ABSTRACT
The intra-oral soft tissue myxoma or peripheral myxoma is a rare, slowly growing, benign mesenchymal tumor. Pathologically, it may be difficult to differentiate from other tumors with myoxid stroma and is occasionally misinterpreted as malignant. Though its counterpart, central odontogenic myxoma shows aggressive local behaviour and high recurrence rate following conservative excision, no much detail is available regarding peripheral myxoma of the oral cavity in the published English literature. In this paper, a rare case of peripheral myxoma of maxilla in a 35 years old female is presented with emphasis on review of relevant literature, histological aspects in differential diagnosis and 'semi-radical approach' in its management.
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Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Fibroma/pathology , Humans , Maxillary Neoplasms/pathology , Myxoma/pathologyABSTRACT
An open two weeks short term trial of Ipratropium Bromide (IB) inhalation (0.02 mg per dose) was carried out in 20 stable asthamatics to study its efficacy and safety. Early significant rise in PEFR (P < 0.001) and FEV1 (P < 0.05) was observed after 15 min of IB inhalation and reached significant peak (P < 0.01) after 1 hour which was persistent beyond three hours after IB inhalation. No side effects were observed. It was concluded that Ipratropium Bromide Imhalation is safe and has efficient bronchodilatory effect on short term basis in stable asthmatics.
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Administration, Inhalation , Adolescent , Adult , Asthma/prevention & control , Bronchodilator Agents/administration & dosage , Electrocardiography/drug effects , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Forced Expiratory Volume/drug effects , Humans , Ipratropium/administration & dosage , Male , Peak Expiratory Flow Rate/drug effects , Safety , Time Factors , Vital Capacity/drug effectsSubject(s)
Adolescent , Bronchoscopy , Female , Humans , Neurilemmoma/diagnosis , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Trachea/pathology , Tracheal Neoplasms/diagnosisABSTRACT
Double blind randomized trial of oral conventional and sustained release bronchodilators was undertaken to observe comparative efficacy in 30 patients older than 15 years. All cases selected were stable asthmatics at least for last 2 years having FEV1 improvement > or = 20%. Basal Pulmonary functions like FEV1, FVC and PEFR were recorded before and after drug administration at 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 24 hours. Four drug regimens were given as a single dose in the morning on randomized crossover manner on 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th days, sustained release theophylline 300 mg+salbutamol 4 mg (Drug I), salbutamol 4 mg + theophylline 300 mg (Drug II), salbutamol sustained released (asthalin SA) 8 mg (Drug III), salbutamol sustained released (ventorlin CR) 8 mg (Drug IV). Mean FEV1 changes observed at 0, 6 and 12 hours for all the drugs were compared which showed no statistical significance (t = 2.3876). Therefore, we conclude that using single dose fixed combination of oral salbutamol and aminophylline either in a plain or slow released form have no additive bronchodilator effect as compared to salbutamol alone in stable asthmatics.