The paper describes a patient with Asperger disorder, Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI) and Primary Empty Sella (ES). His response to vasopressin treatment suggested a concomitant presence of primary polydipsia. This is the first reported case of an autistic spectrum disorder associated with NDI or ES.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe efficacy in viral neoplastic illness of IFN alpha therapy is responsible of an increasing use of this drug. Disease like hypothyroidism, thyroiditis, thyreotoxicosis, pernicious anemia, LES, vasculitis, thrombocytopenic purpura and, more recently, diabete mellitus, have been described during IFN alpha therapy. We describe another case of diabetes mellitus induced by IFN alpha.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMinerva Gastroenterol Dietol
December 1995
Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy (HHM) is frequently associated with neoplasms of lung, kidney and ovary. We described a rare case of Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy associated with mucinous gastric carcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We examined the effects of L-thyroxine therapy versus placebo over a 12-month period on volume of solitary thyroid nodules.
Design: Prospective randomized clinical trial; placebo and control groups followed for one year in three centres.
Patients: One hundred and one euthyroid patients with single palpable colloid thyroid nodules.
Hashimoto thyroiditis is clinically the most variable thyroid disease. We describe a case presenting as "hot nodule". This unusual scintigraphic appearance and its possible explanation are discussed.
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