Diagnosis of a Myeloproliferative Disorder in Late Pregnancy

Whipple's disease: rare disorder and late diagnosis.

Whipple's disease is a rare systemic infectious disorder caused by the bacterium Tropheryma whipplei. We report the case of a 61-year-old male patient who presented to emergency room complaining of asthenia, arthralgia, anorexia, articular complaints intermittent diarrhea, and a 10-kg weight loss in one year. Laboratory tests showed the following results: Hb = 7.5 g/dL, albumin = 2.5 mg/dL, wei...

Evolution of Marginal Zone Lymphoma Towards Myeloproliferative Disorder: A Case Report

Myeloproliferative disorder of rats induced by myeloproliferative sarcoma virus.

The pathogenesis of myeloproliferative disorder remains unknown, but there have been some experiments on murine myeloproliferative sarcoma induced by certain viruses. Myeloproliferative sarcoma virus which is well known among such viruses, causes myeloproliferative disorder in mice and today's work will reveal tumorigenicity of this virus in rats. Two groups of Jar-2 rats (31 young rats and 28 ...

New diagnosis myasthenia gravis and preeclampsia in late pregnancy.

Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease of neuromuscular transmission resulting in fatigable skeletal muscle weakness. Preeclampsia is a multisystem disease of pregnancy which is characterised by hypertension and involvement of one or more organ systems. Both diseases are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality for mother and fetus. The occurrence of both preeclampsia and...

Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Pregnancy Toxemia in Ewes

Thin ewes or very over-conditioned ewes and ewes carrying multiple pregnanciesare more likely to develop pregnancy toxemia (ketosis). Pregnancy toxemia is a metabolic disorder characterized by hypoglycemia and hyperketonemia resulting from incapacity of the ewes to maintain adequate energy balance (usually in the last 5-6 weeks).Available information about pregnancy toxemia focuses mainly on pa...