תוצאת חיפוש

נורית אסף, אינה גרודיצקי, יוחנן נשיץ ולואיז לב

מזותליומה פיטמתית בשלה ראשונית של הצפק (primary well differentiated papillary mesothelioma of the peritoneum) (מפבר"צ) היא מחלה נדירה, המאופיינת במהלך טב. הצורך בטיפול וסוג הטיפול הנדרש שנויים במחלוקת. חשוב להבדיל מחלה זו משאר מחלות הצפק, בשל הפרוגנוזה הטובה יותר והגישה הטיפולית השונה.

מובאת במאמר זה פרשת חולה צעיר, שפנה למחלקתנו בשל התהוות מיימת. בבדיקות דימות הודגמו עיבוי ניכר ואי-סדירות של הצפק, בדיקת נוזל המיימת לא סיפקה מימצאים איבחוניים ובבדיקת לאפרוסקופיה נראו נגעים מרובים שציפו את הצפק.

בבדיקה היסטולוגית של דגימות שנלקחו מהמימצאים הנ"ל אובחנה מפבר"צ. החולה עבר ניתוח לכריתת השאת. לאחר הניתוח נסוגה המיימת במידה ניכרת ומצבו של החולה התייצב, ללא כימותרפיה. בפרשת חולה זה מודגמים הביטויים האופייניים למפבר"צ, כפי שניתן להתרשם מסקירת 39 פרשות חולי מפרבר"צ עליהם דווח בספרות הרפואית.

Acipimox as a Secondary Hypolipidemia in Combined Hypertriglyceridemia and Hyperlipidemia

D. Yeshurun, H. Hamood, N. Morad, J. Naschitz

Hyperlipidemia Clinic, Dept. of Medicine A, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa

32 patients with hypertriglyceridemia, excessive hypertri- glyceridemia, and combined hyperlipidemia, were treated with the nicotinic acid derivative acipimox (Olbetam). First line treatment with bezafibrate, or statins in some with combined hyperlipidemia, had failed. In 10 acipimox was discontinued due to side effects or absence of clinical response. The other 22 completed 6 months of treatment with no side effects.

Acipimox caused a significant 54% decrease in triglyceride levels, a 23% decrease in total cholesterol, and a 12% increase in HDL-cholesterol. LDL-cholesterol was difficult to calculate because of the high triglyceride levels, so no results are presented.

Although acipimox was much better tolerated than nicotinic acid, it also had side effects, but fewer. Acipimox can therefor be used as a second-line drug, mainly in those with combined hyperlipidemia and hypertriglyceridemia.

Fulminant Meningococcemia Presenting as a Gastroenteritis - Like Syndrome

A. Hussein, Y. Naschitz, D. Yeshurun

Depts. of Emergency Medicine and of Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center and Bruce Rapport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa

Neisseria meningitidis infection (meningococcemia) is very common throughout the world. It usually presents as meningitis or sometimes pharyngitis. A gastroenteritis-like syndrome, with diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain, may occur in children but is very rare in adults. Search of the medical literature revealed only 3 such cases, all in young adults.

We report an 80-year-old woman who presented with fever, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Meningococcus infection was later suspected, and proved by culture. Although treatment was intensive and included ceftriaxone (Rocephin) and garamycin, she did not respond and died 40 hours after admission. We draw attention to the possibility that what is usually a common symptom can be the first presentation of a serious, often fatal condition.

Multisystem Disease Caused by BCG Imitating Miliary Tuberculosis

I. Tsikonov, D. Yeshurun, J.E. Naschitz

Dept. of Medicine A, Bnai Zion Medical Center and B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, The Technion, Haifa

As the prevalence of tuberculosis is on the rise in western countries, we present a 79-year-old man who developed a pulmonary tuberculosis-like syndrome following immunotherapy with BCG for carcinoma of the urinary bladder. The symptoms subsided following 3-drug antitubercular treatment, and the addition of steroids following negative cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The course of this disease, named BCG-osis, is much more favorable than miliary tuberculosis, even with milder treatment. It is important to keep in mind this phenomenon now that there is increasing treatment of cancers with BCG.

The Challenge of Space-Occupying Lesions in the Iliopsoas Space

Irena Tsikonova, Jochanan E. Naschitz, Simona Croitoru, Elisha Barmeir, Daniel Yeshurun

Depts. of Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, The Technion, Haifa

Mass lesions in the iliopsoas compartment (MLIPC) are uncommon in patients in departments of medicine and their incidence and etiologies are unclear. In a prospective study we diagnosed various MLIPCs in 7 patients during a 10-year period, representing 0.03% of admissions. Symptoms included abdominal or flank pain (4 cases), pain along the thigh (5), diminished psoas muscle strength (2), fever (2), and hypotension (1). MLIPC was suspected on clinical grounds in 5 cases. In all cases the diagnosis was established by computed tomography (CT). Tissue was sampled by needle biopsy in 4 and on surgery in 1. MLIPCs were caused by hemorrhage (2), infection (2), neoplasia (2) and inflammatory mass (1). Often MLIPCs are life-threatening so their timely diagnosis by early CT scan is important.