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G Spinzi

Publications and source records attributed to G Spinzi.

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PubMed1996

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding.

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a rare connective tissue disorder. The main clinical features of this condition are characteristic skin lesions, angioid streaks of the fundus oculi, and occlusive vascular disease. Gastric hemorrhage is a rare complication. A gastroscopic examination was performed on two patients with PXE who presented with upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. The two patients had submucosal yellowish nodular lesions similar to the xanthoma-like skin lesions seen in the disease. We suggest that a diagnosis of PXE be considered for any patient with gastrointestinal hemorrhage, especially if routine clinical and endoscopic examination fail to reveal the cause, and if raised yellow plaque-like lesions are seen in the stomach by endoscopy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

[Stomach diverticula. Endoscopic contribution].

Four cases of gastric diverticula culled from a series of about 3600 oesophagogastroduodenoscopies performed at the digestive endoscopy service of the Valduce Hospital, Como, between 1977 and 1980 are discussed. In the first case, the diverticulum involved the fundus; in the second, a small diverticulum of the greater curvature was combined with postpyloric substenosis that could not be passed by the instrument; in the third, a diverticulum of the fundus was accompanied by a 0.5 cm diameter polyp on the greater curvature; in the fourth, a diverticulum of the fundus was accompanied by a small diverticulum near the duodenal ampulla. Stress is laid on the usefulness of endoscopy in both diagnosis and treatment, as a means of distinguishing cases open to medical management from those that can be more profitably treated surgically.

Aged↗
PubMed1978

[Medullary plasmocytosis in urologically silent Grawitz' tumor].

Three cases of urologically silent Grawitz' tumour detected by a pathological blood picture marked by marrow plasmacytosis are presented. The importance of paraneoplastic syndromes in this tumour form is discussed. The association observed is common and its classification as a paraneoplastic syndrome is examined.

Adenocarcinoma↗
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[Hepatic hematomas due to Menghini liver biopsy].

UNLABELLED: Hepatic hematomas, after liver biopsy, are collections of blood within the hepatic parenchyma and/or the hepatic capsula. The frequency of hematomas is reported to vary from 0% to 23% as a consequence of the patient selection and/or of the different diagnostic techniques (angiography, isotope techniques, ultrasound and CT scan). AIM: To study prospectively, using the ultrasound scan, the incidence and the clinical significance of hematomas. METHODS: 115 liver punctures were prospectively studied; before and 24 hours after the procedure the patients were submitted to liver US scan and CBC, transaminase and bilirubin were also checked. RESULTS: The procedure was unsuccessful in one patient and none had more than one needle pass; five patients had two biopsies in different sessions. The 24 hour post-biopsy liver US scan did not show any hepatic hematomas. No patient had a significant drop in hemoglobin or in red blood cells. CONCLUSIONS: Hepatic hematomas after liver biopsy are uncommon and of little clinical significance.

Adolescent↗