OBJECTIVE Vipera berus is the only naturally occurring venomous snake in Poland. Its venom is primarily vasculotoxic and evokes both local and systemic findings. The aim of the study was to review a series of clinical cases of V berus bites occurring in southwest Poland. METHODS The charts of 26 patients (age range, 16-66 years; mean, 42 years) hospitalized with V berus bites were retrospecti...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma (SH) is an uncommon tumor. The aim of this study was to identify the origin of pulmonary SH and summarize its clinicopathologic features. METHODS Data of 26 cases of pulmonary SH were collected and reviewed, including their clinical symptoms, chest radiological examinations, treatments, and pathological findings. RESULTS Female patients of pulmonar...

Stress remodeling is a normal physiological response of bone. This is induced by changing forces as a result of increased exercise.1 A stress reaction represents an extreme of remodeling in which this physiological response becomes pathological. This term describes a bone injury that is detectable scintigraphically but not radiographically.2,3 A stress reaction within the plantarolateral condyl...

BACKGROUND Microendoscopic discectomy (MED) is less invasive than conventional open discectomy, but the long-term benefits of this technique are still debated. Controversy also remains regarding the surgical indications, patient selection, effectiveness, learning curve and complications. METHODS From Dec 2001 to Dec 2003, 26 patients with lumbar herniated disc disease received MED. The surgic...

Fatal sepsis due to a particular biotype of Streptococcus milleri occurred in two neonates born at 26 weeks' gestation. The clinical importance of this biotype in association with premature labour and neonatal sepsis is discussed.

26 married males with premature ejaculation and secondary impotence were subjected to behavior therapy. Relaxation, graded tasks, semans exercise, the squeeze technique, desensitization and thought stopping were the techniques employed. 15 (58%) of the patients improved. Factors contributing to success or failure are studied and the results compared with those of others using Behaviour Therapy.

PURPOSE The transient, mainly generalized, together with brief changes in EEG baseline immediately after eye closure, is called 'eye closure sensitivity' (ECS) which was first reported by Robinson in 1930 and there have been limited number of studies investigating ECS and epilepsy syndromes. Therefore, we aimed to reveal the possible relationship between ECS and the epilepsy syndromes in our ad...

To reveal the clinicopathological data and prognostic outcome of 26 cases of small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix (SNCUC). In 2004-2014, the cases were retrospective reviewed and clinicopathological data were collected. Survivals were analyzed with Kaplan-Meier methods by SPSS 19.0. The median age of the patients was 42 years. Twenty-one cases (80.8%) were diagnosed as bein...