Fibrinolysis and the Influence of Tranexamic Acid Dosing in Cardiac Surgery.

Objective: The present study aimed to determine whether underlying disease, performed surgery, and dose of tranexamic acid influence fibrinolysis measured with D-dimer levels.

Design: Retrospective analysis.

Setting: Single institution (Department of Cardiac Surgery and Section of Clinical Hemostaseology at the Düsseldorf University Hospital).

Successful treatment of primary chronic osteomyelitis in SAPHO syndrome with bisphosphonates.

The treatment of the painful osteomyelitis in patients with SAPHO syndrome (Synovitis, Acne, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis, Osteitis) is often a problem. A 53-year-old woman had experienced palmo-plantar pustular skin lesions for four years, and in the past two years complained about progressive breath-and movement-dependent pain of the sternum. On examination she had extensive palmoplantar pustules and a painful swelling in the area of the right sternoclavicular joint.

Late onset of a facial variant of steatocystoma multiplex - calretinin as a specific marker of the follicular companion cell layer.

Steatocystoma multiplex is a rare,almost exclusively autosomal dominant disease of the sebaceous glands. The sites of predilection are the sternal region, upper back, axillae and proximal parts of the extremities. A 78-year-old woman developed multiple yellowish nodules only on the face over a few months.