Microfocal radiography has been used to evaluate the relation between erosion number and erosion area in the hands and wrists of 51 patients with early to moderately advanced rheumatoid arthritis. The hands of these patients showed different patterns of erosion progression, in terms of the relation between changes in number and area, and included those showing a decrease in one or both of the e...

A 69-year-old man with relapsed acute lymphoid leukemia was treated with adriamycin, vincristine, and prednisolone. During this chemotherapy, the patient developed sepsis and meningitis. Although many kinds of antimicrobial drugs, including imipenem, meropenem, amphotericin-B, and gamma-globulin were administered, the patient died of respiratory failure. A positive result for Enterococcus faeca...

Quantitative macroradiographic examination of a group of early to moderately advanced rheumatoid patients showed the wrist and hand to have an average of 75 (SD 26) erosions out of 142 possible sites. Joint involvement was greatest in the wrist followed by the metacarpophalangeal (MCP), proximal interphalangeal (PIP), and distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints respectively. In the wrist erosion di...

The value of scintigraphy in predicting development of new erosions in small peripheral joints was studied by visual evaluation of scintigrams and by three computerised methods. In 13 patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis a total of 387 joints were examined clinically, scintigraphically, and radiographically. The follow up period was 24 months. Four eroded joints in three patients ...

Lymphocytic gastritis is a histopathological entity characterised by the accumulation of small lymphocytes in the surface and foveolar epithelium. In order to investigate the correlation between endoscopy and histology in this condition, 192 observations selected on the basis of a presumed diagnosis of erosive or varioliform gastritis were reviewed. Ninety two instances corresponded to lymphocy...

The configuration factor of adhesive cavities is defined as the ratio of the restoration's bonded to unbonded (free) surfaces. Such a configuration factor was described, on ideal cavities, as having a potential value in predicting the behaviour of the restorations, because it is related to the restoration's capacity for relieving stress by flow. The aim of this study was to measure the configur...

Fifty eight patients suffering from a recent onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were studied. Fifty six patients were followed up for 24 months and two for 18 months. Erosions were detected in 17 patients at the onset and at the end of the follow up period the number of patients with erosions was 44. The erosiveness in the joint groups studied was as follows: metatarsophalangeal (MTP) (36 patie...

Aim. To investigate the diagnostic yield and etiologies of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) using capsule endoscopy (CE) or double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE). Method. We studied the data of 532 consecutive patients with OGIB that were referred to Xinqiao Hospital in Chongqing from December 2005 to January 2012. A lesion that was believed to be the source of the bleeding (ul...

fusion is a developmental anomaly defined as the :union: of two normally separated tooth buds or the partial splitting of one tooth bud into two buds. depending on the stage of development, fusion may be either complete or incomplete. the significance of this particular case was that this fusion occurred in a posterior permanent mandibular tooth, while such a manifestation is more reported in m...