Livedo reticularis (LR) is a skin lesion which is characterized by a reddish blue motting in a fishnet reticular pattern. Although many diseases have been considered as causative of LR, Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG) has never been reported to be associated with LR. A case of LR was reported in a 70-years-old woman suffering from WG. However, it is difficult to conclude whether LR is a part of W…
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are still important community health problem in developing countries. The aim of this diagnostic test was to determine the diagnostic role of plain chest roentgenogram in patients with rheumatic mitral valvular disease. Subjects were patients with rheumatic mitral disease without other vular lesions, congenital heart disease, or anemia, who visited th…
Objective: to identify the influences of inadequate surgery in the survival of patients with ovarian cancer. Design/data identification: retrospective, 7 years, from 1980 until 1986, and follow up of minimal 5 years. Study selection: histopathology, the surgery was adequate or not, and survival rate. Subject, patients, participants: 236 cases of ovarian cancer, 210 (88.98 percent) cases can be …
Athough the pregnancy is regarded as phsysiologic process, however, this condition is often associated with the increasing of the mortality risk of the pregnant women. The opinion is true especially when pregnancy come within the high risk group. The laboratory test is generally accepted as one of the important supportive examination to detect various abnormalities in pregnancy which can endang…
Toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Neonatal infection occured when the off-spring affected via placenta. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment could prevent the abnormality caused by congenital toxoplamosis. Ultrasound examination during pregnancy plays an important role to detect this disease in early stage. Intracranial examination as rountine procedure of a ne…
The effect of renal artery occlusion on the blood concentrations of sodium, potassium and calcium as well as on the amount of red blood cells, blood platelets and hematocrite were studied in dogs. Twenty dogs, both sexes, were used in this experiment. The dogs were anesthetized with ketalar and chloralose. The systemic blood pressure was continously monitored during the experiment was done unde…