Advanced schistosomal proctitis clinically resembling cancer of the rectum; report of two cases.
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Pelvic external radiotherapy with or without brachytherapy plays an important role in the management of pelvic cancers. Despite recent technical innovations including conformal three-dimensional (3D) external beam radiotherapy and more recently intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), local side effects can occur secondary to normal tissue damage caused by ionising radiation. Morbidity depends on the anatomic position of the rectum within the pelvis and the fast turnover rate of the mucosa, as well as the characteristics of the radiation treatment and patient co-morbidities. Medical management is sometimes complex and merits herein a short review.
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117 anorectal abscesses has been operated by one operateur. 68x a fistulectomy was done. 2x there has been a high fistula. Of the remaining 47 patients 44 have had a followup for 15 months. In this time 37 showed a fistula-in-ano. Procedure and the position of the fistulous tracks are shown. The assumptions and dangers of the single-stage approach are demonstrated.
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Twenty-three patients with attacks of distal ulcerative colitis were treated randomly with either 2 or 3 mg of topically administered beclomethasone dipropionate (BDP) or 30 mg of prednisolone sodium phosphate (PP). The effect of the steroid enemas on adrenocortical function was assessed by ACTH tests, which were performed before and after treatment. Endoscopic, clinical and histological scores were comparable in the three treatment groups in this pilot trial. Fasting cortisol in the PP group decreased significantly from 0.47 +/- 0.12 mumol/l before to 0.22 +/- 0.14 mumol/l (P less than 0.05) after therapy; in the BDP group no significant changes were found. Urinary cortisol excretion in the PP group was not detectable after therapy; in the BDP group no changes were found. It is concluded that in the topical treatment of ulcerative colitis, BDP may be preferable to PP because it exerts a promising anti-inflammatory action without affecting adrenocortical function.