[Treatment of solitary toxic thyroid nodules with the use of percutaneous ethanol injections].

Twenty women aged 18-76 years (mean 42 +/- 23 years) with solitary benign toxic thyroid nodule were treated with intranodular percutaneous 96%-ethanol injection, performed under ultrasound guidance. 1 ml of ethanol was instilled per 1 cm3 of nodule tissue. 2-5 (mean 3.

Pancreatic polypeptide secretion in diabetic patients with delayed gastric emptying and autonomic neuropathy.

Measuring postprandial pancreatic polypeptide (PP) plasma concentration is a sensitive method for autonomic nervous system assessment. Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) often does not correlate clearly with cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN). This study was conducted to evaluate whether decreased PP secretion (PPS) accompanies DGE and CAN in diabetes.

Evaluation of esophageal passage in selected connective tissue diseases.

The objective of this study was to determine whether, as in with other types of connective tissue diseases, there exists esophageal passage dysfunction as it exists in systemic scleroderma. It was also interesting to establish whether there is any correlation between this kind of dysfunction and the subjective complaints connected with the esophagus as well as the occurrence of Raynaud's phenomenon. Evaluation of the esophageal passage was performed on the basis of scintigraphic examination.

Diagnostic value of 169Yb-cis-dichlorodimethionine platinum scintigraphy in patients with malignant lymphomas.

Ytterbium-169 (169Yb) cis-dichlorodimethionine platinum (169Yb-PtCl2Meth2) is a new agent of low toxicity with an affinity for neoplastic tumours. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of 169Yb-PtCl2Meth2 scintigraphy in patients with malignant lymphomas. 169Yb-PtCl2Meth2 scintigraphy was performed in 67 patients with histologically proven malignant lymphoma.