ABSTRACT
A retrospective investigation was carried out of 100 patients below the age of 60 years operated for presenile cataract. The material has been divided into three occupational groups, depending on the visual requirements. The complaints prior to and after operation have been related to the patient ability to retain their employment. Of 78 patients who were still employed, only 45 were able to return to their former occupation after the first cataract extraction. The final result was that 62 patients could continue their former work, 12 changed their occupation due to aphakia problems, while four had to retire. The vision in the fellow eye, the type of work and the optical appliances have been found to be of primary importance. It is concluded that operation for unilateral cataract is inadvisable, if the vision of the fellow eye is good and contact lenses cannot be used, that the time between operations for bilateral cataract should be as short as possible, and that the use of contact lenses is essential.
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Cataract Extraction , Occupations , Absenteeism , Adult , Aphakia, Postcataract/therapy , Contact Lenses , Eyeglasses , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative Complications/rehabilitation , Retrospective Studies , Time Factors , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
A report is given of two infants who developed an orbital abscess within their first month of life. Generally they were unaffected, and malignancies were initially suspected. Ultrasonography showed partly cystic, partly solid lesions. The likely infectious foci were conjunctival malformations, a mucosal fistula in case No. 1, a conjunctival cyst in case NO. 2. There was rapid and complete recovery after surgery. The infections were caused by Staph. aureus and by diplococcus pneumoniae, respectively. Additional findings: Infant No. 1 had a fibroma of the tongue. Infant No. 2 had pes equino-varus.
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Abscess/etiology , Conjunctiva/abnormalities , Infant, Newborn, Diseases , Orbit , Staphylococcal Infections/etiology , Abnormalities, Multiple , Clubfoot/complications , Conjunctiva/pathology , Female , Fibroma/complications , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Orbit/surgery , Pneumococcal Infections/etiology , Tongue Neoplasms/complications , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
A total of 60 vaginal smears from 19 women treated with ionizing radiation for malignancies of the genital tract in the past seven years in the Division of Radiation Therapy of Emory University School of Medicine were studied for the presence of post-radiation dysplasia (PRD) by means of Feulgen cytospectrophotometry and cytological analysis. PRD was diagnosed on the basis of the presence of dysplastic cytological changes, absence of clinically detectable lesions, and presence of aneuploid DNA values in the dysplastic cells. PRD was detected in 21% of the studied cases. Uniform criteria for PRD, describing premalignant and malignant post-radiation lesions, diagnosed on the basis of aneuploid DNA values, as well as cytological observations is suggested.
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Radiation Injuries/diagnosis , Uterine Cervical Dysplasia/etiology , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/etiology , Adult , Aged , Aneuploidy , DNA/analysis , Female , Genital Neoplasms, Female/radiotherapy , Humans , Middle Aged , Uterine Cervical Dysplasia/diagnosisABSTRACT
Fourteen cases of invasive, well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma were studied by means of spectrophotometry for relative DNA content in the tumor cells. Comprehensive review of literature on the subject is given. No correlation of relative DNA value in the tumor cells and clinical stage of the malignancy was found. Lack of the correlation between percentage of aneuploid cells and clinical stage of the tumor was observed. Based on the results of this paper and the literature on the subject, the interrelationship of the proportion of aneuploid cells with low arbitrary DNA value and radiosensitivity of the cervical lesion is suggested. The value of quantitative DNA study for treatment planning is emphasized.
