110 Puzzling Cases of Epilepsy

110 Puzzling Cases of Epilepsy (Eds Dieter Schmidt & Steven C. Schachter). Martin Dunitz, London, 2002. 451 pp. $45.95, ISBN 1 85317 962 0

The case report may not get much respect in the world of Evidence Based Medicine, but, it still seems easier to remember medical facts when they are linked to patients we have attended, case discussions we have heard and reports we have perused. Schmidt and Schachter agree calling original observations, “the quintessence of medical science, especially in epilepsy.” Suiting actions to words, the...

Parotid swellings: report of 110 consecutive cases.

Parotid swellings are uncommon. Over a twelve-year period, 110 cases of parotid swellings were treated at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, of which 97 cases were histologically proven to be parotid tumours. 75% of these tumours were benign tumours, and 80% of the benign tumours were pleomorphic adenomas. Among the malignant tumours, 6 cases were adenoid cystic carcinoma...

Gonococcal pharyngeal infections. Report of 110 cases.

Routine examination for gonorrhoea has hitherto been aimed at the demonstration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in secretions from the urethra, cervix, and rectum. Bacteriological investigation has been limited to the genital organs directly implicated in sexual intercourse, to adjacent sites often involved in gonococcal infection, and the rectum in homosexual men. It has been almost completely disreg...

Duodenal ulceration: review of 110 cases.

This paper describes 110 cases of childhood duodenal ulcer, which were diagnosed over 26 years: 63 were diagnosed by barium meal examination; 47 by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The mean age at diagnosis was 11.2 years, with symptoms reported in 46% before 10 years and in 15% before 6 years of age. There was often a considerable delay in diagnosis, particularly in the younger age group. Noc...

Surgical aspects of pulmonary histoplasmosis. A series of 110 cases.