Nasal Glial Hamartoma: A New Type of Sinonasal Hamartomas.

Hamartomas are rare, tumour-forming, benign lesions that have been reported throughout the body that can resemble other malignant entities. Hamartoma subtypes can be distinguished based on their histological features. Sinonasal hamartomas may have presenting symptoms and radiological features that mimic other nasal neoplastic lesions.

[Impact of consensus conferences of hypercholesterolemia and hypertension in Spain].

Background: In May 1989 and June 1990, consensus conferences of treatment of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia respectively were held in Spain, at the General Division of Health Planning from the Ministry of Health. The objective of this article is to assess the effect of such conferences of physicians' knowledge, attitudes and practices.

Subjects And Methods: Cross-sectional telephone survey was carried out in physicians of general medicine, family practice, internal medicine and cardiology specialties.

Hipersensitivity to fruits in latex allergic patients.

In medical literature, there are many cases reported of anaphylaxis due to fruits, before or after allergic reactions to latex. We present two atopic patients, with allergy to latex (by clinical history, positive skin test and RAST). Both patients showed a positive skin test and RAST to fruits (banana, kiwi, avocado and chestnut), but clinically caused no symptoms.

[Nocturnal spasmodic cough in the infant. Evolution after antireflux treatment].

Several studies have shown the relationship between gastro-oesophageal reflux, bronchial asthma and chronic nocturnal cough and this should not be neglected, particularly in patients who present an unfavourable development in spite of conventional treatment. For diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux, amongst other investigations, esophageal gammagraphy of swallowing, that detects alterations in the mobility of the oesophagus, secondary to a possible oesophagitis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical progress and gammagraphy of a group of children with chronic predominantly nocturnal cough (with or without bronchial asthma) with initially pathological esophageal gammagraphy, after three months of treatment with gastrokinetic drugs (cisapride against domperidone) and postural dietetic limits, in comparison with a reference group who, although having followed the limits in question had not received the pharmacological treatment.