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M Vernon

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PubMed1979

Counseling the parents of birth-defective children.

Parents of a child who is diagnosed as defective face a crisis for which they are usually unprepared. They need an opportunity to work through their intense feelings. In addition, they need specific information about how to be of use to their child. Self-help groups composed of parents of children with a similar handicap can be a resource of great value during this crisis as well as in the years that follow. When such groups are not available, parents can be placed in contact with a family that is effectively raising a child with the same handicap or an adult who has successfully coped with it. Physicians should be aware of their own feelings regarding handicaps and of the effect these may have on efforts to help parents.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1978

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis. Report of a case and review of the literature.

A 24 year old man had a nonproductive cough and chest pain. Chest roentgenogram showed a diffuse infiltrate, and pulmonary function studies showed restrictive lung disease. Extremity weakness, deteriorating mental status and neuropathy progressed as pulmonary findings diminished on corticosteroid therapy. Lung biopsy showed lymphomatoid granulomatosis. The neurologic status deteriorated despite treatment with Cytoxan, intrathecal methotrexate and brain irradiation. Autopsy showed mass lesions of lymphomatoid granulomatosis in the brain and healed lesions in the lungs. A review of the neurologic and pulmonary findings in reported cases show that diminution of pulmonary disease with progression of neurologic disease manifest by mass lesion is unusual. Since the etiology, prognosis and prevalence of this disease remains undefined, all patients with this disease should be reported on.

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