Here we present the case of a 30-year-old man diagnosed with a dysgerminoma with mediastinal involvement, who developed an isolated chylopericardium during treatment. The purpose of this paper is to review the etiology, diagnosis and new approaches to the treatment of chylopericardium.

AETIOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS The authors mention that significant psychological symptoms prevail in IBS, particularly among patients referred to gastroenterology clinics. It is true that studies have shown that 54%–94% of patients seen in tertiary referral centres meet the criteria for at least one primary psychiatric disorder. However, only 25%–30% of patients with IBS actually seek care, ...

the present report describes a 5-years-old girl who presented with hypoproteinaemia and generalised oedema due to giardiasis.  she recovered fully 2 weeks after treatment with oral metronidazole.  the emphasis is on the importance of giardiasis in children with hypoproteinaemia of obscure aetiology.

PurposeWe aimed to study the efficacy of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) treatment on infantile spasms with different aetiologies. In particular, we were interested in patients structural-acquired aetiology.MethodsPatients spasms, who treated ACTH, divided into three groups based aetiologies: unknown aetiology normal development (unknown-normal), structural-acquired, and combined-congenital ...

To define the pattern of injury and aetiology of death of patients who have sustained major trauma due to high fall and its relationship with the mechanism of free fall. A total of 188 consecutive patients who sustained a high fall were included after the TRAUMASUR database was retrospectively reviewed. Demographic characteristics, severity scores, injury type, aetiology of high fall, mortality...

Despite comprehensive diagnostic work-up, the aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains undetermined in 30-60% of cases. The authors studied factors associated with undiagnosed pneumonia. Patients hospitalised with CAP and being evaluated by two blood cultures, at least one valid lower respiratory tract sample, and serology on admission were prospectively recorded. Patients who ha...