[A rare cause of thyreotoxicosis].

Background: Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) should be included in differential diagnoses of thyrotoxicosis in presence of a suggestive drug history. Adequate treatment requires knowledge of the underlying type of AIT.

History And Admission Findings: A 68-year-old male was admitted because of progressive dyspnea and tachyarrhythmia.

Mystery or misery? Primary group A streptococcal peritonitis in women: case report.

Acute primary peritonitis in the absence of other comorbid conditions such as liver cirrhosis, immunosuppression, or nephrotic syndrome is a rare disorder in young adults. In women, ascending genital infections are thought to be a major pathogenic cause of this type of peritonitis. Pus was detected in the peritoneal cavity by abdominal paracentesis in a 27-year-old woman who had no predisposing features for severe peritonitis.

[A rare differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain--case 04/2009].

History And Findings: A 44-year-old woman was referred to the emergency department for acute paraumbilical abdominal pain with colics. 5 days previously, a tooth extraction had been performed and postoperatively ibuprofen had been prescribed for pain relief. The medical history was empty besides a penicillin allergy and two caesarean sections 20 and 21 years ago.

A phase II trial of weekly irinotecan in cisplatin-refractory esophageal cancer.

Background: This study investigated the efficacy and toxicity of weekly single-agent irinotecan in patients with metastatic disease relapsing after cisplatin-based chemotherapy.

Patients And Methods: Fourteen patients were enrolled. A total number of 29 cycles (one cycle consisted of CPT-11 100 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, 15, qd 28) were applied.

Role of postchemotherapy surgery in the management of patients with liver metastases from germ cell tumors.

Objective: To evaluate the role of postchemotherapy adjunctive surgery in patients with liver metastases from germ cell cancer (GCT).

Patients And Methods: Forty-three male patients with nonseminoma were treated in different multicenter treatment protocols between 1990 and 1999, and they underwent hepatic surgery. The results of postchemotherapy surgical resection, histologic findings found during postchemotherapy surgery, and prognostic factors for survival were assessed.

Chemoradiation with and without surgery in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.

Purpose: Combined chemoradiotherapy with and without surgery are widely accepted alternatives for the curative treatment of patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer. The value of adding surgery to chemotherapy and radiotherapy is unknown.

Patients And Methods: Patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the esophagus were randomly allocated to either induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy (40 Gy) followed by surgery (arm A), or the same induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy (at least 65 Gy) without surgery (arm B).