Eradication of Blastocystis hominis prevents the development of symptomatic Hashimoto's thyroiditis: a case report.

In this case report we describe a 49 year-old man who presented with chronic urticaria, angioedema and soft stool consistency. During diagnostic examinations Hashimoto's thyroiditis was found even though the patient never had clear symptoms of this disease. Blastocystis hominis was isolated through a stool microbiologic examination, implicating that this parasite can cause the development of Hashimoto's thyroiditis and chronic urticaria.

Penetrating liver war injury: a report on 172 cases.

During the 4-year military conflict in Croatia, we treated operatively 7,928 casualties. Of those casualties, 172 (2.2%) had penetrating liver injury, mostly sustained by explosive devices.

[Resection of the liver].

The authors present hepatic resections of surgical dpt. of Medical Centre Slavonski Brod, in the period from 1983-1988. 14 anatomic hepatic resections were performed, as follows: two right lobectomies, five left lobectomies and seven segmental hepatic resections.