Bilateral Paraneoplastic Orbital Myositis Associated With Malignant Melanoma and Multiple Myeloma.

Paraneoplastic extraocular muscle enlargement has been reported in a small number of patients with cancers including breast or lymphoma, usually presenting with bilateral multiple muscle involvement. Such myositis may be autoimmune. Furthermore, orbital inflammation is a recognized complication of immune-modulation therapy used to treat melanoma, such as ipilimumab.

The effects of air ambulance admissions on orthopaedic trauma services in a single hospital.

Unlabelled: Emergency air ambulance admissions to the authors' hospital have increased five-fold from 18 in 1992-1993 to 92 in 1998-1999. The service implications for hospitals receiving air ambulance admissions is unknown.

Aim: An audit/analysis of all emergency air ambulance admissions to the authors' hospital between August 1998-July 1999.