RESUMO
Seventy patients with primary liver cell carcinoma (PLC) were studied for the occurrence and relative incidence of paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS) between 1985 and 1990. Here we communicate results of the study involving hypercholesterolaemia, hypercalcemia, hypoglycaemia, gynaecomastia and polycythaemia. Hypercholesterolaemia occurred in 20% of our patients and is the most common PNS in our series; polycythaemia occurred in 15.6%, hypoglycaemia in 8.6% and hypercalcaemia in 7%. It is noteworthy that hypoglycaemia, which is one of the commonest and certainly the most dangerous PNS associated with PLC, occurred in few of our patients. The occurrence and incidence of PNS as obtained in the present study slightly differ from those in developed countries. The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying these systemic manifestations are discussed.
Assuntos
Carcinoma Hepatocelular/complicações , Neoplasias Hepáticas/complicações , Síndromes Paraneoplásicas/epidemiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Ginecomastia/epidemiologia , Humanos , Hipercalcemia/epidemiologia , Hipercolesterolemia/epidemiologia , Hipoglicemia/epidemiologia , Incidência , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Policitemia/epidemiologia , Estudos ProspectivosRESUMO
The systolic and diastolic blood pressures of 2301 Nigerian boys and 2017 Nigerian girls were measured. Their ages, which were in the range 1-20 years, heights and weights were also recorded. The relationship between these variables are discussed. Selected percentiles of systolic and diastolic pressures for different ages and weights are given.
