Usefulness of spinal magnetic resonance imaging in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Background: Myelodysplastic syndrome is a rare, chronic hematological disease characterized by heterogeneous clinical presentations. Subtypes of myelodysplastic syndrome are characterized by different survival times and ability to transform into acute myeloid leukemia.

Objectives: The objective of the study included the assessment of the relationship between the images obtained by magnetic resonance scans of lumbar spine and the clinical symptoms of the disease in patients diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, as well as the assessment of the correlation of the images with the phase of transformation into acute myeloid leukemia.

[Problems of diagnosis and therapy of primary hyperparathyroidism--case report].

Primary hyperparathyroidism is systemic, polymorphic disease. Authors present a case of woman suffered from primary hyperparathyroidism misdiagnosed as disseminated neoplastic disease. There was shown a clinical picture complex, difficulties in diagnostic process, treatment and factors provided mistakes in therapy.

[Regional citrate anticoagulation for continuous haemodiafiltration in the postoperative period].

Background: Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is commonly used for the treatment of acute renal failure in haemodynamically unstable patients after cardiac surgery. The main problem associated with CRRT is the need for systemic anticoagulation that may lead to bleeding complications. As an alternative to heparins, and to avoid systemic anticoagulation, the use of regional citrate infusion has been proposed for patients with a high risk of bleeding.

[Pioneers of anaesthesiology--Arthur Ernest Guedel (1883-1956)].

Arthur Ernest Guedel was a US born anaesthetist, whose name found its place among key persons in our specialty. Commonly known as a developer of the oropharyngeal airway, he did much more. Possibly, his major achievements were the detailed description of nitrous oxide and diethyl ether anaesthesia.

[Abandoning of breast cancer radical treatment--own observations].

Breast cancer is currently one of the most frequent cancers women in Poland suffer from. Incidence increases after 35 years of age and this rate remains high until the old age. Since the 1980s breast cancer has been the most frequent reason for deaths of women between 40 and 59 years of age.

[Abdominal wall endometrioma in the cesarean section scar].

Objectives: The study presents a retrospective review of patients diagnosed with abdominal wall endometrioma in the cesarean section scar between the years 2001-2006.

Material And Methods: The study presented age symptoms, size of tumor, time between cesarean section and symptoms, results of treatment.

Results: Between 2001-2006, 34 patients, all of which suffered from abdominal pain and palpable mass, were diagnosed and treated in our hospital.

[Bourneville-Pringle disease. Case report].

We present a case of a 47-year-old woman suffering from Bourneville-Pringle disease and uterus cancer undergoing radical operation. Surgery was performed under general anaesthesia and went uneventfully.

[Fournier's gangrene--serious complication of perianal abscess].

Authors present the case of Fournier's gangrene in course of perianal abscess. They pay attention to fulminant clinical course of superficial perineal fascia necrosis caused by mixed bacterial flora included aerobes and anaerobes and difficulties of treatment. They indicate the possibility of septic shock and multiple organ failure leading to death, in spite of intensive surgical and pharmacological treatment.

[Preoperative analysis of vital lung capacity in female patients with flattened thyrotoxicosis].

Unbalanced hyperthyroidism leads to the feeling of dyspnea and to the decrease of vital lung capacity. Efficacious treatment of thyrotoxicosis relieves mentioned disorders and brings normalization of ventilation parameters. The main issue of this research was the analysis of vital lung capacity in female patients with properly treated hyperthyroidism and comparison of values of these parameters among patients with balanced thyrotoxicosis, non-toxic goitre and with non-thyroid disorders.

[Malignant thyroid lymphoma--diagnostic and treatment problems].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to present our experience in the diagnostics and treatment of primary malignant thyroid lymphoma (PMTL). Five patients at the age of 48-72 years with PMTL were treated at the Department of General Surgery in Bytom in the years 1988-1999. They made up 0.