Periadenitis Mucosa Necrotica Recurrens

Clinical success of lysine in association with serumal and salivary presence of HSV-1 in patients with recurrent aphthous ulceration

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical effects of L-lysine monohydrochloride which is known to be a natural viral inhibitor based on a probable role of herpes simplex virus on recurrent aphthous ulcer (RAU) etiology. Method: Thirty patients were divided into placebo and lysine treatment groups. After the end of two months’ therapy, clinical changes of ulcers were recor...

Purpura necrotica as a complication of ventriculoatrial shunts in hydrocephalus.

Purpura necrotica; a possible clinical application of the Shwartzman phenomenon.

Case Reports Case 1. A female, aged five years, was brought to the out-patient department at the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton, on February 24, 1943, on account of purpura, and was admitted at once. There was no previous history of illness. The present ilhlss began suddenly on February 17, 1943, with pains in the legs (which lastd for one week). Twodayslatertherewasswellingofbothankles which la...

Stressed mucosa.

Stress has been defined as an acute threat to the homeostasis of the organism. The mucosal lining of the gastrointestinal tract, a single layer of epithelial cells held together by tight junctions, provides a barrier between the external environment and the body's internal milieu. Any mechanism that breaches the tight junction exposes the body to foreign material be it protein, microorganisms o...

Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve.

AIMS The paper draws attention to the importance of rare, but important anatomical variety of nervus laryngeus recurrens, s.c. nervus laryngeus non-recurrens, for making thyroidectomy safely. Possible differences in the course of the nerve and the way of preparing the gland for minimizing the peroperation damage are presented. PATIENTS Three cases out of 1,200 operations on thyroid gland (0.2...