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A 21-year-old white man was admitted with a diagnosis of mixed cellularity Hodgkin's lymphoma for staging laparotomy. His family history was positive for a brother who had both Hodgkin's lymphoma and atypical pseudocholinesterase. Serum pseudocholinesterase activity, dibucaine number and fluoride number were obtained, revealing markedly decreased pseudocholinesterase activity and dibucaine number, with an only slightly decreased fluoride number, consistent with homozygous type E1a atypical pseudocholinesterase. After induction of anesthesia using vecuronium, a staging laparotomy was performed without complication. Through a discussion of what is known of the genetics of Hodgkin's disease and atypical pseudocholinesterase, we conclude that the association between the two conditions is very rare but more likely due to chance than to genetic linkage.
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PMID:Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting in two siblings with atypical pseudocholinesterase. 765 Mar 63

Patients undergoing a bone marrow harvest have traditionally been hospitalized for several days. Recently, the feasibility of outpatient bone marrow harvesting has been reported. We retrospectively examined the results of 485 patients undergoing an outpatient bone marrow harvest from 1989 to 1993. One hundred and eleven patients were normal donors and the remaining patients were undergoing a bone marrow harvest for autologous transplants. Four hundred and eighty one patients (99%) were discharged within 12 h of the harvest and none have developed long-term complications from the procedure. We additionally analyzed harvest yield with respect to time under anesthesia and underlying diagnosis. Surprisingly, time under anesthesia correlated negatively with harvest yield (P = 0.0001). After adjusting for volume harvested and time under anesthesia, harvest yield was higher in normal donors and patients with breast cancer than for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease. We conclude that outpatient harvesting is safe. The negative correlation of time under anesthesia with harvest yield may be a result of variables which are difficult to quantify, such as bone marrow microenvironment.
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PMID:Outpatient bone marrow harvest: the Cleveland Clinic experience. 854 68

A 8-year-old male with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome was admitted to our hospital because of left hilar swelling on a chest roentgeonogram. Bronchofiberscopy and transbronchial aspiration cytology (TBAC) was performed under general anesthesia with a laryngeal mask. The specimen obtained by TBAC was immediately stained and diagnosed as malignant lymphoma. One month later, thoracotomy was performed in order to get more detail diagnosis, which is necessary to determine the regimen of chemotherapy, and the nodal specimen were diagnosed as Hodgkin's disease. The ABVD therapy was performed which induced the complete remission. The laryngeal mask is a useful device for bronchofiberscopy in children.
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PMID:[A child of malignant lymphoma diagnosed by transbronchial aspiration cytology under general anesthesia with a laryngeal mask]. 922 68

Guy's Hospital occupies a unique position in medical history. John Hilton (1805-1879), as anatomist, physiologist, morbid anatomist and surgeon in his classic Rest and Pain, published in 1863 (reissued in 1950), formulated principles for the diagnostic significance of pain and the value of rest in healing. An array of personalities graced Guy's Medical School in that era. The triumvirate of Richard Bright (1789-1858). Thomas Addison (1793-1860) and Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866) contemporaneously discovered the diseases that bear their names. Sir Astley Cooper, a leading surgeon of his day (1768-1841), performed the first amputation of the hip joint before the era of anaesthesia. John Keats (1795-1821) qualified as a surgeon at Guy's but, realising his unsuitability of temperament, became a leading English poet. This change of direction caused him anguish and suffering, mainly because of the rejection of his poetry; tuberculosis led to his death in Rome, where he is buried. Guy's Medical School also allowed South Africans to enter as rugby players before the 1920s, when they were required to qualify overseas.
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PMID:Hilton's Rest and Pain, Guy's Hospital personalities and Guy's South African rugby connection. 925 29

Lymphoblastic lymphoma (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) is a highly uncommon but serious condition during pregnancy. With multidisciplinary management (obstetrics, pediatrics, hematology and anesthesia), outcome is generally good for both mother and child. Chemotherapy must be initiated rapidly, during pregnancy. Consequences depend on the stage of the disease, its progressive nature and the of pregnancy. During the first trimester, medical termination should be proposed in order to initiate chemotherapy cannot be started until the second trimester using alkaloids. Chemotherapy has little effect on the fetus during the second trimester. During the trimester, extraction should be discussed as soon as the fetal maturity is sufficient.
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PMID:[Management of lymphoblastic lymphomas during pregnancy]. 1067 30

The advent of radiologic guidance techniques for percutaneous biopsy has changed the approach to the routine diagnosis of mediastinal lymphoma. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided percutaneous core-needle biopsy (PCNB) in the clinical management of patients with mediastinal lymphoma. The results of 49 CT-guided PCNB of mediastinal lymphoma performed under local anesthesia in 42 ambulatory patients were analyzed. A positive diagnosis of lymphoma was obtained in 30 of 42 patients, with an overall success rate of 71.5%. The technique was equally successful in the diagnosis of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. There were no major complications. Percutaneous CT-guided CNB of mediastinal lymphoma is a quick, safe, accurate, and efficient alternative to open biopsy in the evaluation of mediastinal lymphoma, mainly at presentation. It should become the preferred initial diagnostic procedure for obtaining histologic samples in patients with suspected mediastinal lymphoma.
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PMID:CT-guided core-needle biopsy in the diagnosis of mediastinal lymphoma. 1082 20

This article presents and analyses several cases in which the use of the cut-off effect is useful. It starts from the fact that an anesthetic effect of homologous agents is always expressible as a function of their chain lengths and that the cut-off point is a point at which the function vanishes. We then investigate four categories of results: (i) whole body effects. (ii) Cases in which the anesthetics affect the Hodgkin-Huxley parameters of a nerve. (iii) Molecular mechanisms of anesthetic action. (iv) The physical chemistry of the anesthetic process. Our discussion shows that it is possible to incorporate these apparently remote results into one framework. It also shows how to compare results that were gathered by independent measuring methods. In some instances we suggest an interpretation, in others we suggest a further gathering of experimental data. One of the deductions indicates that a weakness exists in the lipid theories of anesthesia.
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PMID:Four applications of the anesthetic cut-off effect. 1082 18

Histopathologic analysis of an anterior mediastinal mass of unknown origin is essential for treatment decision. Mediastinoscopy is the most common procedure performed to obtain biopsies, but general anaesthesia and hospitalization are necessary. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether transsternal core biopsies, an easy outpatient biopsy technique, could be an alternative to mediastinoscopy. A biopsy instrument that makes it possible to reach tumours hidden behind bone was used for transsternal CT-guided core biopsies in 21 patients with a newly diagnosed anterior mediastinal mass. No severe side effects were observed. In 19/21 (90%) patients the biopsies were diagnostic. In 2/21 patients additional biopsy techniques had to be used. In these two patients Hodgkin's disease was suspected in the first biopsy procedures. The diagnosis was confirmed by new core biopsies, from other parts of the tumour, not using a transsternal approach (transclavicular and parasternal, respectively). In addition, one mediastinoscopy was performed in a patient who was diagnosed with a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma but where more material was needed for lymphoma subclassification. It is concluded that CT-guided transsternal core biopsy is a clinically valuable method in patients with a newly diagnosed anterior mediastinal mass.
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PMID:Value of transsternal core biopsy in patients with a newly diagnosed mediastinal mass. 1085 10

Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are frequent tumors. However, extraglandulary forms are very unusual, and the location in the uterine cervix is also extraordinary. A case of an elderly woman with symptoms not related with the tumor, in whom the diagnosis was made from the incidental finding of a distended obstructive bladder is presented. Pelvic mass is one of the forms of presentation of primary malignant lymphomas of the uterine cervix. Diagnosis was made in this case by transvaginal biopsy under general anesthesia. Biopsy showed a diffuse T-cell lymphoma, a very rare finding considering that most of published cases are B-cell type. The importance of distinguishing malignant lymphoma from undifferentiated carcinoma or sarcoma is emphasized since cervical malignant lymphoma can be successfully treated with irradiation.
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PMID:[Diffuse T-cell lymphoma of the cervix uteri: an unusual localization of an infrequent tumor]. 1121 93

An unco-operative patient requiring daily radiation therapy presents a difficult clinical problem. After reviewing the paediatric oncology literature addressing the use of general anaesthesia for short medical procedures, we have developed checklists of procedural guidelines and monitoring equipment for the safe use of daily anaesthesia in adult patients who require a fractionated course of radiation therapy. We illustrate this by describing the successful treatment of a woman with autism and Hodgkin's disease who required daily general anaesthesia for immobilization during a 4-week course of radiation therapy. Propofol was used as the primary drug and was not associated with any adverse side-effects. There was no development of tolerance.
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PMID:Daily general anaesthesia for radiotherapy in unco-operative patients: ingredients for successful management. 1182 77


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