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The placement of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is a therapeutic method for selected patients with deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. However, insertion and placement of the filter may be associated with certain complications. For instance, retroperitoneal hematoma resulting from perforation of the wall by the filter is such a very rare but serious complication. We report the case of a 64-year-old woman with perforation of the IVC wall and consecutive hematoma caused by the filter who was treated surgically.
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Pulmonary Embolism/prevention & control , Vascular System Injuries/etiology , Vena Cava Filters/adverse effects , Vena Cava, Inferior/injuries , Venous Thrombosis/therapy , Device Removal , Female , Hematoma/etiology , Humans , Middle Aged , Phlebography/methods , Pulmonary Embolism/etiology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Treatment Outcome , Vascular Surgical Procedures , Vascular System Injuries/diagnostic imaging , Vascular System Injuries/surgery , Vena Cava, Inferior/diagnostic imaging , Vena Cava, Inferior/surgery , Venous Thrombosis/complicationsABSTRACT
This paper reports on the effect of sonication on two mica samples. The materials have been investigated in terms of structure modifications, particle size and morphology, specific surface area and thermogravimetric behaviour. The effect of the mica structure, namely density and distribution of cations over the octahedral sites, on the sonicated products is reported. Sonication produces delamination and reduction of lateral size of the original macroscopic materials yielding nanometric flakes that retain the structure of the material, unlike other procedures previously reported in literature, such as dry grinding, that produces severe structural damage.
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Aluminum Silicates/chemistry , Aluminum Silicates/radiation effects , Nanostructures/chemistry , Nanostructures/ultrastructure , Sonication , Aluminum Silicates/analysis , Molecular Conformation/radiation effects , Nanostructures/radiation effects , Particle Size , Surface Properties , Transition TemperatureABSTRACT
In an 82-year-old female diabetic tuberculosis involved the maxilla, zygomatic region, maxillary sinus and facial skin. No other foci of tuberculosis were found in the organism. The diagnosis and treatment are described stressing the extreme rarity of this involvement by tuberculosis.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications , Facial Dermatoses/complications , Maxillary Diseases/complications , Maxillary Sinusitis/complications , Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/complications , Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular/complications , Zygoma , Aged , Combined Modality Therapy , Facial Dermatoses/therapy , Female , Humans , Tuberculosis, Cutaneous/therapy , Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular/therapySubject(s)
Amino Acids/analysis , Hair/chemistry , Melanins/analysis , Proteins/analysis , Humans , PigmentationABSTRACT
It was demonstrated that exogenous GH suppressed the resistance to L. monocytogenes infection in Listeria resistant C57Bl/6 and susceptible A/J mice. However, different parameters of the immunological reaction to Listeria were affected by GH treatment in these mouse strains. In C57Bl/6 mice GH decreased accumulation of macrophages at the inflammatory site. On the contrary, a depression of anti-listerial activity of the phagocytes and a reduction of DTH reaction to Listeria antigen was demonstrated in GH treated A/J mice.
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Gonadotropins/pharmacology , Listeriosis/immunology , Animals , Antigens, Bacterial , Female , Immune Tolerance/drug effects , Listeria monocytogenes/immunology , Listeria monocytogenes/isolation & purification , Listeriosis/microbiology , Mice , Mice, Inbred A , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Phagocytosis/drug effects , Spleen/immunology , Spleen/microbiologyABSTRACT
Relatively Listeria-resistant C57B1/6 mice and more susceptible to the infection DBA/2 mice were immunized with Listeria-antigen (LA). Immunized DBA/2 mice developed weaker delayed hypersensitivity to LA and still eliminated listeriae less effectively than identically immunized C57B1/6 mice. An accessory function of LA-pulsed macrophages of normal C57B1/6 mice was only slightly enhanced as compared with LA-pulsed macrophages of DBA/2 mice. It is suggested that some suppressor lymphocytes, IgM+ and/or FcR+, could be responsible for the enhanced susceptibility of DBA/2 mice to listeriosis.
