Search PubMed⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

J Pinkhas

Publications and source records attributed to J Pinkhas.

At least 361 records · Page 20Linked to original sources
PubMedDate not supplied

Hyperlipidemia and myocardial infarction among 118 patients with polycythemia vera.

Hyperlipidemia was reported among 46 of 118 polycythemia vera patients as compared to a control group of 115 healthy subjects in whom hyperlipidemia was reported in 20. Among the 46 hyperlipidemic patients with polycythemia vera 14 had a myocardial infarction, while among the other 72 nonhyperlipidemic polycythemia vera patients myocardial infarction occurred amont 17. Since repeated phlebotomies may induce hyperlipidemia, this form of treatment of polycythemia vera may be potentially dangerous in already hyperlipidemic polycythemia vera patients.

Female↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Successful surgical treatment of polycystic liver disease.

A patient with multiple liver cysts, erroneously diagnosed as suffering from echinococcal infection, was treated with mebendazole for four months. When fever appeared, she was treated with antibiotics, but her condition further deteriorated. On laparotomy polycystic liver disease was diagnosed and four liters of pus (due to peptostreptococcal infection) was evacuated from one of the cysts, which was also deroofed. The other cysts were excised and the patient recovered. These unusual events are discussed in the light of the pertinent literature.

Cysts↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Tetracycline treatment for malignant pericardial effusion.

A 68-year-old woman developed malignant pericardial effusion seven years after mastectomy for adenocarcinoma. Daily evacuation of the pericardial fluid and tetracycline instillations brought about the complete disappearance of the pericardial effusion, lasting already for one year.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Subphrenic abscess simulating metastatic carcinoma.

Subphrenic abscess is reported in two patients, one previously operated on for pancreatic carcinoma and the other for clear cell carcinoma of the left kidney. The subphrenic abscess presented with cachexia and low grade fever six months and one year after surgery. Metastatic carcinoma was erroneously diagnosed in both patients. Despite massive antibiotic treatment, both patients succumbed to sepsis. Because of the inherent diagnostic challenge, delineation of a subphrenic abscess in cancer patients without clear-cut evidence of a metastatic spread is crucial.

Adenocarcinoma↗