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The authors describe case reports of 2 patients who died from malignant pulmonary neoplasms. In one case, tumor metastasized to the left ventricle myocardium, in the other one, pulmonary tumor invaded the interatrial septum. Clinically, coronary heart disease symptoms with acute manifestations prevailed in both the cases. Based on an analysis of the authors' clinicomorphological findings and reported data a number of the clinical signs were distinguished, enabling one to suspect the presence of secondary heart tumors in cancer patients.
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Heart Neoplasms/diagnosis , Heart Neoplasms/secondary , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Diagnosis, Differential , Heart Neoplasms/pathology , Humans , Lymphatic Metastasis , Male , Middle Aged , Myocardium/pathologySubject(s)
Education, Medical, Continuing , Teaching/methods , Clinical Competence , Diagnosis , Humans , RussiaABSTRACT
A study was made of indices of the erythron system in 137 alcoholic patients (stages I, II, III). At all 3 stages a rise of the level of intraerythrocytic 2,3-DPG in erythrocytes and a serum erythropoietic titer was detected, at II and III stages--reticulocytosis and erythrocytic life reduction, and at III stage--a decrease in the number of erythrocytes. The results indicated the involvement of the erythron system in the compensation of changes developing in alcoholism, first of all hypoxia. A possibility of the use of 2,3-DPG determination for the diagnosis of alcoholism and antihypoxic drugs in combined therapy of alcoholism was discussed.
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Alcoholism/diagnosis , Erythrocytes/physiology , 2,3-Diphosphoglycerate , Adult , Alcoholism/blood , Alcoholism/etiology , Diphosphoglyceric Acids/blood , Erythrocyte Count , Humans , Hypoxia/blood , Middle Aged , Polycythemia/bloodABSTRACT
A total of 300 workers engaged in viscose industry were examined for leukocyte blast transformation, spontaneous and complement rosette-formation, blood serum immunoglobulins, bactericidal activity of blood serum, lysozyme titre, phagocytic activity of neutrophils, and the NBT test. The data obtained attest to the changes in the total nonspecific body responsiveness of the workers examined. The character and degree of the changes in cellular and humoral immunity were marked by cycles, depending on the workers' record. The changes in the total nonspecific responsiveness were found to persist for a long time even after discontinuation of the contact with carbon disulfide.
