leukocytosis/edema

A patient presented with wheezing, evidence of vascular congestion on physical examination, and leukocytosis. A chest x-ray film suggested pneumonia. When unilateral pulmonary edema was revealed on a repeat chest film, the patient was given diuretic therapy and responded favorably. This case thus

To determine the contribution of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) to cerebral edema formation in bacterial meningitis, we used a VEGF neutralizing antibody to block VEGF in rabbits, following induction of meningitis by intracisternal inoculation with 10(9) heat-killed pneumococci. At 8 h,

A 17-year-old man presented with acute febrile, obtundation, nuchal rigidity and CSF pleocytosis with polymorphonuclear cell predominate. He developed acute pulmonary edema which could not be explained by other mechanisms. Meningitis appears to be another cause of neurogenic pulmonary edema.

A syndrome which is known as plasma cell dyscrasia with polyneuropathy and various endocrine manifestations or plasma cell dyscrasia with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, abnormal M protein and skin changes is very interesting because this syndrome has miscellaneous manifestations such

We report a 38-year-old man who had three episodes of pain and swelling in the right calf from the age of 27 years. On each episode, pain worsened gradually, lasted for a few months and subsided spontaneously. Venography performed at the first episode was reported to be unremarkable. At the third

A 62-year-old man and 26-year-old man with re-expansion pulmonary edema (RPE) after thoracic drainage as a treatment for pneumothorax are presented. Blood cell counting and biochemical serum analysis were performed throughout their treatment in both patients, and biochemical sputum analysis was in

Hereditary angioneurotic edema (HAE) is characterized by recurrent attacks of edema of the upper airways, face, and limbs, and/or abdominal pains sometimes mimicking surgical abdomen. Our patient, a 24-year-old woman, had undergone laparotomy on a previous attack, at which a large amount of serious

We report a case of neurogenic pulmonary edema associated with epileptic seizure. A 36-year-old woman had had several episodes of fainting and postictal respiratory failure, and since July 1998 had been admitted to a nearby hospital three times. On October 12, 1999, she was again admitted to a

Four out of 23 consecutive patients treated with high-dose Ara-C for lymphomas in our institution developed a strikingly similar syndrome during the perfusion. It was characterized by the onset of fever, diarrhea, shock, pulmonary edema, acute renal failure, metabolic acidosis, weight gain and

Transient myeloproliferative disorder is a self limiting disorder characterized by leukocytosis with the presence of megakaryoblasts in the peripheral blood and bone marrow, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and organomegaly. It occurs in approximately 10% of newborn infants with Down syndrome. Hepatic

A 32-year-old man with a long history of grand mal seizures but otherwise good health had recurrent episodes of postictal pulmonary edema when he failed to take anticonvulsant medication regularly. This case illustrates most of the features observed in other reported cases of postictal pulmonary

BACKGROUND Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is an established treatment in the neutropenic host. Usage in head-injured patients at risk for infection may aggravate brain damage. In contrast, evidence of G-CSF neuroprotective effects has been reported in rodent models of focal cerebral

Reported are three maternal deaths in four patients who presented with a similar syndrome following a normal antepartum course and normal labor and delivery managed by regional or local anesthesia and midline or proctoepisiotomy. Beginning about the second postpartum day, the patients developed