Admissions of drug abusers with acute soft tissue lesions at the injection site increased in number over the period 1985-1989. There were 146 admissions in 90 patients. The diagnoses were: 58 superficial abscesses, 27 deep abscesses, 57 cellulitis, one tenosynovitis, one purulent arthritis, one not further categorised abscess and one case of arterial spasm.
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December 1994
We evaluated clinical and microbiological aspects in 145 hospitalizations of 89 intravenous drug abusers with acute soft tissue infections at the injection site. There were 58 superficial abscesses, 27 deep abscesses, 57 cellulitis with or without concomitant ulcer, 1 purulent arthritis, 1 tenosynovitis and 1 incompletely categorized abscess. The commonest location was the groin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe results of 111 acute below-knee amputations in war wounded were reviewed. The majority of the patients were wounded by exploding mines. The amputation stumps were not closed primarily but secondarily after an average of 6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary mediastinal tumour or cyst was surgically treated in 129 patients (including 19 younger than 12 years) during a 16-year period. All histologic specimens and smears from fine-needle aspiration biopsy were reviewed. Intrathoracic goitre, neurogenic lesions and thymomas comprised 62% of all the tumours.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA case of protrusion of the first thoracic intervertebral disc is presented. The patient suffered from severe acute pain in the chest and left arm. Horner's syndrome was present, probably due to compression of the preganglionic sympathetic fibres as they leave the spinal cord through the anterior root.
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