a 63-year-old woman suffering from progressive systemic sclerosis for about 20 years disclosed symptoms of liver disease within the last three years. diagnosis of biliary cirrhosis was established on the basis of clinical picture, pathological examination of the hepatic tissue sample, immunological tests, and x-ray studies. association of systemic sclerosis with primary biliary cirrhosis is bri...

Echinococcosis is an infectious disease of humans caused by the larval (metacestode) stage of the cestode species Echinococcus granulosus (cystic echinococcosis or hydatid disease) or Echinococcus multilocularis (alveolar echinococcosis or alveolar hydatid disease). Clinical manifestations depend primarily on localization and size of hepatic lesions and may include hepatomegaly, obstructive jau...

BACKGROUND Tuberculous spondylodiscitis is one the many manifestations of active tuberculosis (TB) and can result following primary infection or, more frequently, from reactivation of active TB in subjects with latent TB. Definitive diagnosis of tuberculous spondylodiscitis requires the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the biological sample following microbiological analysis. A...

There are three stages in the development of hydatid cysts: initial, tumoral and the stage of complications. In the initial and pseudotumoral stages, the diagnosis depends on topographic localisation. In the complications stage, diagnosis is established on the basis of the most frequent clinical manifestations of the gall bladder, of peritoneal syndromes, of complications involving the lungs an...

a patient with malignant lymphoma who developed rheumatoid arthritis and facial edema resembling scleredema of buschke is described. pifall s in the clinical diagnosis of this unusual event are stressed. a possiblerelationship between diseases is considered. lymphosarcoma ... immunological disorders and lymphoproliferative disease is considreved

Fecal occult blood test is the most widely used screening test for diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding disorders specially colorectal carcinoma. Among the various methods of fecal occult blood tests, chemical method is being used commonly, but the method has some drawbacks like low participation rate, high false positive rate, low sensitivity etc. To overcome these short comings, newer immun...