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The Management Of Acute Cerebral Infarction, Clark H. Millikan Jan 1976

The Management Of Acute Cerebral Infarction, Clark H. Millikan

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

There is no evidence that we are able to reverse cerebral infarction once it gets underway. The day may come when some form of protection for neuronal activity is available to us, but at present there is no such treatment. Prevention is the most important concept; prevention of transient ischemic attack (TIA) or prevention of progression once the process has started. Progressing stroke is that all too common circumstance where focal ischemia is worsening and the process of infarction is beginning or extending. The patient may be seen in the office, emergency room, or in the hospital, and the patient’s …

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Management Of The Demented Patient, Simon Horenstein Jan 1976

Management Of The Demented Patient, Simon Horenstein

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

There are four essential points to the rational management of the demented patient which will be dealt with here. They are 1) the definition of the term dementia, facilitating the identification of a specific group of patients, 2) the sequence of diagnostic steps required to identify manageable and treatable features in demented patients, 3) the effective separation of dementia from depression, which is probably the most significant diagnostic point for primary care physicians, and 4) the description of a few clinical features encountered in demented patients which the physician can often modify by family education and training, by the manipulation …

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Atopic Dermatitis, Kenneth W. Blaylock Jan 1976

Atopic Dermatitis, Kenneth W. Blaylock

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The term atopic, which means “strange disease,” was first used in 1925 to describe a group of diseases which include allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, urticarial reactions to drugs as well as food allergies or idiosyncrasies. These conditions have in common the presence of skin sensitizing homocytotropic antibodies (IgE) in the serum of the person at some point in the natural history of the disease. There is little evidence that dermatitis found in the atopic individual is produced by IgE which is present in the serum and skin of the person with atopic dermatitis.

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Oral Manifestations Of Cutaneous Disease, James W. Patterson Jan 1976

Oral Manifestations Of Cutaneous Disease, James W. Patterson

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The list of diseases which manifest both oral and cutaneous pathology is extensive and consideration of them all is beyond the scope of a single brief report. Nevertheless it may be useful to summarize the findings of those disease in which both oral and cutaneous lesions are, or can be, significant. Recognition of the one can be a clue to the identity of the other, and evaluation of both skin and mucosa may often provide the first evidence of systemic disease.

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Introduction, W. Kenneth Blaylock Jan 1976

Introduction, W. Kenneth Blaylock

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The skin is a rather large organ comprising 16% of body weight. It contains several cell types and cell products. Three separate compartments are present and a disease may involve one or all. The topmost layer, the epidermis, is a very active metabolic area and disease involving this area is generally acute with oozing, weeping, and scaling. The dermis, which is quite large, gives support to the entire skin and body. Dermal diseases produce swelling, enlargement, and rigidity in the skin. A disease in the subcutaneous section of the skin, the third major portion, is usually nodular and edematous.

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Skin Signs Of Systemic Disease, Robert B. Scoggins Jan 1976

Skin Signs Of Systemic Disease, Robert B. Scoggins

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The subject of this Mcguire Lecture series, the skin, is a relatively enormous organ vulnerable to an enormous variety of external and internal insults. Its total visibility is both a blessing and a curse. Its very size and the protean nature of its disorders may paradoxically make it easy to ignore; it may so overwhelm the neophyte that he is discouraged from the proper training of his retina.

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Hyperviscosity Syndrome: Natural History In A Patient With Sjörgren's Syndrome, Marion Waller, William Edwards, Franklin Mullinax, A. Jeanne Hymes, Nellie Curry Jan 1976

Hyperviscosity Syndrome: Natural History In A Patient With Sjörgren's Syndrome, Marion Waller, William Edwards, Franklin Mullinax, A. Jeanne Hymes, Nellie Curry

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Serum protein abnormalities can be responsible for elevations of serum viscosity. When clinical disease results, this condition is termed hyperviscosity syndrome. Immunoglobulin complexes are a prominent cause of this syndrome. The acute illness in a patient with Sjörgren's syndrome, IgG-IgG complexes, and serum hyperviscosity was described in a previous report. After subsequent five-year follow-up, it has become apparent that the acute hyperviscosity syndrome in this patient was but one phase of a prolonged, perhaps life-long, illness. This five-year follow-up, which included observation of the effects of steroid therapy on the underlying disease process, is the subject of this report.

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Contents Jan 1976

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve, Number Two.

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Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 1 Jan 1976

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 1

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Contents Jan 1976

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve, Number Four.

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Current Management Of Parkinsonism, John R. Taylor Jan 1976

Current Management Of Parkinsonism, John R. Taylor

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

In the management of Parkinson’s disease, one must be reasonably certain of the diagnosis. In spite of the foregoing sophisticated biochemistry, there is really no laboratory test for the disease, so it becomes an entity that must be recognized on purely clinical grounds. While the differential diagnosis can be quite extensive and includes such rare entities as manganese poisoning, as well as such usually apparent causes as phenothiazine intoxication or carbon monoxide sequelae, several disorders and etiologies account for most of our diagnostic problems. Although we think of Parkinsonism as a triad of rest tremor, rigidity, and akinesia, the onset …

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An Approach To Dizziness, Alan B. Grindal Jan 1976

An Approach To Dizziness, Alan B. Grindal

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Dizziness is a vague and ubiquitous symptom which frequently frustrates and perplexes the clinician. Dizziness in the broad sense implies any unpleasant sensation of disturbed relationship to surrounding objects. A number of synonyms such as faintness, light-headedness, giddiness, and swaying, although descriptive, are often no more specific. Problems in diagnosis, therefore, are due not only to the ambiguity of the term but also to the wide spectrum of disorders in which dizziness may be a prominent symptom. Although disorders of the vestibular system usually receive primary attention, it should be kept in mind that many neurologic, cardiovascular, psychiatric, and other …

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Primary Generalized Hyperostosis In Ancient Peru, Marvin J. Allison, Enrique Gerszten, Raul Sotil, Alejandro Pezzia Jan 1976

Primary Generalized Hyperostosis In Ancient Peru, Marvin J. Allison, Enrique Gerszten, Raul Sotil, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Primary generalized hyperostosis is a rare disease usually diagnosed by radiographic examination. Uehlinger considers this syndrome to be different from the secondary osteoarthropathy of the Marie-Bamberger variety and Paget’s disease. The primary type is probably of familial origin and may involve all the bones of the body, appearing independently of severe pulmonary disease. It is predominantly a disease of males (29:2) and in some cases is associated with pachydermia. The literature on this disease is primarily European; the case described below is the first in South America and first among pre-Columbian people.

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Cutaneous Manifestations Of Venereal Disease, Charles M. Caravati Jr. Jan 1976

Cutaneous Manifestations Of Venereal Disease, Charles M. Caravati Jr.

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of venereal disease, and these disorders have become one of our major national health problems. It is obvious that if this chain of infection is to be broken, individuals with these diseases must be treated as early as possible in the course of the infection before there is a chance for it to spread to others. We have been implored to help find the sexual contacts of these individuals, and it is essential that we use the excellent epidemiological investigators of our health departments for this purpose.

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Morphological Characteristics Of The Pre-Columbian Dentition I. Shovel-Shaped Incisors, Carabelli's Cusp, And Protostylid, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Richard P. Elzay, Alejandro Pezzia Jan 1976

Morphological Characteristics Of The Pre-Columbian Dentition I. Shovel-Shaped Incisors, Carabelli's Cusp, And Protostylid, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Richard P. Elzay, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

This Peruvian-American cooperative study of paleopathology of the pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures of Southern Peru began in 1971. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the medical and dental health status of these cultures which date from 600 BC to the Spanish conquest. While several authors such as Leigh, Moodie, Stewart, and Goaz and Miller have studied the dental morphology of Northern Peruvians, the paleodontology and oral paleopathology of the Southern Peruvians has not been recorded. This paper reports dental findings on the morphologic characteristics of the shovel-shaped incisor, Carabelli’s cusp, and protostylid.

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Talon Cusp: A Clinically Significant Anomaly In A Primary Incisor From Pre-Columbian America, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia Jan 1976

Talon Cusp: A Clinically Significant Anomaly In A Primary Incisor From Pre-Columbian America, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Shafer, Hine, and Levy describe the talon cusp, a structure resembling an eagle’s talon, as a cusp projecting lingually from the cingulum area of a maxillary or mandibular permanent incisor. This cusp blends smoothly with the tooth except that there is a deep developmental groove where the cusp blends with the sloping lingual tooth surface. The cusp is composed of a normal enamel and dentin and contains a horn of pulp tissue.

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Klaus Ranniger, M.D. [In Memoriam] Jan 1976

Klaus Ranniger, M.D. [In Memoriam]

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Remembrance of Dr. Klaus Ranniger (1926-1976).

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Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 3 Jan 1976

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 3

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 53, No. 3, 1976) Jan 1976

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 53, No. 3, 1976)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

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Pyodermas: Diagnosis And Treatment, James J. Leyden Jan 1976

Pyodermas: Diagnosis And Treatment, James J. Leyden

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous infections appear to be rather straightforward at first glance. Major texts of pediatrics and dermatology indicate that the vast majority of pyodermas are due to either Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) or Streptococcus pyogenes and that antibiotics are curative. On closer scrutiny, however, one quickly becomes aware that there is a great deal of nomenclatural confusion with a corresponding lack of clarity regarding therapy – particularly on the point of whether or not topical antibiotics have any place in therapy.

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Management Of Cutaneous Malignancy - A Review, Peyton E. Weary Jan 1976

Management Of Cutaneous Malignancy - A Review, Peyton E. Weary

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Skin cancer is the most frequent type of cancer, accounting for about 20% of all cancers in the State of Virginia, and the most common type of skin cancer is the basal cell carcinoma. The basal cell carcinoma is a tumor which is not considered highly malignant because, in general, it does not metastasize, although there have been a few instances in which metastases have occurred. However, such lesions may be quite destructive at times. The typical basal cell carcinoma presents as a waxy, papular or nodular lesion which has a gelatinous or somewhat translucent appearance. Coursing across the surface …

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Introduction, Marvin J. Allison Jan 1976

Introduction, Marvin J. Allison

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

In 1970, a multidisciplinary study was initiated by the Peruvian government under my direction to evaluate health conditions in a population group which had lived in a relatively stable environment for some 5,000 years. So far, American and Peruvian archeologists, anthropologists, radiologists, anatomic, oral, neuro- and clinical pathologists, chemists, immunologists, an otologist, and students from many different disciplines have been involved in the study which has been supported largely by the National Geographic Society with many individual contributions.

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Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 2 Jan 1976

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 2

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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The Documentation Of Communicable Diseases In Peruvian Mummies, Harry P. Dalton, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia Jan 1976

The Documentation Of Communicable Diseases In Peruvian Mummies, Harry P. Dalton, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Communicable disease in Egyptian mummies was documented by Ruffer and Ferguson when early in this century they reported a case of smallpox. A case of schistosomiasis was also reported by Ruffer. Various intestinal parasites have been reported from mummies, and suggestive evidence has been presented for poliomyelitis and tuberculosis. Much of this work was done at a time when good laboratory techniques were not available.

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Contents Jan 1976

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve, Number Three.

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Managment Of Transient Brain Ischemia, Clark H. Millikan Jan 1976

Managment Of Transient Brain Ischemia, Clark H. Millikan

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Cerebrovascular disease is an exciting subject, so complex that we could devote 30 minutes to a discussion of aspirin, dipyridamole, and sulfinpyrazone and their potential actions in the prevention of thromboembolic events. A Classification and Outline of Cerebrovascular Disease II, published in the September-October 1975 issue of Stroke, depicts this complexity. The portion labeled “outline” describes some of the things summarized in this paper.

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Recent Techniques In Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination, Vincent P. Calabrese Jan 1976

Recent Techniques In Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination, Vincent P. Calabrese

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The existence of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been known since ancient times, but it was Cotugno who first described it in some detail in 1764. Quoting from his treatise, “In these experiments which I made on the bodies of nearly twenty adults, and which I repeated at different times, I could draw off freely from the hollow of the spine, four, or even sometimes five ounces of water: I commonly found it very clear in such subjects, though it sometimes inclined a little to a yellow color: but in fetus’ strangled in difficult labor, litte as it was, I …

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Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 4 Jan 1976

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 4

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Extracranial-Intracranial Vascular Shunt Procedures, Romas Sakalas Jan 1976

Extracranial-Intracranial Vascular Shunt Procedures, Romas Sakalas

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Cerebrovascular occlusive disease has been and continues to be a leading cause of death and disability throughout the world. In the United States there are about 400,000 new strokes each year. Some 90% of strokes are a result of vascular occlusion of the extracranial circulation. Surgical treatment of occlusive vascular diseases, principally carotid endarterectomy, has become an accepted method of treatment of a large number of patients. However, only about 70% of patients with cerebrovascular disease have surgically accessible lesions in the extracranial circulation. The remaining 30% are a result of intracranial occlusive disease which cannot at present be treated …

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Author Index, Volume Twelve, 1976. Jan 1976

Author Index, Volume Twelve, 1976.

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Author index for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve.

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