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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

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Colonoscopic Polypectomy In A Preschool-Age Child, Carlos A. Ricotti, Bernard M. Schuman

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Colonoscopy Is a procedure used worldwide in the adult population. Here we report the case of a colonoscopic polypectomy in a preschool-age child, and we show once more that the procedure Is a safe one to perform In children if the appropriate precautions are taken.

Long-Term Survival After Onset Of Blast Crisis In Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia: Case Report And Therapeutic Considerations, Ellis J. Van Slyck, Ahmad Samhouri

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Current analysis indicates a median survival of 3.6 months in 356 cases of chronic granulocytic leukemia after onset of blast transformation. Thirty-five (10.0%) complete remissions (CR), all of short duration, were observed. Closer scrutiny of the reported clinical experience offers clues for improving this poor outlook. A 76% CR rate can be extracted from this total experience by identifying cases treated with cytoslne arabinoside combined with one or more other agents. In isolated reports, weekly vincristine and prednisone have yielded good remission rates. Two general morphologic types of blasts can be distinguished by cytochemical stains and other features: lymphoid and …

Legionnaires' Disease: Description Of A Sporadic Case, Louis D. Saravolatz, Gene Tilchen

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

This first case of Legionnaires' disease seen at Henry Ford Hospital is described. A previously healthy 72-year-old man developed progressive pneumonia in September, 1977; it was unresponsive to treatment with cephalothin. However, he rapidly recovered when the treatment was changed to oral erythromycin. Diagnosis was established by serologic studies done at the Center for Disease Control. This pneumonia occurred in a sporadic form with no evidence of secondary cases.

Studies On Uveitis Part I: Aqueous Studies, Philip C. Hessburg

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Aqueous microbiological and cytological studies were performed on 134 anterior chamber taps done on 118 patients both with and without uveitis. Cell wall defective bacterial forms (CWDF) were recovered from about 40% of these aqueous specimens and classical bacteria were recovered from 12%. A statistically significant difference could not be found between the incidence of bacterial cell wall defective forms in the various anatomical types of uveitis. There were hints from this work that the presence of CWDF In the aqueous was more frequent in younger patients with uveitis, early in the uveitis attack, if there were multiple foci of …

Primary Hepatic Tumors In Women On Oral Contraceptives, V. Maciel, H. Allen, C. Grodsinsky

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Liver cell adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia have been recognized as rare benign tumors. Their relationship with the use of oral contraceptives has been suggested since 1973. At Henry Ford Hospital, we have had four patients, ages 19, 23, 25,and 30, on oral contraceptives who presented with different clinical pictures suggesting acute abdomen. A hepatic tumor was suspected preoperatively in one patient, was found at laparotomy for biliary tract disease in two other cases, while the fourth patient presented with acute intra-abdominal hemorrhage. Hepatic resection was performed successfully in all with no mortality. The clinical presentation and diagnostic and surgical …

Effect Of Steroids On Patients With Postoperative Bowel Anastomotic Dysfunction, Luis H. Toledo-Pereya, Ignacio Guzman, Earl G. Yonehiro

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Ten patients who developed anastomotic edema following large or small intestinal anastomosis had a rapid recovery after treatment with dexamethasone. The clinical and radiologic picture of adynamic ileus disappeared rapidly. There were no Immediate or long-term (more than two years) complications or side effects associated with the use of dexamethasone. This preliminary report indicates that dexamethasone may be a beneficial agent In the control of anastomotic edema.

Back Matter

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

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Effects Of Indomethacin On Gastric Secretion And Duodenal Ulcer Formation In Bile Duct-Ligated Rats, Diane M. Przewozniak

Masters Theses

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Amnesty International Scandal, Henry Spira

Commentaries and Editorials

File also includes:

November 11, 1977

• Letter to the Editor from Michael E. Levin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, City University
• Spira response to Professor Levin
• Letter to the Editor from David Hawk, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA
• Spira response to David Hawk

February 23, 1978

• Letter from Mrs. F. Blakiston, Secretary to the International Executive Committee for Amnesty International to Henry Spira

March 1, 1978

• Memorandum from Leonard Rack M.D. and Henry Spira to the International Executive Committee for Amnesty International

July 25, 1978

• Letter from Dick Oosting, Deputy Secretary General for Amnesty International, to Henry Spira

October 1978

• Letter …

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

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The Treatment Of Chronic Pain: Program Of The Community Hospital Rehabilitation Center For Pain, Karl L. Manders

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

After approximately three years' experience, the use of multiple modality treatment appears to be the most advantageous for individuals who have not responded satisfactorily to routine medical and surgical treatment. Alleviation of pain, discontinuance of narcotic medication, and return to both social and vocational activities has been accomplished in most patients of this center for the treatment of chronic pain.

Chemothalamolysis In The Treatment Of Hemiballismus — Simplified Knighton's Technique, Salvador Gonzalez-Cornejo

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Three cases are reported in which the author used Knighton's simplified technique to make lesions in the ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus. This controlled the involuntary movements of hemiballismus. One patient died of a myocardial infarction due to marked hypotension and an episode of postoperative bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Milestones Leading To The Development Of Spinal Surgery In The Late 19th Century, D. J. Canale

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The significant amount of spinal surgery in neurological practice today prompts a survey of the historical development of surgical treatment of disorders of the spine. Any discussion tracing the events leading to modern surgical practice must necessarily contain the contributions of men of medicine through the centuries; therefore, neurosurgery as practiced today is greatly indebted to the efforts of courageous and dedicated men in world history extending to the early Egyptians. Overcoming seemingly insurmountable barriers of prejudice bred of ignorance, societal customs, and religious tradition, these fathers of medicine have contributed the knowledge and experimental evidence which form the cornerstone …

Walter Dandy — Super-Surgeon, J. Dewitt Fox

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A profile of this famed neurosurgeon is presented with human interest anecdotes collected primarily from his residents, the men who knew him best. The major contributions from his hand included not only new operations, diagnostic ventriculography and pneumoencephalography, but also 769 outstanding papers and five books, the last, a monumental work of 600 pages, "The Brain," which is the section on brain in Lewis' "Practice of Surgery."

Traumatic Third Ventricular Hematoma, E. Malcolm Field

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The author postulates a rare syndrome which should be considered when craniocerebral trauma is followed by a lucid interval and then rapid deterioration of midbrain function. The diagnosis was made on the basis of an irregular mass in the floor of the third ventricle and bloody ventricular fluid. Today's availability of CAT scanning would provide a quicker and more certain diagnosis than was possible for the two cases reported, the author states.

The Water-Soluble Contrast Medium Lumbar Myelogram And Its Surgical Correlations, Henri C. Labasse

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The water-soluble contrast medium lumbar myelogram is a very helpful tool in the diagnosis of herniated nucleus pulposus (EfNP) in patients who suffer unilateral root pain of mechanical course. One can often make the differential diagnosis between a ruptured disc and a protruding disc. Unless the disc fragment lies way out in the intervertebral foramen, the myelogram will show some kind of anomaly. Therefore, fewer exploratory operations will be performed on patients having normal myelograms. Metrisamide, a newcomer among the water-soluble contrast media, is nontoxic for the spinal cord. Therefore, if the usual myelogram is normal and one fears a …

Subarachnoid And Intracerebral Hemorrhage Due To The Rupture Of An Arteriovenous Malformation And Aneurysm In The Same Patient. Report Of Two Cases, F. Gomez-Mendez

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Two cases are reported of coexistent intracranial aneurysm and arteriovenous malformation. Both lesions ruptured within one week in one patient and within three months in the other. The rarity of such occurrences is discussed and the surgical operative procedures used are described. One patient is doing well except for some weakness of the right leg and mild dysphasia. The second patient died three months postoperatively, probably because of rupture of the aneurysm. No autopsy was obtained.

Selective Cerebral Arteriography And The Cat Scan In Acoustic Tumors, Donald C. Austin

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Increasing experience with selective cerebral arteriography in the diagnostic evaluation of acoustic tumors has led to a more rational determination of the proper surgical approach to the lesion. It also predicts the necessity for staging the surgical procedure, reduces the potential for intraoperative complications and rules out other types of angle lesions and the possible necessity for performing a preoperative, concomitant or postoperative shunting procedure. The CAT scan has added an important screening procedure in predicting the presence of an angle lesion, determining the need for further diagnostic studies and evaluating the possible presence or absence of a recurrent tumor …

Progressive Ataxia And Hearing Loss (Left) In A 23-Year-Old Man. A Clinico-Pathological Conference, Jose Bebin

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

As part of the scientific program honoring Robert 5. Knighton, M.D., a clinical pathological conference was conducted by Dr. Jose Bebin. Following presentation of the protocol, comments from several discussants included diagnoses of a primary neoplastic process in the brain stem, angioma of the pons, neoplasm or cyst of the posterior fossa, possible angioma on the left side of the brain stem, a viral cerebellitis, an ependymoma, or a medulloblastoma. Together with the case presentation the author offers autopsy findings and a discussion and review of the literature.

The Rear-End Collision — Soma Or Psyché?, Hugh A. Clarke

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Rear-end collisions represent 25% of all vehicular accidents. On occasion, the patients become more disabled by the diagnosis of "whiplash" than by the injury. During the past three years, 100 patients were referred for neurological examination and disposition following rear-end collisions. Appropriate neurological testing, included the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Test (MMPI). A minority of these patients required hospitalization. The incidence of disc rupture requiring surgical decompression was less than 1%. The psychological tests were of limited aid in helping the physician to treat this group of patients. The middle-aged patient without concomitant arthritic change, having secured conservative treatment in …

Atlantoaxial Dislocations: A Retrospective Study Of 35 Cases, Arturo Paz-Esquerre

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

Of 35 patients with CI-C2 dislocations, 37% (13 cases) had a history of rheumatoid arthritis, 11% (4 cases) had trauma as well as rheumatoid arthritis, and 25.7% (9 cases) had severe motor deficit quadriparesis or quadriplegia. One patient, representing 2.8% of the total, had a brain contusion related to closed head trauma.

Cryptoccal Granuloma Of The Choroid Plexus In The Temporal Horn, Yohsuke Fukami

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

A man developed sudden symptoms of increased intracranial pressure following a prolonged course of cryptoccal meningitis which appeared to be responding to treatment. A choroid plexus granuloma was found in the dilated and blocked lateral ventricle. The poor prognosis of this type of complication of the cryptococcal meningitis is discussed.

The Robert S. Knighton Alumni Association

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

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Effect Of Cold Exposure On Serum Levels Of Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin In Male And Virgin Female Rats, Erik R. Larsen

Masters Theses

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The Effects Of Inducing Functional Class Iii Malocclusion On Actively Growing Rat Mandibles, Aarin Chu

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

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Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

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The Incidence Of Retrolental Fibroplasia, R. Michael Nisbet

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

With the increased use of oxygen to treat the respiratory distress syndrome, retrolental fibroplasia was encountered in more infants. One hundred consecutive premature infants were screened for ocular disease and a diagnosis of retrolental fibroplasia was made in six infants. A profile of a "high risk" infant emerged as one with a birth weight less than 1,500 grams who suffers from the respiratory distress syndrome and multiple apneic spells. During the examinations many other ocular abnormalities were found which prove the value of such screening.

Diagnostic Ultrasound In Gynecology, Manojkumar H. Shah, Chang Y. Lee, James J. Karo, Bruce H. Drukker

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The accuracy of diagnostic ultrasound in 484 gynecologic patients was evaluated. In 97% of them, the ultrasonic findings were either diagnostic or confirmatory of the final clinical condition. The ultrasonic procedure was useful in the evaluation of pelvic or adnexal masses, confirmation and assessment of early pregnancy, location of lost Intrauterine contraceptive devices, diagnosis of tubo-ovarian abscess and hydatidiform mole. The ultrasonic study aided in developing a precise surgical approach as well as reducing the number of operative procedures performed only for diagnosis. In 3%, the ultrasonic studies were misleading, indicating the limitations of the procedure and reinforcing the need …

X-Linked Diseases With Cataract, Philip J. Howard

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

X-linked cataracts are a rare group and appear as a complication of other disease. Changes in the lens are difficult to visualize and the family history may alert the examiner to the possibility of cataractous changes. This paper is a review of 13 sex-linked conditions with cataract as a possible complication. Cataracts may be present in an occasional case or in some instances in every case. Short abstracts follow of Fabry's disease, glucose 6-dehydrogenase deficiency, myotonic dystrophy, ectodermal hypohidriotic dysplasia, oculocerebral syndrome, keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans with cataract, Norrie disease, incontinenti pigmenti, hypoparathyroidism due to a sex-linked recessive trait, pseudohypopara-thyroidism, …