Hyperperfusion syndrome, previously known as posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), is a clinico- radiological entity with characteristic features on neuro-imaging. It is believed to be caused by vasogenic oedema, predominantly in the posterior cerebral hemispheres. We report the case of an elderly man who presented with convulsions and was diagnosed to have PRES due to hypertension.

The authors describe a rare case of increased intracranial hypertension consequent to a spinal cervical glioblastoma multiforme in a young patient. They analyse the physiopathology of intracranial hypertension in spinal tumors and the rarity of such kind of tumor in this location, and its clinico-pathological aspects.

A case of vertebral osteomyelitis is presented where initial presumptive diagnosis of tuberculous infection was made on clinico-radiological grounds but eventually turned out to be Salmonella infection upon exploration, biopsy and culture. Patient recovered completely following debridement and appropriate antibiotics (fluoro-quinolones) for a period of six weeks. Internal fixation allowed early...

L . CONSUEGRA-S ANCHEZ ,* R . L OPEZ-PALOP ,† P . CANO, P . CARR ILLO,† F . P IC O,* M. V ILLEGAS ,* J . SANCHIS‡ and J . C . KASK I§ *Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario de Santa Lucia, Cartagena, Murcia; †Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario de San Juan, Alicante; ‡Cardiology Department, Hospital Clinico de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; and §Cardiovascular Research Centre, St....

Mocanu Elena, University Alley, 900437 Constanta, Romania e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common cancers and the age distribution of HCC patients has steadily increased because of the improved management of chronic liver diseases. The peak age of onset of hepatocellular carcinoma is continually increasing worlwide. This study aims to evaluate...

protozoal, parasitic, fungal, spirochetal organisms, chemical reagents, drugs, alcohols, allergic condition and radiation." Out of viral myocarditis, the coxsackie virus has been regarded as the most commonly encountered causative factors of human viral myocarditis. The isolation and characterization of the coxsackie virus had been made approximately 3 decades ago. As previously mentioned the c...

Classification tree models have ability to discover and evaluate interactions of multiple predictor variables, and define flexible, nonlinear predictive tools. We have developed tree models for clinical prediction studies with very high-dimensional gene expression data as candidate predictors. A first context is Bayesian tree models for predicting binary outcomes (as an example), that respects ...

Subject and Methods Twenty nine children (age range 3 months to 12 years) diagnosed as megaloblastic anemia over a period of three year (March 1993 to March 1996) were prospectively studied. All anemic children admitted with or without bleeding manifestations had their peripheral blood smear examined. Complete hemogram including platelet count and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) were also carried...

Empyema thoracis is a common cause of morbidity in children. We conducted a prospective observational study in 50 children (age 0-15 y) diagnosed with empyema to study its clinico-bacteriological profile and outcome in a referral hospital. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common causative organism, most of them being MRSA, followed by Pneumococcus and Pseudomonas. Primary video-assisted thora...

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical profile, the spectrum of functional abnormalities, prognostic factors and outcome of children with haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a prospective, descriptive, single centre, cohort study, conducted on 42 children during the period of January 2004 to January 2005. RESULTS The maximum numbers of cases were below 24 months of age ...