Fatal Thyroidectomy following a Leucopenia caused by Thiouracil

Fatal splenic rupture caused by an atypical malignant lymphoma in a Holstein cow

Postmortem examination of a 5.5-year-old Holstein cow with history of sudden death showed a veryhuge spleen (120 × 45 × 10 cm) associated with severe haemoperitoneum. Histopathological findingsincluded extensive infiltration of medium to large sized lymphocytic and lymphoblastic cells with smallamounts of cytoplasm, round nuclei with coarsely granular chromatin in the spleen, and limited foci o...

[Fatal hepatic failure following hepatitis caused by flutamide: a case report].

A seventy-three year-old patient with prostate cancer underwent radical prostatectomy, followed by total androgen brocking therapy using flutamide and LH-RH agonist. As Hepatic dysfunction (GPT = 3.045 IU/l) was noticed by periodic blood analysis, flutamide was stopped and he was hospitalized immediately without any subjective symptoms. Ten days after the admission, he developed massive bleedin...

Trichosporon beigelii pneumonitis following busulphan-induced leucopenia.

We present a 41 yr old male, who died of respiratory failure due to infiltration of Trichosporon beigelii (cutaneum) into the pulmonary interstitial spaces with systemic dissemination. Busulphan-induced leucopenia in the chronic phase of chronic myelogenous leukaemia had progressed before this infection developed. In leukaemic patients with profound leucopenia, interstitial pneumonitis due to T...

Fatal cerebral abscess caused by Cladophialophora bantiana.

Primary cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is caused by pigmented fungi that exhibit distinct neurotropism often in immunocompetent individuals. A 20-yr-old male presented with multiple brain abscess which was subsequently proven microbiologically to be due to Cladophialophora Bantiana. In spite of near total excision and appropriate antifungal agents succumbed to his illness. We report this case to hi...

[Fatal subfulminant hepatitis caused by cyproterone acetate].