Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Oct 1990
Comparative Study[Proctoscopic versus histologic diagnosis of rectal polyps].
On the basis of the endoscopic appearance, 71 rectal polyps were assessed as adenomata or non-neoplastic polyps, after which the endoscopic diagnosis was compared with the results of histological examination. The diagnosis based on macroscopic examination of the polyps proved correct in only 62% of the cases. It is concluded that the diagnosis of adenoma cannot be established solely on the proctoscopic appearance of a polyp and, as adenomata are premalignant, removal of all polyps found at proctoscopy is recommended.
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With the object of investigating the occurrence of pain and dysaesthesiae in the scar following mastectomy, 120 were interviewed by a standard questionnaire in a prospective study. These women had commenced postoperative control or treatment in the Department of Oncology in the University Hospital of Aarhus consecutively during a one-year period. One hundred and ten of these women were interviewed again one year later. ⋯ Twenty-seven patients (23%) had dysaesthesiae at the first interview while 29 patients experienced these continually one year after operation. Both the intensity and the duration of the scar pain diminished with the elapse of time. This held also true where dysaesthesiae were concerned but was not so marked.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Oct 1990
[Epidemiology of burns. A follow-up from a 20-year period at Odense hospital].
The numbers of patients admitted with burns, as an expression of the incidence of burns, registered in the Burns Unit, Odense University Hospital were compared for two ten-year periods: 1968-1977 and 1978-1987. A total of 1,548 hospitalized patients were involved. ⋯ Where the youngest children were concerned, this decrease was due to a decline in the number of scalds but also because of reductions in the number of contact burns and electrical and corrosive injuries. This was corrected for the altered age distribution with relatively fewer children during the second decade.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Oct 1990
Case Reports[Upper abdominal pain and pre-eclampsia--HELLP syndrome].
A 26 year old primiparous woman in the 30th gestational week presented with upper right abdominal pain. Clinical examination revealed direct tenderness under the right curverture, oedema, hypertension and proteinuria. ⋯ On account of suspected HELLP-syndrome cesarean section was performed. We suggest screening of all pregnant with upper abdominal symptoms suspected for preeclampsia by measuring platelet count and liver enzymes.