Received 10/28/2002; revised 12/10/2002; accepted 12/30/2002. For correspondence or reprints contact: Chien-Chin Hsu, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. Tel: (886)7-3121101 ext. 7152, Fax: (886)7-3117521, E-mail: [email protected] Radionuclide venography (RNV) is a useful screening tec...

A cranial window conforming to the contours of the underlying cerebral cortical surface was implanted successfully in 18 cats. Subsequently the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) was occluded inside the sealed cranium and changes in the superficial cortical vasculature were related to measurements of intracranial pressure (ICP), measured extradurally, and to the resulting infarcts. Vascular chan...

We report a case of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in a 5-year-old male from Merida City in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. A clinical and physical examination revealed that the patient had symptoms typical of HFMD, including fever, fatigue, odynophagia, throat edema, hyperemia, lesions on the hands and feet, and blisters in the oral cavity. The patient fully recovered after a convalescen...

A 59-year-old woman was admitted to the dermatology section for a skin eruption. She was initially diagnosed as having a drug-induced skin rash. Endoscopic examination performed for severe abdominal pain and melena revealed a reddish elevated lesion with an ulceration on the top in the descending part of her duodenum (Picture 1). While a duodenal tumor was suspected, a biopsy was not performed ...

No single agent has been found which accounts for the hyperemia and increased vascular permeability associated with many common reactions to injury. Histamine appears to be important in some reactions, but there is abundant evidence that it is not the sole active agent, and in many reactions may not be the major factor. The following experiments demonstrate that the edema produced in the rat by...

Kim sJ et al, in a study, noted 58 patients of total 256 patients of scrub typhus had gastro-intestinal symptoms and were subjected to esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy. The endoscopic findings were graded as Grade I, normal, nonspecific hyperemia; Grade II, distinct hyperemia, petechiae, purpura; Grade III, superficial hemorrhage, erosion; and Grade IV, ulcer, active bleeding. In 83.3% of patients ...

The objectives of the present study were to investigate the prevalence of histologic thyroids lesions and the respective thyroid hormones changes of ewes in an endemic goiter region and to find out any impact of this condition on the fetal thyroid structures and serum thyroid hormones. In the present study a total number of 100 pregnant ewes and their fetuses slaughtered at slaughterhouse were...

BACKGROUND Surgeons may be unaware of the ability of plant toxins to cause corneal damage. Therefore, corneal damage following intraocular surgery due to plant toxins may be misdiagnosed as postoperative infection. CASE PRESENTATION A 74-year-old man presented with hyperemia and reduced visual acuity in both eyes 6 weeks after uneventful cataract surgery. We observed extensive hyperemia and c...

To investigate the effects of pioglitazone pretreatment on expression nuclear factor kappa B and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 p38 mitogen activated protein kinase pathway in pancreatic tissue rats with acute pancreatitis. 72 specific pathogen-free adult female Sprague–Dawley male were randomly divided into sham operation group, model group (pretreatment group), 24 each group. Compared amou...