[A case of Rossolimo-Melkersson-Rosenthal disease].

The article describes Rossolimo-Melkersson-Rosenthal disease (RMRD); historical background and the modern concept of its pathogenesis are presented in brief. The clinical picture of the disease is described in more detail; the variants of the course of the disease and the manifestations of the monosymptomatic, bisymptomatic, and triadic variants are presented. The article contains a clinical observation of a female patient aged 38, whose first symptoms developed at the age of 18 as facial neuritis and left mimic musculature paresis.

[Clinical and morphofunctional characteristics of hydatid liver echinococcosis].

Aim: To examine the levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AsAT) and alaninaminotransferase (AlAT) in homogenates of hepatic biopsies from patients with echinococcosis.

Material And Methods: Clinical, biochemical examinations, ultrasonic examination of the liver were made in 49 patients with hydatid echinococcosis of the liver and 5 control patients operated on for extrahepatic pathology. Morphological picture of the liver was examined with light microscopy.