1/1643. Pericardial heart disease: a study of its causes, consequences, and morphologic features.This report reviews morphologic aspects of pericardial heart disease. A morphologic classification for this condition is presented. An ideal classification of pericardial heart disease obviously would take into account clinical, etiologic and morphologic features of this condition but a single classification combining these three components is lacking. Pericardial heart disease is relatively uncommon clinically, and when present at necropsy it usually had not been recognized during life. The term "pericarditis" is inaccurate because most pericardial diseases are noninflammatory in nature. Morphologically chronic pericardial heart disease may present clinically as an acute illness. Even when clinical symptoms are present, however, few patients develop evidence of cardiac dysfunction (constriction). When pericardial constriction occurs, it is the result of increased pericardial fluid or increased pericardial tissue or both. Increased fluid is treated by drainage; increased tissue is treated by excision. In most patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis the etiology is not apparent even after histologic examination of pericardia.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/1643. Hodgkin's disease of the esophagus: report of a case.Most esophageal malignancies are either squamous carcinomas or adenocarcinomas arising in the background of Barrett's esophagus. We describe a case of an 85-yr-old woman in whom the diagnosis of esophageal malignancy was difficult to confirm despite its endoscopic appearance and previous biopsies. This case illustrates the difficulty in diagnosing Hodgkin's disease of the esophagus. Despite the rarity of this entity, if clinically indicated by symptoms, large, deep biopsies by rigid esophagoscopy should be considered.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.55555555555556keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/1643. Successful salvage treatment for relapse after autologous stem cell transplantation in a patient with Hodgkin's disease--a case report.We report a patient who relapsed 12 months after undergoing high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation for refractory Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosis. The patient received sequential single-dose chemotherapy consisting of 140 mg/m2 epirubicin, 1.4 mg/m2 vincristine, and 50 mg/m2 prednisole on day 1, followed by 4000 mg/m2 cyclophosphamide on day 15 and 2000 mg/m2 etoposide on day 30. This regimen was given twice, predominantly on an outpatient basis without major toxicity. The patient reached a complete remission and has remained free of disease after an observation period of 48 months. Single-dose sequential treatment should be considered for refractory Hodgkin's disease, even for relapse after high-dose chemotherapy, as escalated single doses of cytostatic agents may overcome drug resistance.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.77777777777778keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/1643. Hodgkin's disease following extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma in remission.A patient who developed Hodgkin's disease after an 11-year remission of marginal zone B-cell (MZB) lymphoma (low grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type) is presented. Except for L26/CD20 expression by reed-sternberg cells, morphologic, immunophenotypic, and genotypic findings were compatible with the diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease. The relationship between Hodgkin's disease and the preceding MZB lymphoma in this patient is discussed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.77777777777778keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/1643. Hodgkin's disease during pregnancy: diagnostic and therapeutic management.OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the possibility that women affected by Hodgkin's disease (HD) during their second or third trimester of pregnancy can safely carry their pregnancy to term. methods: From 1986 to 1997, 6 women came to our Center during the second trimester of pregnancy and were diagnosed as having HD. Three of these 6 patients were treated with chemotherapy before delivery and 3 of them were kept under observation and started treatment after delivery. RESULTS: All 6 women gave birth to a healthy female. CONCLUSIONS: The pregnancy does not worsen the course of the illness and does not compromise long-term clinical remission and recovery.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.55555555555556keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/1643. Hodgkin's and Castleman's disease in a patient with systemic mastocytosis.Systemic mastocytosis is a rare condition characterized clinically by the local consequences of vasoactive peptides released from infiltrating mast cells in the reticuloendothelial tissues. mast cells originate from the pluripotent bone marrow stem cells; it is therefore not surprising that myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic disorders commonly coexist or terminate the clinical phase of mastocytosis. We report here, to our knowledge, the first case of Hodgkin's and Castleman's disease occurring in a patient with co-existent systemic mastocytosis, which remained unchanged after combination chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.66666666666667keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/1643. Specific skin lesions occurring in a patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma.A 47-year-old man presented with a several month history of non-specific acquired ichthyosis, an unknown period of generalized lymphadenopathy and a short history of erythematous papules and nodules affecting the cutaneous drainage area of his right axillary lymph nodes. histology confirmed these lesions to be specific lesions of Hodgkin's lymphoma; that is, metastatic retrograde lymphatic spread from his axillary lymph nodes of CD30 , CD15 , reed-sternberg cells as well as mononuclear Hodgkin's cells. This is the most common site and mode of spread of Hodgkin's disease to the skin. As is typical of advanced Hodgkin's disease, as evidenced by specific cutaneous involvement, this patient died shortly after definitive diagnosis was made.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.22222222222222keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/1643. Acute spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a child with Hodgkin's disease and pulmonary fibrosis.A case of acute spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a 13-year-old boy suffering from Hodgkin's disease and pulmonary fibrosis is reported. He was initially treated for pneumocystis carinii but his respiratory function progressively deteriorated, and fibrosis secondary to bleomycin was suspected. The day before the admission to the Pediatric intensive care Unit the patient complained of anterior thoracic pain, and a chest x-ray revealed a left-sided small spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum. Although air leak responded initially to conservative treatment, acute tension pneumomediastinum with cardiopulmonary decompensation recurred 6 days later, while the patient was on mechanical ventilation. Treatment with urgent evacuation of the accumulated air via subxiphoid drainage, using an old but ill-defined technique, resulted in complete resolution of pneumomediastinum and significant improvement of the hemodynamic condition.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.55555555555556keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/1643. Hodgkin's lymphoma: an isolated case of involvement of the ureter.We report the case of a man in which a Hodgkin's lymphoma involved the ureter as the very first clinical situs of the disease. Ureteral involvement in lymphomas is very rare (0.86%-7% and 1%-16%, found in two studies, respectively, of cases of patients with lymphoma examined post mortem) and when it does occur it is secondary to renal involvement or retroperitoneal adenopathies. It is by all means exceptional as an isolated situs of disease. Those cases reported in the literature as presenting lymphomatous involvement of the ureter have always been diagnosed as Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.22222222222222keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/1643. Cutaneous Hodgkin's disease.A case of specific cutaneous Hodgkin's disease, which is sparsely mentioned in the literature, is reported. The lesion was nodulo-ulcerative and corresponded to the Grosz-Hirschfield type. It was confirmed by biopsy and the pattern was similar to that of an excised supraclavicular node examined two years previously. The lesion responded to treatment with gentamicin topically, clindamycin orally and 500 r of cauterizing X-ray. There has been no recurrence to date and no other new cutaneous lesions. This report further confirms what Ferdinand von Hebra implied one hundred years ago--that a dermatologist should not only know skin diseases but also the cutaneous manifestations of visceral diseases.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.77777777777778keywords = disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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