Unilaterales Sicca-Syndrom

Rachel Carson Syndrom

For years some ecologists have been convinced that pesticides are contributing to a decline in amphibian species around the globe. From an apparent epidemic of deformed frogs in Minnesota to the near disappearance of yellow-legged frogs from California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, pesticides have been considered prime suspects. This suspicion is no doubt rooted in the belief by the ecological com...

Das Hepatopulmonale Syndrom

Acetylcysteine in kerato-conjunctivitis sicca.

KERATO-CONJUNCTIVITIS sicca is the condition which follows a reduction of secretion by the main and accessory lacrimal glands, and is characterized by interpalpebral staining of the bulbar conjunctiva with rose Bengal, punctate corneal staining with punctate opacities in Bowman's zone, the presence of thick stringy mucous strands in the lower fornices, and corneal filaments, the latter being ne...

MEN-2-Syndrom: Was gibt es Neues?

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 (MEN-2): An Update. Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN-2) is an autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome. The disorder is caused by missense mutations of the RET proto-oncogene that result in their gain of function. Three distinct clinical subtypes of MEN-2 are characterized: MEN-2A, MEN-2B, and familial MTC (FMTC). The precise RET mutations may su...

Neisseria sicca pneumonia and bronchiectasis.

Neisseria sicca, although considered a harmless saprophyte, has been recognised as an etiologic agent in three cases of pneumonitis, and rare cases of endocarditis, meningitis, and osteomyelitis, particularly in immunocompromised hosts. We report the case of a 76-year-old man with a community-acquired pneumonia, in whom both sputum samples and bronchial secretions obtained with bronchoscopic pr...