Non-Diphtheritic Pseudo-Membranous Rhinitis

Pseudo-membranous colitis.

Mystery and controversy still surround the entity of pseudo-membranous enterocolitis. Emphasis has been placed on the condition occurring postoperatively (Pettet, Baggenstoss, Dearing, and Judd, 1954; van Prohaska, Mock, Baker, and Collins, 1961), and in association with antibiotic therapy (Cummins, 1961; Hale and Cosgriff, 1957; Pearce and Dineen, 1960). Many authors have claimed that it is al...

Factitious Pseudo-Membranous Conjunctivitis in an Adolescent Boy

BACKGROUND/AIMS Ocular factitious lesions involving the conjunctiva alone represent a challenging diagnosis for the ophthalmologist; corneal integrity, in fact, allows maintenance of good visual acuity and precludes the pain subsequent to trigeminal stimulation. Conjunctival biopsy is crucial to make a diagnosis and to focus on possible peculiarities in the patient's behavior. A psychiatrist ha...

Non-Allergic Rhinitis

Autonomic dysfunction in diphtheritic neuropathy.

Sympathetic and parasympathetic function and somatic nerve conduction were assessed in ten patients with diphtheritic neuropathy and 28 controls. None of the patients had postural hypotension. The Valsalva ratio was abnormal in two patients who also had myocarditis, but it was normal in five cases. Cardiac vagal dysfunction was found in five patients. One case showed cardiac parasympathetic den...

The Pathogenesis of Diphtheritic Paralysis

perimental observers have regarded the nervous complications of diphtheria as the result of selective hematogenous toxaemia of the nervous system. Other hypotheses have also been put forward, e.g., Mendel attributed the palatal paralysis to the fact that the nerves of this structure were bathed in toxin from the neighbouring infectiye focus; Babonneix and others hold that the process is of the ...