OBSERVATIONS ON PULMONARY APOPLEXY.

Observations on hypoxic pulmonary hypertension.

The increase in pulmonary arterial pressure that occurs when low concentrations of oxygen are inspired (von Euler and Liljestrand, 1946) is associated with a fall in pulmonary artery oxygen saturation, and results from an increase in pulmonary arteriolar resistance (Motley et al., 1947; Lewis and Gorlin, 1952). Experiments on isolated perfused lungs in cat and dog (Hall, 1953; Duke, 1954, 1957)...

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Some Observations on Chrysotherapy in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

hagen discovered the gold treatment o Pulmonary tuberculosis in 1924. Great enthusiasm swept over the medical world and t ic ?anocrysin treatment of Mollgaard was taken llP by the specialists in tuberculosis of neai y every country with high hopes of success, but, as time passed on, the enthusiasm gave place o depression. Follow-up of the cases treated in the earlier years revealed unfavourable...

Pineal apoplexy.

A case of haematoma in the pineal region is reported in a patient whose initial symptom was subarachnoid haemorrhage. The encapsulated haematoma and surrounding blood clots were removed surgically. Haemorrhage into a pineal cyst may have been the cause of this particular intracranial mass.

Pituitary apoplexy.

Pituitary apoplexy, a rare clinical syndrome secondary to abrupt hemorrhage or infarction, complicates 2%-12% of pituitary adenomas, especially nonfunctioning tumors. Headache of sudden and severe onset is the main symptom, sometimes associated with visual disturbances or ocular palsy. Signs of meningeal irritation or altered consciousness may complicate the diagnosis. Precipitating factors (in...