Episodic angioedema with eosinophilia (Gleich's syndrome) associated with urticarial vasculitis: a coincidence or a novel clinical entity?

Episodic angioedema with eosinophilia (EAE) is a rare condition characterized by recurrent attacks of angioedema and urticaria accompanied by a marked elevation of peripheral eosinophil count. We report the case of a young female patient diagnosed with EAE associated with urticarial vasculitis. A 40-year-old female patient was admitted to our institution due to recurrent episodes of cheek and eyelid angioedema in the previous year.

Cervical Cancer Posttreatment Follow-up: Critical Analysis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of follow-up tests and examinations in diagnosing symptomatic and asymptomatic relapses after treatment for cervical cancer.

Methods: Data were collected from medical records for all patients diagnosed as having cervical cancer from January 1985 to June 2010. The significance level was P < 0.

Arthrography of the plica syndrome and its significance.

The plica is a synovial fold inside the knee joint that may become symptomatic if for any reason the fold is converted into a bowstring. In 42 patients with chronic knee problems, arthrograms of the knee were obtained with evidence of the plica syndrome. Twenty-four were asymptomatic, 18 symptomatic, and of these 16 were excised.

[Double-contrast arthrography of the knee in traumatic capsular-ligamentous lesions. A critical review].

The authors conducted a statistical study and a critical review on a series of 1,300 patients examined with double-contrast fluoroscopically guided knee arthrography using a simple examination technique. Arthrographic diagnoses were subsequently compared with arthrotomic (500 patients), arthroscopic (350 patients), and clinical (450 patients) diagnoses. The critical review pointed out the high diagnostic accuracy (90%) and the good sensitivity (87%) of arthrographic examination in patients affected with pathologic conditions of the cruciate ligaments.