The experience in treatment of 3 patients with rupture Achilles tendon due to steroid injections connected achillodynia or tendoperiosteopathy calcaneal tuber is presented. There 3.5% such pathology out all rupture. In those the was shown be caused by insignificant physical load (quick walking, slight jump). Postoperatively had complications form diastasis cutaneous wound margins. one patient n...

INTRODUCTION. Childhood idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is characterized by frequent relapsing courses or steroid dependency. Levamisole is a popular drug for treatment of these patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate levamisole in children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS. We retrospectively studied 304 children with a diagnosis of steroid-dependent ne...

BACKGROUND Keloids are a common problem with significant recurrence rates despite intralesional steroid treatment and multimodal therapy. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of using a 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)/steroid mixture to treat keloids over the past 7 years, comparing the results with use of steroid treatment alone. METHODS Patient charts from 1999 to 2006 w...

Children with the idiopathic nephrotic syndrome have been treated with intensive steroid therapy at various centres since prednisolone became available in 1955. Five years after onset, 65-70% of such children are free from significant proteinuria, and the death rate has been reduced to 10-15% by such therapy (Arneil and Lam, 1966; Cornfeld and Schwartz, 1966). Serious untoward effects, such as ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to describe a combination treatment for choroidal neovascular (CNV) membrane, secondary to punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC). PATIENT AND METHODS A 44-year-old female patient was diagnosed with PIC complicated by the development of recurrent juxtafoveal neovascular membrane. The treatment included a sequence of monotherapy regimens: systemic steroid ther...

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a chronic nasal disease that affects the upper respiratory tract. This disorder is characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes and it manifests with several nasal symptoms accompanied sometimes by non-nasal symptoms. Best therapy aims to prevent and improve the AR-clinical picture. Steroids have an important role in the treatment of AR. The development of ste...