Sarkoidosis and its Eye Ocular Manifestation (an Analysis of Six Case Report).

Aim: To introduce the range of eye changes in sarcoidosis in the individual casuistics.

Materials: At the Ophthalmic Clinic of Teaching Hospital Královské Vinohrady in Prague were examined and treated six patients with ocular forms of sarcoidosis in the years from 1998 to 2015. Three patients were unilateral lesions of the lacrimal gland without systemic symptoms.

[Pancreatic panniculitis with multiple osteolytic lesions].

A 62-year-old man with a history of chronic alcohol abuse presented with severe pancreatic panniculitis associated with an acute exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis.

Effects of ropinirole prolonged-release on sleep disturbances and daytime sleepiness in Parkinson disease.

This study evaluated the effects of ropinirole prolonged-release (RPR) in comparison with ropinirole immediate-release (RIR) on sleep-related disorders in Parkinson disease (PD).Thirty-three PD patients (aged 62.5 [SD, 8] years; PD duration, 9 [SD, 4] years) were evaluated on a stable dose of RIR and 5 to 13 weeks after switch to the closest possible dose of RPR.

[Orbital tumors in adults--a 10-year study].

Unlabelled: The authors refer about diagnostic procedures, treatment and follow-up of 87 adult patients with orbital tumors during the period 1998 - 2007 in the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, E.U. The group consists of 42 men and 45 women, age range 18-89 years.

[Relation between insulin resistance and amount of visceral adipose tissue].

Background: Association of obesity with metabolic and cardiovascular complications depends on the adipose tissue distribution. The role of intraabdominal, i.e.

[Diagnostics of the retrocalcaneal bursitis: possibilities of the use of new anatomical data].

The anatomy and histology of the normal retrocalcaneal bursa (RB) was studied on both embalmed and fresh cadaverous material. The bursa is a constant structure, its upper and posterior walls are completely covered with the unilayered synovial membrane. Its anterior wall represents the superior facet of the calcaneal tuberosity, the posterior one corresponds to the anterior surface of the insertional part of the Achilles tendon.

Retinol-binding protein 4 expression in visceral and subcutaneous fat in human obesity.

Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) is a novel adipokine which might be involved in the development of insulin resistance. The aim of the study was to investigate the expression of RBP4 mRNA in subcutaneous and visceral fat depots and the relationship between RBP4 plasma and mRNA levels relative to indices of adiposity and insulin resistance. In 59 Caucasian women (BMI 20 to 49 kg/m(2)) paired samples of subcutaneous and visceral fat were obtained for RBP4, leptin and GLUT 4 mRNA analysis using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR.

[Atypical aneurysms of the abdominal aorta].

The authors submit a report on two patients with pseudoaneurysmatic bulging in the subrenal portion of the abdominal aorta. They present detailed histological findings in the two operated patients and discuss the aetiology of these formations. They draw attention on the failure of aortographic examinations in the diagnosis of these formations and the necessity of sonographic or CT examination.

[Evaluation of the size of the spleen using computer tomography].

The authors describe the examination, diagnostic possibilities and difficulties associated with the diagnosis of the spleen by means of computed tomography. The finding obtained by computed tomography is evaluated as splenomegaly when two of the three main dimension are greater than the maximal values reported, or when the lienal index is higher than 440. From the practical aspect the decision on splenomegaly is facilitated by the position of the anterior margin of the spleen in relation to the medioaxillary line.

[Computer tomography of the kidneys after long-term dialysis].

In patients with chronic kidney failure in the long-term dialysis programme multiple minute cysts frequently develop in the shrunken kidneys. In addition to the cysts, in 20% of patients there are also multiple kidney tumours causing severe complications. In most cases the clinical picture of the disease is insignificant, hematuria being the most frequent manifestation.

[Computer tomography of the renal bed after nephrectomy].

An early diagnosis of the tumour relapse after performed nephrectomy for a malignant kidney tumour is necessary in order to influence further fate of the patient. The most suitable method for determining a correct diagnosis is computer tomography. The authors present a cohort of 79 patients with a pathological finding in 21 of them.

[Examination of the injured spleen using computer tomography].

In blunt abdominal injury the most frequently injured organ is the spleen. A rapid and precise diagnosis of an injured spleen is therefore of great importance for early and correct therapeutic procedure. The authors present a group of 56 patients, who have been examined in the 1981-1987 years after blunt injuries of the belly by computer tomography.

[Spontaneous perforation of a pancreatic pseudocyst into the duodenum].

The authors describe a rare observation of a spontaneous perforation of a pseudocyst of the head of the pancreas into the duodenum with haemorrhage into the digestive tract. The case is documented by the clinical finding, computed tomography and endoscopic fistulography.

[Computer tomography in the diagnosis and classification of retrocaval ureters].

A retrocaval ureter is an infrequent congenital defect. Its diagnosis depends on radiodiagnostic methods. Some may be replaced by computed tomography computed tomography.

Computed tomography of the spleen.

Computed tomography is a very useful method in the diagnosis of splenopathy--any anomalies, inflammatory, neoplastic as well as traumatic states of the spleen. Although these processes are not too frequent, their correct determination is an important part of radiodiagnosis. Computed tomography is so far the best method used for the identification of the congenital varieties of the spleen that may be mistaken, in another examination, for a pathological process of an adjacent organ.