We present a case of a biochemically euthyroid male with active moderately severe thyroid associated orbitopathy who was coincidentally found to have breast carcinoma. The relationship between thyroid disease and breast carcinoma is discussed. The authors recommend that an enquiry of any breast lump or abnormality should be undertaken in all patients with thyroid disease.
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November 1983
Continuous retroperitoneal bleeding may be an immediate life-threatening complication of pelvic fractures. While surgical control of the bleeding vessels has been advocated in these cases, today angiographic embolization of the branches of the internal iliac arteries is proving to be the treatment of choice. This is a relatively simple, safe, prompt and effective method of controlling the hemorrhage.
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May 1982
The following paper assesses the results of pluridirectional tomograms in 50 normal females of reproductive age, as reflected by the opinions given by 4 different radiologists with major interest in the pituitary fossa. Only 16 of the 50 tomograms were uniformly read as normal. The study has merit in highlighting the 'abnormalities' of the pituitary fossa in what appear to be a group of normal controls, and to stress the phenomenon of observer variations.
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April 1981
Seventeen women with prolactin levels of 100 ng/ml and above suspected of harboring prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma, from the basis of this study. Ten patients had radiological signs of an adenoma while in 7 the radiological criteria for such a diagnosis were not fulfilled. Ovulation and pregnancy were induced with bromocriptine in all 17 patients.
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