SOME CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS ON MUCO-MEMBRANOUS COLITIS.

Some Clinical Notes on Membranous Enteritis

Mrs. M., aged 60. A very thin, ill-nourished woman, of melancholy temperament. She has always had wretched health, and at the present time has marked signs of pulmonary phthisis. For many years she has suffered, at short intervals, from attacks of acute dyspepsia, accompanied by very obstinate constipation ; and at these times she experiences great pain in the abdomen. When I was called in to s...

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...

Some Clinical Observations on Acne Vulgaris

The clinical similarties between the cutaneous manifestations, specially, the heper-kerototic follicular papules of hypoyitaminosis and those of Darier's disease and pity riasis, rubra pilaris, provide the rationale for the first testing Vitamin-A, as a therapy for skin diseases.Table I shows the trials taken on 125 patients, which attended our clinic, suffering from Acene, Plaques of Psoriasis...

Some Clinical Observations on Cerebrospinal Fever

Membranous glomerulonephritis associated with ulcerative colitis.

Glomerulonephritis is reported as a rare extraintestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman who suffered from membranous glomerulonephritis, 3 years after diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome. She was admitted because of acute kidney failure, bloody diarrhea, and gastrointestinal symptoms. Further evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of ulcerative coli...