as skin and muscle, and it appears that in these circumstances the disease often follows a relatively benign course (Rose, 1957; Rotstein and Good, 1958). In this paper...

A survey of the literature on diseases of children reveals the fact that there is a widely-held opinion that children of one type are more prone than those of other types to rheumatism in its various forms. The description of the incriminated type, however, varies so much with different writers as to make correlation difficult. Further, but few writers quote positive evidence in support of thei...

although lightning is an uncommon phenomenon in nature; it can cause many destructive incidents. in the event of a lightning strike, multiple organs particularly the cardiovascular systems are at risk of injury. short-term mortality depends on its cardiac effects. in this paper, the authors report the development of myocardial infarction and pericardial effusion after lightning injury, a typica...

conclusions pericardial effusion was a rare finding in this case of langerhans cell histiocytosis. pericardial effusion in langerhans cell histiocytosis, which is an unusual presentation, should be considered when the patient experiences respiratory distress. introduction langerhans cell histiocytosis (lch) is a proliferative disorder of histiocytes in multiple organs. langerhans cell histiocyt...

introduction the term hydropneumopericardium describes the simultaneous accumulation of fluid and gas in the pericardial sac. this condition is mostly caused by primary infiltrative lesions from the adjacent organs, pericardial infections, or trauma and is a very rare situation, usually with favorable outcomes. case presentation we describe a female patient with lutembacher’s syndrome complicat...

In recurrent or persistent pericardial effusion a subxiphoid pericardial window may be used to drain fluid from the pericardial cavity.' 3 A more permanent form of drainage may be achieved if a combined peritoneal pericardial window is used.4 We describe a case in which we could not initially reach the pericardial effusion through a pericardial window because it was loculated posteriorly. Subse...

INTRODUCTION Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma is a very rare pericardial tumor of unknown etiology. CASE PRESENTATION A 61-year-old Caucasian woman was admitted to our hospital complaining of exertional dyspnea due to a large pericardial effusion. Intrapericardial fluid volume declined after repeated pericardiocentesis, but the patient progressively developed a hemodynamically relev...

evaluation an etiological model with psychosocial and occupational risk factors has applied implication for therapeutic intervention. this research was aimed to investigate psychosocial and occupational risk factors of musculoskeletal pains among computer users in semnan province of iran . in this cross-sectional study, 324 computer users from governmental offices and private industrial/organiz...