Endometrial carcinoma of the prostatic utricle previously was believed to be of müllerian origin. We report 2 cases studied by ultrastructural and immunoperoxidase techniques. Our results, as well as ...those presented by others, demonstrate the prostatic origin of this tumor.
Asphyxiating laryngeal cyst Harruff, R C; Bell, J S
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology,
03/1987, Volume:
8, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Cysts of the larynx are uncommon lesions that on rare occasions may cause sudden death. We report herein the asphyxial death by an obstructing vocal cord cyst in a woman whose body was found in a ...setting that aroused suspicions of foul play. Features of this case and the autopsy findings are compared with a literature review of laryngeal cysts.
In a retrospective study of laboratory tests for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), the red blood cells of several patients gave conflicting results when different testing procedures were ...used. To resolve these discrepancies, an examination of the various procedures was undertaken, using sulfhydryl reagent-treated red blood cells as model PNH cells. Rabbit antiserum to human red blood cells was used to sensitize erythrocytes for specific antibody-dependent complement lysis sensitivity tests. Acidified serum and inulin were used in fluid-phase complement activation tests. For the general laboratory, a modification of the sucrose lysis test is described, which can give the relative complement sensitivity and size of an abnormal subpopulation of red blood cells. Considering the results of our patients and the reports in the literature of the association of PNH with a variety of lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative disorders, it is stressed that testing procedures for PNH be controlled more carefully for a better understanding of the nature of the membrane defect.
We have reported the case of a 42-year-old man exposed to arsenic at least three times over a ten-month period from an agricultural source. He showed classical symptoms and signs of arsenic ...poisoning. During chelation therapy and apparent recovery from the poisoning, he suddenly and unexpectedly died; postmortem examination revealed a myocarditis similar to that reported previously. The case demonstrates the need for electrocardiographic monitoring of all patients with arsenic poisoning, during both the initial phase of the illness and convalescence.
Beta adrenergic agents are known to inhibit mediator release from skin and lung mast cells in vitro and isoproterenol and epinephrine are known to impair the immediate allergic skin test reaction. We ...undertook to investigate the effects of aqueous and oral terbutaline on the allergy skin tests. We particularly wished to analyze the impact of terbutaline on the late allergic reaction, but we found that terbutaline mixed with ragweed antigen does not affect either the immediate or late skin test reaction. Furthermore, 5 mg of oral terbutaline does not inhibit the immediate allergic skin test.
