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This paper gives, in detail, the causes of either liver disease or hepatomegaly in 100 patients, mostly adults, admitted to the medical wards of Angau Memorial Hospital, Lae, during 1968 and 1969. The major findings included liver cell carcinoma, cirrhosis (often with chronic active hepatitis), tropical splenomegaly, pericholangitis and hepatitis. There were 27 with miscellaneous findings including ten with normal, or almost normal, livers despite the definite enlargement. Patients with liver cell carcinoma presented late in the course of their illness and had a poor prognosis. Others, with pericholangitis, had clinical features of portal hypertension indistinguishable from that complicated cirrhosis. There was an unexpected number with chronic active hepatitis and a liver biopsy is essential for such a diagnosis. Hepatic sinusoidal lymphocytosis is almost invariably found in patients with TS but may occasionally be found in those with a non-palpable spleen. Patients with right heart failure of chronic respiratory disease, and jaundice of acute pneumonia were excluded from the study.
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PMID:Liver disease in Papua New Guinea. 19 19

Among 200,000 infants screened for alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1-AT) deficiency, 125 Pi Z, 48 Pi Z, 1Pi S-, and 2 Pi Z- children were followed up prospectively. Eleven percent of the Pi Z infants had neonatal cholestasis, and at 2 years of age three of them had cirrhosis. About 50% of the asymptomatic Pi Z and Pi Z- subjects occasionally had serum alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) levels above normal, and in 15% of them the levels were probably permanently increased during the first two years of life. Two previously healthy Pi Z children had transient symptoms of liver disease at age 2 years in connection with severe infections. The Pi SZ children had no significant clinical liver disease and only two had abnormal serum ALAT levels. Among Pi Z children up to 2 years of age the following diseases were also encountered: eight had recurrent bronchitis with wheezing, two had persistant cough (both had cirrhosis), one had severe pneumonia, one was mentally retarded, three had urinary tract infections, six had pronounced eczema, one had allergic shock, and three had congenital malformations. Among the Pi SZ children one had recurrent bronchitis, one had eczema, and one had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Three children, two Pi Z and one Pi SZ, have died. The Pi Z- and Pi S- subjects were healthy. In conclusion a variety of significant symptoms were observed in about 30% of the Pi Z children compared with 6% of the Pi SZ children during the first two years of life.
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PMID:alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency in early childhood. 30 15

Preclinical and clinical studies of clindamycin-2-phosphate developed as an infectable were conducted, and the following results were obtained: 1) Clindamycin-2-phosphate administered by the intravenous drip in a dose of 600 mg over one hour showed a peak blood clindamycin level of 10.5 mcg/ml at the end of administration. Though the blood level then decreased rapidly, it stayed at 0.7 mcg/ml at 8 hours later. 2) The blood level of clindamycin following intramuscular injection of 300 mg of clindamycin-2-phosphate reached a peak of 3.3 mcg/ml at one hour later. The blood level of 6 hours after injection was 1.0 mcg/ml. 3) Clindamycin-2-phosphate 300 mg was given intramuscularly 2 to 4 times daily for 5 approximately 14 days in 4 cases of pneumonia. The drug proved effective in two cases of pneumonia due to Mycoplasma; fairly effective in another case of mixed infection caused by pneumococci, Hemophilus and N. meningitidis; and ineffective in the fourth case of infection due to Hemophilus parainfluenzae. 4) No such adverse reactions as hepatic disorder, renal disorder and colitis were noted following administration of clindamycin-2-phosphate.
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PMID:[Preclinical and clinical studies of clindamycin-2-phosphate (author's transl)]. 83 43

In light of the variable clinical expression and bone marrow plasmacytosis of multiple myeloma, we studied prospectively the prevalence and clinical correlates of bone marrow plasmacytosis in 133 anemic medical inpatients. Seventeen patients (13%) had 5% or more, and four patients (3%) had 10% or more marrow plasma cells. Only two patients (with plasmacytosis of 7.4% and 46.2%, respectively) had multiple myeloma. Lung infections (pneumonia, tuberculosis, abscess) accounted for 41% of the cases of plasmacytosis. We found that plasmacytosis correlated with the severity of pneumonia and that active pulmonary tuberculosis was usually associated with notable plasmac. ytosis. Cancer and liver disease were not important causes of plasmacytosis in this study. There was a correlation between plasmacytosis and serum hyperglobulinemia. A correlation between advancing age of the patients and increasing prevalence of plasmacytosis was attributed in part to an increasing prevalence of serious illness with age. However, some elderly patients with apparently benign disorders had unexplained plasmacytosis.
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PMID:Clinical correlates of bone marrow plasmacytosis. 84 86

Two siblings with marked dwarfism, now 11 and 19 years of age, have been followed from infancy. The girl had frequent episodes of pneumonitis and presented at age 4 years with hepatic enlargement and ascites which proved to be due to constrictive pericarditis. The boy presented with growth failure and pseudohydrocephalus. He had fibrous dysplasia of the tibia and a pathologic fracture; acute hepatic congestion followed physical activity at age 13 years and led to the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis. Muscle function was normal, there was no evidence for a primary liver disorder, and mental development was normal so that the coined word "mulibray" seemed inappropriate. Pericardiectomy produced only partial improvement; both patients have hepatic enlargement and continue to need diuretics. A third patient with dwarfism, frequent respiratory infections, and pericardial calcification has certain features of the syndrome.
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PMID:Constrictive pericarditis with dwarfism in two siblings (mulibrey nanism). 125 13

The term cryptogenic organising pneumonia has been used for the combination of dyspnoea, cough, pleuritic pain, widespread shadows on chest radiographs, and histological evidence of intra-alveolar organisation with buds of granulation tissue within the alveoli. We report 12 patients with seasonal recurrence of this disorder for between 3 and 11 years. In all 12 patients, symptoms recurred between late February and early May every year, tending to increase in severity each year, and resolved between June and January. Chest radiography and computed tomography showed bilateral consolidation. Lung biopsy samples showed intra-alveolar buds of granulation tissue. There were many neutrophils within the lumina of medium-sized airways and terminal bronchioles showed evidence of obstruction by granulation tissue. Functionally, the predominant defect was restrictive and only 2 patients (life-long non-smokers) had airflow limitation. All 12 patients had very high activities of liver enzymes, suggesting intrahepatic cholestasis, but no other evidence of liver disease. Cultures of blood, sputum, lung tissue, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, viral screening, and complement fixation tests were consistently negative. In all patients all abnormalities responded rapidly to oral steroid therapy. These findings suggest a seasonal syndrome of organising pneumonia and biochemical abnormalities indicative of intrahepatic cholestasis. No aetiological factor has been identified, but the nature and periodicity of the illness point to an inhaled agent present in the environment for a limited period every year.
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PMID:Seasonal cryptogenic organising pneumonia with biochemical cholestasis: a new clinical entity. 135 1

Pulmonary function and gas exchange were prospectively studied in 95 patients before and 9 to 15 months following liver transplantation. Pretransplant, the most common PF abnormality was impaired efficiency of gas exchange as measured by Dss. As a group, the mean Dss was 78.0 +/- 16.6 percent predicted and was found to be less than 80 percent predicted in 50 patients. As a group, patients with the most severe liver diseases clinically (Child's C classification) had the lowest mean Dss pretransplant. Posttransplant, three findings were of clinical importance: PaCO2 significantly improved posttransplantation, suggesting a resolution of pretransplant respiratory alkalosis. Expiratory airflow obstruction, measured by a change in the FEV1/FVC, was extremely uncommon posttransplant. Mean Dss improved significantly in patients with Child's C severity of liver disease. The most frequent deteriorations in Dss statistically were associated with posttransplant thoracotomy, ARDS, nonspecific pneumonitis, significant pleural effusions and hepatic retransplantation.
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PMID:A prospective study of pulmonary function and gas exchange following liver transplantation. 139 61

We report a case of pneumonitis and hepatic injury caused by Sho-saiko-to. A 56-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of hepatic disorder. The levels of serum transaminases returned to normal within two months without specific treatment and he was discharged. Four weeks later, he was readmitted because of severe pneumonitis and mild hepatic disorder. Under the suspicion of drug-induced pneumonitis, all medications were discontinued and high-dose glucocorticoid including "pulse therapy" was given. Consequently, pneumonitis and hepatic function markedly improved. Careful history taking revealed the ingestion of Sho-saiko-to before both admissions. Lymphocyte stimulation test against Sho-saiko-to was positive. Challenge test using Sho-saiko-to resulted in decrease of PaO2 and elevation of serum transaminases. Based on these findings, the diagnosis of pneumonitis and hepatic injury induced by Sho-saiko-to was established.
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PMID:[A case of pneumonitis and hepatic injury caused by a herbal drug (sho-saiko-to)]. 143 35

Splenic function was assessed in 42 patients with alcoholic liver disease by counting the percentage of erythrocytes with indentations or pits, seen by differential interference contrast microscopy. These pits represent cellular debris normally removed by the spleen. The findings were compared with 42 age and sex matched controls. Mean (SEM) pitted red cell counts in the patients was 2.7 (0.4)% and in the controls 0.7 (0.07)% (p < 0.001). In all of the eight reformed drinkers (five with biopsy proven cirrhosis), cell counts were normal. Six patients with alcoholic liver disease had had serious infections within the past year. Of these, one had had a recent pneumococcal pneumonia and another of the patients died from overwhelming pneumococcal septicaemia. Both of these patients had evidence of functional hyposplenism as judged by high pitted erythrocyte counts. A total of 18 patients were considered to have pitted red cell counts above the normal, and 11 of these had proven cirrhosis and/or gross ascites. This study is the first to show the presence of functional hyposplenism in alcoholic liver disease and provides further evidence of the predisposition that these patients have to infection. At present, it is unclear whether the hyposplenism is a direct toxic effect of alcohol or the result of cirrhosis; further studies are warranted.
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PMID:Splenic function in alcoholic liver disease. 144 65

Abnormalities in IgG subclass distribution were sought in serum samples and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from 15 patients with alcoholic liver disease to explain their increased susceptibility to bacterial respiratory infections. Serum IgG4 deficiency alone or in association with low IgG2 levels was revealed in approximately 30% of patients with alcoholic liver disease. This fact prompted us to further investigate the immunoglobulin concentrations in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid, paying special attention to the distribution of IgA and IgG subclasses. IgA levels were found to be normal or slightly elevated. However, there were substantial defects in total IgG and IgG1 concentrations, often associated with reduced IgG2 and IgG4 levels, in approximately 70% of patients with alcoholic liver disease, which proved to be closely correlated with the number and type (pneumonia) of bacterial respiratory infections. A prospective study of intravenous immunoglobulin substitutive therapy involving two patients with recurrent pneumonia and very low serum IgG2 values demonstrated a reduction in the number of respiratory infectious episodes as well as an increase in both serum and, to a lesser extent, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid IgG1 and IgG2 levels. We identified immune defects that may represent an important pathogenetic mechanism that, when considered together with the alcohol-related suppression of alveolar macrophage and ciliary functions and the inhibition of leukocyte migration into the lungs, should help clarify the complex relationships between alcohol and immune defense.
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PMID:IgG subclass deficiency and sinopulmonary bacterial infections in patients with alcoholic liver disease. 172 35


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