Death by Nitrite Intoxication: Report of 14 Cases

Disappearing Vermilion: Report of 14 cases

Sometimes we see patients with disappearing vermilion totally or in some parts. It seems that the marginal skin has advanced to the lip surface with the same color. It occurs mainly in lower lip. The majority of patients had history of recurrent herpes labialis on their lips, in the same location as disappearing vermilion. Disappearing vermilion is not accompanied by any change in consistency o...

Methyl chloride intoxication; report of fifteen cases.

Isolated Sphenoid Sinus Inflammatory Disease- A Report of 14 Cases

Introduction: Isolated sphenoid sinus inflammatory diseases (ISSIDs) are responsible for about 75% of isolated sphenoid sinus opacifications. Computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be used in a complementary manner for the assessment of ISSIDs. This evaluation sheds some light on the extent of disease and intracranial and intra-orbital involvement. ...

Two Cases of Death from Post-Anaesthetic Acid Intoxication.

IT lhas long been known that acetone is present in the urine of patients who have been anaesthetized. Becker, for instance, states' that acetone follows anaesthesia in at least two-thirds of the cases, irrespective of the nature of the anaesthetic or the daration of the anaesthesia, "and that if it be already present it is increased thereby." This has been confirmed by Abram2 in. a series of ca...

Boletus edulis Nitrite Reductase Reduces Nitrite Content of Pickles and Mitigates Intoxication in Nitrite-intoxicated Mice

Pickles are popular in China and exhibits health-promoting effects. However, nitrite produced during fermentation adversely affects health due to formation of methemoglobin and conversion to carcinogenic nitrosamine. Fruiting bodies of the mushroom Boletus edulis were capable of inhibiting nitrite production during pickle fermentation. A 90-kDa nitrite reductase (NiR), demonstrating peptide seq...