A Toxic Cardiomyopathy Caused by Cassia occidentalis. I. Morphologic Studies in Poisoned Rabbits

A toxic cardiomyopathy caused by Cassia occidentalis. II. Biochemical studies in poisoned rabbits.

Poisoning by Cassia Occidentalis

and is of very common occurrence in all these provinces. The plant is avoided by all grazing animals, and it is curious, considering how wide its distribution, how seldom poisoning from it is seen. A Burmese girl, aged about 3 years, was found playing with about 2 dozens of the half-ripe legumes of the plant, and two hours later, about 2 P.M., she was asked by her mother what she had done with ...

Dilated cardiomyopathy caused by LMNA mutations. Clinical and morphological studies.

BACKGROUND Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is familial in about 20-35% of patients. The most frequently encountered mutations associated with DCM are found in LMNA. AIM To define the frequency of LMNA mutations in a series of consecutive DCM patients and to evaluate the phenotype of mutation carriers. METHODS We screened the 12 exons of LMNA in a series of 61 Polish patients with DCM diagnosed...

Restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by chloroquine.

A 59 year old white woman who had been treated with chloroquine phosphate for 25 years presented with signs of congestive heart failure and was diagnosed as having restrictive cardiomyopathy by non-invasive methods. Electron microscopy of a biopsy specimen of skeletal muscle showed lesions compatible with chloroquine myopathy. The patient died five weeks after presentation. Electron microscopy ...

Hydrocephalus in Neonatal Rabbits Caused by Reovirus

Reovirus was isolated from commercial rabbit colonies in farms at KafrElsheikh and El-Gharbia Governorate with a history of neonatal hydrocephalus and blindness. The affected neonates exhibited hydrocephalus at age from 3-20 days with seasonal incidence at a late summer and early autumn (August, Sept. and Oct.). The gross lesions observed at necropsy were bulging of the skull, collapse of the c...