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An 28-year-old Moroccan woman with primary infertility and OLIGO-amenorrhea was referred for hysteroscopic synechiolysis. When a diagnostic hysteroscopy was performed, a bizarre, irregular, 'cloudy' endometrium was seen. The diagnosis endometrial tuberculosis was confirmed by histological examination. Treatment with antituberculosis drug therapy resulted in a normal menstrual cycle. A normal endometrium and uterine cavity was seen at control hysteroscopy. Because of extensive irreparable tubal damage this patient will be offered IVF treatment.
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Amenorreia/etiologia , Infertilidade Feminina/etiologia , Tuberculose dos Genitais Femininos/complicações , Adulto , Antibacterianos , Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Quimioterapia Combinada/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Tuberculose dos Genitais Femininos/diagnóstico , Tuberculose dos Genitais Femininos/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
Bronchial obstructive reactions occur after inhalation of Haemophilus influenzae in the absence of proteolytic activity in patients with CNLSD and a lowered histamine threshold in whom specific precipitins are demonstrated. It may be presumed, that the direct bronchial reaction is caused by its content of endotoxin, whereas the late bronchial reaction is the result of a toxic action and a type III allergic reaction. When proteolytic activity is present it lowers the histamine threshold and may influence the endotoxin effect in this way.
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Antígenos de Bactérias/administração & dosagem , Testes de Provocação Brônquica , Endotoxinas/imunologia , Pneumopatias Obstrutivas/diagnóstico , Administração Intranasal , Adolescente , Adulto , Cromolina Sódica/uso terapêutico , Endotoxinas/administração & dosagem , Feminino , Volume Expiratório Forçado , Haemophilus influenzae/enzimologia , Haemophilus influenzae/imunologia , Humanos , Pneumopatias Obstrutivas/tratamento farmacológico , Pneumopatias Obstrutivas/etiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Oxifenônio/uso terapêutico , Peptídeo Hidrolases/metabolismo , Precipitinas/biossínteseAssuntos
Envelhecimento , Androgênios/urina , Testosterona/metabolismo , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Androstano-3,17-diol/urina , Androstenodiona/urina , Androsterona/urina , Fracionamento Químico , Cromatografia Gasosa , Desidroepiandrosterona/urina , Etiocolanolona/urina , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores Sexuais , Testosterona/administração & dosagemRESUMO
The results are reported of domiciliary cuirass respirator treatment, using tailor-made shells, in four patients with severe thoracic scoliosis. Three of the patients had suffered from poliomyelitis. All complained of increasing dyspnoea on exertion, ultimately interfering with almost every activity of daily life; three patients had severe acute respiratory failure necessitating urgent admission to the Respiratory Care Unit. Right heart failure was present in two. Two patients required mechanical treatment via an endotracheal tube. All the patients were discharged home with a cuirass respirator. Standard type shells were used initially with low efficiency due to the poor fit of the cuirass shell to the deformed thoracic cage. Tailor-made shells were constructed from polyester reinforced with glass fibre, modelled on plaster casts of the thoracic cage. Subjectively the patients improved greatly and were able to resume and increase many activities. One patient committed suicide for reasons unconnected with treatment but the other three patients have been doing well from the time the cuirass respirator treatment was started, respectively, 3, 6, and 10 years ago. This treatment seems particularly effective in younger patients with severe paralytic scoliosis and cardiorespiratory failure, although the possibility of using it in older patients suffering from scoliosis of other aetiology should certainly be explored.