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A case of aortitis syndrome (pulseless disease) associated with basilar aneurysm is reported. This patient was 52-year-old woman suffering from pulseless disease for past fifteen years. She was admitted to our hospital with severe headache, nausea and vomiting. Four vessel angiograms revealed an
A case of a basilar bifurcation aneurysm associated with common carotid artery occlusion is reported. A 40-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with severe headache and nausea. On admission, no neurological abnormality was observed. CT scan showed thin subarachnoid hemorrhage in the basal
Based on four observations of cerebellar malacia in patients aged 40-45 years the authors describe the clinical picture of the disease, characterized by acute fierce occipital headache associated with nausea and vomiting. Focal cerebellar and stem symptoms develop frequently after a latency of
We report carotid ultrasonographic findings in moyamoya disease. A 44-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever, headache and nausea. Neurological examination showed neck stiffness and Kernig's sign but he was otherwise normal. Brain computed tomography showed hemorrhage in the
Beraprost sodium (beraprost) is a stable, orally active prostacyclin analogue with vasodilatory, antiplatelet and cytoprotective effects. Beraprost acts by binding to prostacyclin membrane receptors ultimately inhibiting the release of Ca2+ from intracellular storage sites. This reduction in the
A study was carried out in 127 patients (94 males and 33 females) presenting with arteriosclerosis (88 patients) or diabetic vasculopathy (39 patients) in different stages of severity (Fontaine) to assess the effectiveness and tolerance of treatment with high doses of pentoxifylline. Patients
Besides the vascular changes caused by arteriosclerosis the compression stenosis is the most frequent form of the isolated restriction of the arteria coeliaca. The compression of the arteria coeliaca, caused by the ligamentum arcuatum medianum or a fribromatous ganglion tissue, can cause complaints
METHODS
We report the case of multiple midgut carcinoids causing segmental intestinal ischaemia in a 77-year-old man. He was admitted to our hospital because of a 2-month history of postprandial abdominal pain with nausea / vomiting and anaemia. The extensive diagnostic examinations (blood tests,
Prostacyclin (PGI2) was given intravenously in doses of 1 to 5 ng/kg/min to eight consecutive patients with end stage peripheral arteriosclerosis and ischaemic ulcers. Seven patients had intense ischaemic pains. Complete or partial healing of ulcers were seen in six cases (complete in three). In
Coronary artery aneurysms are uncommon and the prevalence in patients undergoing coronary artery angiography is 1.5-4.9%. The most common cause of coronary artery aneurysm is arteriosclerosis, followed by Kawasaki disease, periarteritis nodosa, systemic lupus erythematosus, syphilis, rheumatic
In surgical practice, about 15% of all emboli are visceral emboli. Diagnosis is frequently delayed or established at autopsy.
BACKGROUND
The most common cause are atrial arrhythmias with intraatrial thrombus formation, less frequently, ventricular thrombus after myocardial infarction or in an
The aims of the present open, non-comparative survey were to study the safety and efficacy of iopentol (Imagopaque, Nycomed Imaging AS, Oslo, Norway) in a large patient group. In a series of German centres, 3,587 patients underwent various contrast-enhanced examinations with iopentol. The most
The Aschner and Czermak-Hering tests were carried out in 7 normal young males and 15 elderly patients with cerebral arteriosclerosis. Alterations in the heart rate, blood pressure and blood flow in the internal carotid artery and brachial artery were studied by means of the on-line Doppler
A 60-year-old woman with mitral valve prolapse, chronic low back pain, and a 30-pack year smoking history presented for a second admission of poorly controlled mid-back pain 10 days after her first admission. She had concomitant epigastric pain, sharp/burning in quality, radiating to the right side
Pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis (PICGN) is most commonly associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA). We report a case of chronic, sclerosing ANCA-negative PICGN discovered when a patient presented with multiple myeloma. A 57-year-old woman presented with complaints of