Low-back pain in pregnancy. Abdominal muscles, sit-up performance, and back pain.

An attempt was made to determine the effect of pregnancy on the abdominal muscles and to correlate changes in abdominal muscles strength with low-back pain during pregnancy. The study included 328 women. Group A consisted of 164 pregnant women; group B consisted of 164 non-pregnant women.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia with hypothalamic invasion.

Headaches and a state of confusion developed in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). A computed tomography (CT) scan of the head showed a hyperdense lesion in the hypothalamus with obstruction of the foramina of Monro. Leukemic cells with monoclonal lambda B-cell markers were identified in the ventricular fluid at the time of surgical decompression.

Diabetic microangiopathy in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Individuals with cystic fibrosis have a 1% to 7% incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The occurrence of diabetic microangiopathy in patients with cystic fibrosis has been reported recently. From 1978 to 1987, 19 patients with cystic fibrosis and diabetes mellitus were followed up.

An unusual presentation of acute monocytic leukemia: a case report.

We present a rare case of acute monocytic leukemia (AMoL) in which the initial finding consisted solely of cutaneous leukemic infiltrates without obvious bone marrow involvement. Eight months later a definitive bone marrow diagnosis of AMoL was made. Findings of histologic, immunohistochemical, cytochemical, and ultrastructural studies including postmortem examination are described.