Articles: ninos.
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Retraction Of Publication
Pleural cryptococcosis with idiopathic CD4 positive T-lymphocytopenia.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Nov 2007
Brain natriuretic peptide increases in septic patients without severe sepsis or shock.
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) production increases in critically ill septic patients. We assessed the hypothesis that BNP is elevated in patients with community-acquired infections without severe sepsis or septic shock. ⋯ BNP levels are elevated in the acute phase of community-acquired microbial infections without severe sepsis or septic shock.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Nov 2007
Life-threatening megaloblastic pancytopenia with normal mean cell volume: Case series.
The mean red blood cell volume (MCV) is usually increased in severe megaloblastic anemia due to pernicious anemia. However, during one year in a university hospital, three patients with life-threatening pancytopenia and normal MCV were proven to have severe vitamin B12 deficiency. The red blood cell distribution width was markedly increased (three times normal) and led to review of the blood smear and recognition of megaloblastosis as well as prominent red cell fragmentation. These three cases illustrate that vitamin B12 status should be evaluated in cases of pancytopenia, independent of the MCV value.
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A 60 years old male presented with a 10 years history of chronic discharging perineal sinuses with inguinal lymphadenopathy. Biopsy of the inguinal lymph node revealed follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma while the biopsy of the sinuses was non-specific. It was diagnosed as a case of primary nodal NHL with secondary cutaneous manifestations of multiple perineal sinuses (paraneoplastic dermatosis). After two courses of chemotherapy, the discharge from the sinuses disappeared and the lesions healed by scarring.