Thrombo-angitis obliterans: a clinico-pathological study

Thrombo-Angiitis Obliterans

In 1936 I published a report of a case of thrombo-angiitis obliterans which had reacted favourably to the operation of peri-arterial sympathectomy. The cure has been maintained so far and might be considered satisfactory. This case proves the utility of the operation in certain milder types of the disease. More recently I saw a patient in an advanced stage of the disease where the radical opera...

Thrombo angiitis obliterans

Sarcoglycanopathies : A clinico - pathological study

There have been few publications relating to limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) in India. In this issue Meena et al describe clinical and pathological features of 26 LGMD patients from South India. The LGMDs are an expanding group of diverse conditions, the term LGMD was first introduced in 1954 by Natrass and Walton to and there is reduced calpain on Western Blot analysis. LGMD2B is caused ...

Sarcoglycanopathies: a clinico-pathological study.

BACKGROUND Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by limb girdle weakness. There are no clear clinical features that distinguish various types of LGMD. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 26 patients with chronic progressive weakness in limb girdle distribution without early facial involvement with muscle biopsies suggestive of dystrophy/myopath...

Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis: clinico- pathological study

In a retrospective three year study 13 cases of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis (XGC) (seven female, six male) were found in 724 gallbladders (1 8%), an estimated incidence of 1 7 cases per 1O00000 population per annum. Symptoms often began with an episode of acute cholecystitis and persisted for up to five years. There was extension of xanthogranulomatous tissue into adjacent organs in nine ...