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13. Intrapericardial aneurysm of the left atrial appendage.
A 24-year-old housewife with congenital aneurysm of the left atrial appendage underwent a successful operation for its removal. Operation, using cardiopulmonary bypass, is indicated in all patients with atrial aneurysm. The procedure has proved uniformly safe and successful.
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14. Two fatal cases of septicaemia due to Erysipelothrix insidiosa
Clinical, pathological, and necropsy findings are recorded from two cases of endocarditis due to Erysipelothrix insidiosa, one in a 53-year-old grocer and the other in a 56-year-old housewife. The possible sources of infection are suggested.
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15. An amyloid lung
A 55-year-old housewife died from an illness characterized by progressive respiratory incapacity. Changes were confined to the lungs and consisted of a diffuse infiltration by amyloid. No adequate cause was found for this amyloid, and we suggest that this is a case of primary alveolar septal amyloidosis.
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16. Spontaneous orbital haemorrhage.
A 57-year-old housewife, with controlled hypertension, presented with acute right proptosis and visual loss with external ophthalmoplegia due to spontaneous orbital haemorrhage. Vision and ocular motility were returned to normal by the rapid surgical evacuation of the blood. Acute orbital haemorrhage is an ocular emergency requiring urgent treatment to preve
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17. Reinfection tuberculosis: two cases in the family of a patient with drug-resistant disease.
A 42-year-old housewife died of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis. Two sons had earlier completed a course of treatment for drug-sensitive disease. Six months after her death both sons developed sputum-positive tuberculosis with a drug resistance pattern identical to that of their mother during her last year of life, and including resistance to drugs whi
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18. Hypothyroidism associated with mixed connective tissue disease and its response to steroid therapy.
The case is reported of a 49-year-old housewife who presented with arthralgia and severe Raynaud's phenomenon. A diagnosis of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) was made on the basis of the clinical picture and serological findings. During the course of her disease she developed hypothyroidism. She was started on prednisolone to control the symptoms of t
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19. Mycobacterium gordonae genitourinary disease.
Mycobacterium gordonae is frequently isolated from urine, but M gordonae genitourinary disease is rare; the majority of the isolates are commensals. We describe a 40 year old housewife who presented with loin pain, dysuria and frequency. Urine contained excessive pus cells, was sterile on culture and she did not respond to broad spectrum antibiotics. There w
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20. Recurrent Soft Tissue Abscesses Caused by Legionella cincinnatiensis
Recurrent soft tissue abscesses of the jaw, wrist, and arm developed in a 73-year-old housewife with nephrotic syndrome and immunoglobulin A(κ) gammopathy of unknown etiology. Conventional cultures remained negative, despite visible gram-negative rods on microscopy. Broad-spectrum PCR revealed Legionella cincinnatiensis, which was confirmed by isolation of
American Society for Microbiology.
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21. Simultaneous bilateral primary diffuse malignant uveal melanoma: case report with pathological examination.
A 50-year-old Japanese housewife became blind owing to bilateral diffuse malignant melanoma of the choroid, ciliary body, and iris. These were histologically proved when enucleation was required because of blind painful eyes with raised intraocular pressures. She presented with reduced visual acuity and night blindness. Small scattered atrophic areas were ob
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22. Malignant mesothelioma of the pleura in Barrow-in-Furness.
Ffty cases of malignant pleural mesothelioma (47 men and 3 women) have been diagnosed during the period 1966-76 in Barrow-in-Furness, all of them histologically proved and accepted by the Pneumoconiosis Panel. At the time of writing only three survive. There was a history of industrial exposure to asbestos in all 47 men, who had worked in various trades in t