ABSTRACT
A case of pseudomyxoma peritonei, a rare mucin-secreting tumour in the peritoneum, in a 30-year-old male and presenting as sub-acute large bowel obstruction, is reported here with review of the literature.
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Acute Disease , Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Intestinal Obstruction/diagnosis , Male , Peritoneal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Peritoneum/pathology , Pseudomyxoma Peritonei/diagnosisABSTRACT
A study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of simple closure followed by drug therapy in cases of perforated duodenal ulcer and to identify the risk factors in relation to the mortality. The male to female ratio was 5:1. Of the patients 59.2% were up to 50 years of age, while 40.8% were above the age of 50 years. Of the patients 47% were admitted 24 hours after the onset of peritonitis. All these patients were surgically treated with simple closure of the perforation with omental patch. Nine patients expired leading to 7.5% mortality. The risk factors identified for mortality were age 60 years and above, presence of shock on admission and delayed presentation. The mortality is directly related to the number of risk factors present in a given patient. At the time of discharge the patients were advised to take orally famotidine 40 mg at bed time for a period of 8 weeks. Eighty-one patients could be followed up and Visick grading was done. Sixty-two patients were in grade I, 11 in grade II, 3 in grade III and 5 in grade IV. The results indicate that simple closure followed by drug therapy is acceptable treatment for perforated duodenal ulcer.
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Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Anti-Ulcer Agents/administration & dosage , Duodenal Ulcer/mortality , Famotidine/administration & dosage , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Peptic Ulcer Perforation/mortality , Postoperative Care , Risk Factors , Survival Rate , Suture TechniquesSubject(s)
Aged , Diagnosis, Differential , Eosinophilia/diagnosis , Female , Gastritis/diagnosis , Humans , Pyloric Antrum/surgeryABSTRACT
Four hundred cases with carcinoma of the uterine cervix were evaluated by cystoscopy regarding involvement of urinary bladder. In stages I and II there was not a single case of bladder involvement; in stage III, 3 out of 39 cases and in stage IV, 2 out of 10 patients were found to have bladder involvement. Thus cystoscopy resulted in elevating the clinical stage in 3 of these patients but was unchanged in 2 cases. These findings indicate that cystoscopy is mandatory only for clinical stages III and IV.