[Hospitalized aged patients as a social problem. Preliminary study].

Hospitalisation of an aged person is undertaken for various reasons, partly medical, and partly (even primarily in some cases) social. Exaggerated hospitalisation can upset the functional efficiency of a hospital. In some instances, admission itself may be the cause of serious psychophysical deterioration.

[Correlations between clinical diagnosis and necroscopy in geriatric patients].

The clinical data of 68 patients who died in a geriatric ward have been compared with their necropsies to identify discrepancies between clinical diagnosis and necropsy. A percentage of error of 32.78% was observed with respect to the clinical diagnosis of the main death-causing disease.

[Primary atypical amyloidosis; a case report].

A case of diffuse primary amyloidosis with predominantly liver onset is reported. The absence of amyloid in the abdominal subcutaneous fat and in the rectal mucosa, the wide ECG voltage range, the absence of nephropathy and proteinuria as well as the absence of immunoglobulin involvement, are in contrast with autoptic findings of ubiquitous involvement of amyloid substance. It is considered that the pathogenesis of this disease is still open to discussion.