Presse Med
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The finding of an abdominal mass in an 18-month old infant ultimately led to the diagnosis of mycotic aneurysm of a common iliac artery. The lesion was resected and the vessel was ligated. The short and long-term outcome was favourable. ⋯ The vessel most commonly involved is the aorta. Surgical resection, when performed, results in cure. The present case is remarkable on three points: the lesion involved an iliac artery, the diagnosis was delayed and calcifications were present around the aneurysm.
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Sodium concentrations in erythrocytes are lower in women during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle than in women studied during the follicular phase and in men. Sodium cotransport activity is lower in women during the follicular phase than in men. Women taking oral contraceptives show no monthly variations in erythrocyte sodium concentrations. ⋯ There is no difference between negroes with or without haemoglobin S. There are no changes in erythrocyte potassium concentrations in relation to sex, menstrual phase, race, familial essential hypertension, presence of haemoglobin S or use of oral contraceptives. These physiological variations indicate the factors which must be standardized to study sodium concentrations in cells and sodium transmembrane flux.