Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
Pivot Concepts:   Target Concepts:
Query: UMLS:C0019079 (hemoptysis)
 6,129 document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)

A 56-year-old man had dyspnea, weight loss, hemoptysis, and a generalized bleeding diathesis. Physical examination disclosed hepatosplenomegaly, congestive heart failure, and multiple sites of bleeding. Severe anemia, thrombocytopenia, rouleaux formation, and a leukocytosis with circulating immature plasma cells were observed, along with azotemia, hyperuricemia, and marked elevation of total proteins with a monoclonal IgG kappa spike. The finding of increased serum viscosity confirmed the clinical impression of the hyperviscosity syndrome. Emergency plasma exchange produced marked improvement in the clinical manifestations of hyperviscosity syndrome. Systemic chemotherapy resulted in a partial remission of the disease, but the patient ultimately died of complications of treatment. In this review, we discuss the diagnosis and management of the hyperviscosity syndrome.
 ...
PMID:Plasma cell leukemia and hyperviscosity syndrome. 219 91

Between January 1992 and December 1998 we collected clinical, epidemiological and treatment data on all patients diagnosed of tuberculosis in our specialized unit. Five hundred sixty-seven patients (70% male and 30% female) were studied prospectively. The rate of new cases increased until 1995 and decreased during the last three years of study. Mean patient age was 38.8 years, with nearly 64% of patients under 45 years of age. Predisposing disease, mainly chronic alcoholism, was present in 36%. Fifteen percent belonged to a high-risk social group (6.5% were drug addicts and 6.3% lived inside secure institutions). The mean time elapsing from the appearance of symptoms until referral to our service was 80.4 days and the most common clinical picture at presentation was general unwellness with cough and expectoration (46%) followed by hemoptysis (18%). Cavitation was visible in 48.5% of x-rays, while alveolar infiltrates were seen in 33%, pleural effusion in 12% and lymph node involvement in 10%. Adult tuberculosis was diagnosed in 80% of cases, 10% were reactivations and 9% were primary. Bacteriological diagnosis was available for 85%. Therapy usually involved six months with hydrazide, rifampicin and pyrazinamide (81%). Therapy was generally well-tolerated, although analyses revealed some anomalies, such as transaminase alteration (18%) and hyperuricemia (19%). Therapy was changed because of toxicity in only 2.6%. Follow-up after therapy was strict and the rate of successful cure was 97.5%. We conclude that diagnosis was not prompt enough and believe that knowledge of epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary data, as well as monitoring of real rates of cure of treated patients justifies the existence of specialized centers for managing tuberculosis.
 ...
PMID:[Tuberculosis management unit: 7-year experience]. 1084 2

A 55-year-old male presented with asymptomatic nodules and plaques on his scalp and pubic region of 2 months' duration. He was having productive cough, haemoptysis, chest pain, anorexia and weight loss and receiving antitubercular treatment for these symptoms for last 3 months. Clinical diagnosis of cutaneous metastatic disease was made. Chest x-ray revealed multiple coin shaped shadows on both sides with pleural effusion. Routine investigations were normal except for anemia and hyperuricemia. Biopsy of skin nodules showed features of metastatic adenocarcinoma. Features and significance of cutaneous metastases are discussed.
 ...
PMID:Cutaneous metastatic adenocarcinoma. 1766 46