Response to: Do not Forget Gastrointestinal Decontamination in the Early Management of Lithium Poisoning

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

Abdominal pain: do not forget Thorotrast!

The use of Thorotrast (25% thorium dioxide), a radiologic contrast agent used up until the mid-1950s, was associated with a wide range of malignancies, mainly of hepatic origin. We report a case of Thorotrast-induced hepatocarcinoma in an 82-year-old woman.

Genital ulcers: do not forget Behçet disease.

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 22-year-old, previously healthy, woman was referred to our department for genital ulcers present for more than 1 year, with no resolution to the various treatments prescribed. At physical examination, the patient presented a painful ulcer with a central necrotic base and clean margin about 10 mm in diameter on the right labia majora ( fi gure 1 ) and a similar lesion at the...

Erythrocytapheresis: Do Not Forget a Useful Therapy!

SUMMARY: In patients with pathologically altered erythrocytes, red blood cell exchange is a very efficient therapeutic measure without important side effects. With increasing migration more patients with e.g. severe malaria or sickle cell anemia have to be treated. In minor or bidirectional ABO-mismatched stem cell transplantations after reduced intensity conditioning, hemolysis can be prevente...