TERATOMAL NEOPLASMS OF THE PERICARD: THE PROBLEM AND REALITIES (CLINICAL CASE).

The article presents a difficult-to-diagnose clinical case of progressive growth of two intrapericardial dermoid cysts in a 42-year-old man, diagnosed only 6 months after acute transdermal poisoning with lithium salts (Litol 24), which the patient, on his own initiative, used locally for the treatment of existing psoriasis. The peculiarity of this clinical case lies in the fact that, due to the extremely rare occurrence of intrapericardial dermoid cysts, their presence was perceived by doctors as hydropericardium. Therefore, untimely diagnosis of the cause of compression syndrome created a threat of tamponade of the patient's heart.

[The diagnosis of a cystic duct blockade in patients with chronic cholecystitis].

The authors describe a method of complex examination of patients with diseases of the external biliary tract with the aim of diagnosing cystic duct blocks. Intravenous cholangiography using billignost and albumin in 2:1 ratio proved highly effective. Of essential help in the diagnosis of cystic duct block was dynamic ultrasonic examination.

[Functional state of the stomach after gastrectomy and vagotomy and the ways of improving the results of surgical treatment of peptic ulcer].

A complex examination of 286 patients was performed after gastric resection by the method of Hofmeister-Finsterer, 64 patients after truncal vagotomy with antrum-resection, 14--after selective proximal vagotomy with draining operations and 26--without draining operation. Time for the recovery of motor-evacuatory function of the stomach after organ-preserving operations was considerably shorter than after resection of the stomach. In order to shorten the period of adaptation of the digestion organs after operative treatment of ulcer disease a complex of rehabilitating measures is proposed including percutaneous electrostimulation, diet, balneological and medicamentous therapy.