Wiadomości lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
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The analysis is reported of 29 case records of patients admitted in the last 25 years to the Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Medical Academy in Gdańsk with suspected pleural malignant mesothelioma. In 16 cases the diagnosis was confirmed by histological examination, and in 13 cases the diagnosis of mesothelioma was based on the whole clinical picture and cytological examination of pleural effusion. ⋯ The mean survival time was 5 months. The results of treatment were not satisfactory.
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The clinical picture of tuberculous peritonitis in productive form with formation of an abdominal tumour 18 x 20 cm in dimensions is described. The patient was a boy aged 19 years from rural environment. The diagnosis was based on bacteriological investigations, histological examination and clinical manifestations. Attention is called to diagnostic difficulties in cases of tuberculous peritonitis without positive tuberculin tests and with pulmonary fibronodular tuberculosis.