tlhere arc nlo sign-ts of cardiac (list -css, nor is asc'ites a Frominenit feature. \Vhite, in a r-Cecent description of Pick's disease, states: 'Polyserositis is due to tuberculosis, associated w-itli pneunionii , or, mlost comlmllonky, of lnknowIn origin. T'1li p)leure ind pericard(i urn are the seIous cav'iti's genrally lvolved, bLut SOnietillmeS tle(' pe'lritoilnuill is also aIffected. '[ l...

CUTE LEUKEMIA has many clinical variatiomis, of which involvement of serous surfaces is omie of the most uncommon. Of these unusual cases, involvement of both the pericardial and pleural surfaces has never previously been recorded and that fact is the justification for the presemit case report. Wendkos’ reported a case of massive pericardial effusion as the first clinical manifestation of lymph...

A 10-year-old child presented with prolonged fever, lymphadenopathy, weight loss, oral ulcers, alopecia and parotitis. She later developed arterial thrombosis, poly-serositis, nephritis, myocarditis, sacro-ilitis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia and refractory thrombocytopenia. Though anti-dsDNA was negative, she was diagnosed to have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Terminally, she had pulmonar...

Haemophilus parasuis (H.parasuis) is the etiological agent of porcine polyserositis and arthritis (Glässer's disease) characterized by fibrinous polyserositis, meningitis and polyarthritis, causing severe economic losses to the swine industry. Currently, the molecular basis of this infection is largely unkonwn. Coronin 1A (Coro1A) plays important roles in host against bacterial infection, yet l...

Sir: Clozapine is an antipsychotic medication introduced to the United States in 1989. It is a tricyclic dibenzodiazepine derivative chemically related to the traditional antipsychotic medication loxapine. 1 Side effects pose a significant problem during clozapine therapy. Adverse reactions occur most frequently during the initiation of clozapine treatment and during the acute treatment and dos...

Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease with glandular and extraglandular manifestations. Pleural and pericardial effusions in association with SS are rare. Similarly, ascites is rare and it can occur in SS when combined with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Inflammatory Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm together with SS has been described only in one case. We report herein the case of a 70-ye...