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Selected AbstractsRecurrent hepatic lymphangiomatosis after orthotopic liver transplantationLIVER TRANSPLANTATION, Issue 11 2007Seong H. Ra Hepatic lymphangiomatosis is a rare disease characterized by an abnormal lymphatic proliferation involving the liver alone, liver and spleen, or multiple organs. Hepatic lymphangiomatosis becomes symptomatic secondary to compression or replacement of the normal parenchyma, which can lead to liver failure. Resection and orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) can be used as treatment for this disease. We herein describe a 42-year-old female who had undergone successful OLT for hepatic lymphangiomatosis with recurrent disease detected 19 yr later in the transplanted liver. This is, to our knowledge, the first described case of recurrent hepatic lymphangiomatosis after OLT. In conclusion, we discuss the clinical, radiologic, pathologic, and immunohistochemical findings and review other reported cases of hepatic lymphangiomatosis that have undergone OLT. Liver Transpl 13:1593,1597, 2007. © 2007 AASLD. [source] Gadolinium-based balloon angioplasty for pulmonary artery stenosis in an infant with a right isomerismCATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS, Issue 3 2004Hisashi Sugiyama MD Abstract We report here the first described case of utilizing gadolinium-based contrast material as the contrast agent during a catheter intervention treatment for pulmonary artery stenosis. The patient, a male infant with complex heart disease associated with a right isomerism, had a history of severe allergic reaction to iodine-containing contrast agents. A combination of digital subtraction angiography and a gadolinium contrast agent, however, provided us with good-quality images both before and after balloon angioplasty without any associated complications. This method should therefore be considered as an alternative angiographic procedure in children with a high risk of iodine-related allergic complications. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004;63:346,350. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] Eating disorders in older women: Does late onset anorexia nervosa exist?INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS, Issue 5 2010Samantha Scholtz MRCPsych Abstract Objective: The objective of this study is to determine whether eating disorders can present for the first time in older people. Method: This is a descriptive study of patients above the age of 50 years who have presented to a national eating disorder center within the last 10 years. Results: Thirty-two patients were identified; data were available for 26 of these patients and 11 agreed for further interview and questionnaire completion. There were no cases where the eating disorder had its onset late in life. Of the 11 interviewed, six participants retained a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, four had Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified and only one was recovered. Comorbid depression was universal in those still suffering with an eating disorder diagnosis, and their level of social functioning was impaired. Discussion: Anorexia nervosa is a chronic and enduring mental illness that, although rare, can be found in older people. In our sample, we found no evidence of late-onset disorders; all described cases were lifelong. © 2009 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 2010 [source] A probable case of metastatic carcinoma from the late prehistoric eastern Tennessee River ValleyINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY, Issue 4 2002Maria Ostendorf Smith Abstract There are few described cases of metastatic carcinoma from the prehistoric eastern United States and none primarily differentially diagnosed from the southeast. A mature adult female exhibiting several large lytic cranial lesions suggestive of neoplastic disease was identified in a late prehistoric Mississippian Period (AD 1200,1600) context. Burial 371 is from Ledford Island, a Mouse Creek phase (AD 1400,1500) site from the Chickamauga Reservoir of southeastern Tennessee. It is the only case in this reservoir (total adult n = 843). The radiographs of the otherwise asymptomatic postcranium yielded radiolucencies in both proximal femora, both medial clavicles, the sternum, the surviving humeral metaphysis and fragmentary innominate. The locations are all consistent with metastasized carcinoma. The identity of the possible primary lesion is argumentative. Age, sex and the mixed nature of the osseous response are consistent with carcinoma of the breast but not to the exclusion of bronchogenic, thyroid, or kidney cancers. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Cardiac Hemangioma of the Left Atrial Appendag: A Case Report and DiscussionJOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, Issue 5 2009Bruno Chiappini M.D., Ph.D. In contrast to myxoma, hemangioma rarely involves left atrial tissue in adults and little information about the tumor is available. We encountered a 65-year-old woman with a left atrial hemangioma arising in the appendage and growing like an extracardiac mass. The tumor was removed from the left atrium with all the left appendage under cardiopulmonary bypass. Histopathological examination revealed that it was a cavernous-type hemangioma. Among the five described cases, this case was the only one in which the tumor arose from the appendage and grew into the pericardial cavity with resultant paroxystic atrial fibrillation. [source] | ||||||||||