[Hyperthyroidism in the elderly. The clinical forms. The incidence of signs and symptoms. The evolutionary features]. / L'hyperthyroïdie chez les vieillards. Formes cliniques. Fréquence des signes et des symptómes. Particularités évolutives.

The last 15 years, 1939 patients suffering from different clinical forms of hyperthyroidism were hospitalised in the Clinic of Endocrinology of Iasi. The frequency of the disease increases with age, especially for the toxic nodular goitre. In older patients we have noted a non-typical clinical course of the disease, with prevailing cardiovascular signs and weight loss. The clinical course is also particular especially because of the associated pathology. We have made some theoretical considerations concerning the possible explanations of these phenomena.

[Hereditary lymphedema (Nonne-Milroy-Meige syndrome) associated with chylothorax. Comments on 2 cases]. / Limfedem ereditar (boala Nonne-Milroy-Meige) asociat cu chilotorax. Consideratii pe marginea a doua cazuri.

This paper presents a family case of brother and sister with unilateral lymphedema, set off spontaneously at prepuberty and earlier in the boy. They both developed a unilateral chylothorax at the age of 22-24. No congenital anomalies are present. The clinical and paraclinical data exclude forms of secondary lymphedema as well as the ones associated with gonadal dysgenesis. The family case history reveals that the parents are not kindred, appear healthy, without pulmonary complaints. Neither no other cases similar to the patients described nor other congenital anomalies or genetic diseases have been recorded in the family. The peculiarity of the cases consists in the fact that lymphedema is confined only to the left lower limb and that there are no modifications in the parents, suggesting an autosomal recessive transmission, which would be a pathogenic novelty. The association with chylothorax points to the importance of a thorough evaluation of the patient with lymphedema of the lower limb.

[The incidence of conjugal sterility of endocrine origin]. / La fréquence de la stérilité conjugale d'origine endocrinienne.

During a 14-year interval, 27,000 patients were admitted to the Endocrinological Clinic of Iasi, of whom 337 (207 women and 130 men) for sterility. The endocrine disturbances that may induce sterility are reviewed.