A Rare Case of Addison's Disease Presenting With Intermittent Pancytopenia and Cardiac Tamponade.

Objective: To report the first case, to our knowledge, of intermittent pancytopenia and cardiac tamponade occurring together in association with Autoimmune Addison's Disease (AAD).

Methods: A 21 year-old woman presented on three different occasions with multiple complaints. Her evaluation was significant for intermittent pancytopenia (white blood cell, 1.

Superficial venous thrombosis associated with congenital absence of the inferior vena cava and previous episode of deep venous thrombosis.

Congenital malformations of the inferior vena cava (IVC) are uncommon and may be associated with an increased risk of venous thrombosis. We report the case of a man with congenital absence of the IVC and remote history of deep venous thrombosis who now presents with severe abdominal wall superficial thrombophlebitis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient with IVC absence who has developed both deep and superficial venous thromboses.

Treatment of hairy cell leukemia with 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA): long-term follow-up of the Northwestern University experience.

2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA), a purine analog, has become universally accepted as the agent of choice in treating hairy cell leukemia (HCL). However, few studies have reported long-term outcomes after 2-CdA treatment. Between January 1990 and June 2003, 86 consecutive patients with HCL were treated with a single 7-day course of 2-CdA by continuous infusion at a dose of 0.