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Query: UMLS:C0149520 (acute cholecystitis)
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In a retrospective study, all patients of the hemato-oncology department of the Centre Hospitalier who were treated from 1988 to 1997 by chemoembolisation for liver metastases were analysed for treatment-related hospitalisation duration, side effects and complications, in order to assess the treatment burden. Major side-effects were: pain in 17 of 29 patients, nausea in 8, vomiting in 7, persistent hickup in 3, fever in 12, a temporary confusional state in 4 patients. 1 patient experienced syncope, 2 patients developed homolateral pleral effusions, 1 patient suffered transient supraventricular arrhythmias. Major complications included 1 hemoperitoneum (under anticoagulant therapy), 1 hemorrhagic gastritis, 1 acute cholecystitis due to inflammatory tumoral choledochal obstruction and one iatrogenous acute pancreatic ischemic necrosis. Two patients died of post-embolic acute hepatic insufficiency, one 10 days, one 41 days after the last treatment session). In summary, chemo-embolisation of liver metastases is a complication-burdened treatment in a strictly palliative setting with inestimable efficacy. The treatment modalities have to be discussed with the patient beforehand and preferably in controlled study setting. Large randomised trials may indicate patients' subgroups for benefit.
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PMID:Complications and hospitalisation--duration after chemoembolisation for liver metastases. 1110 Jan 73

A 69-year-old woman had acute cholecystitis that mimicked right bundle branch block with coved-type ST-segment elevation in the precordial electrocardiogram leads (Brugada-type ST shift). The patient did not have obvious heart disease, syncope, or a family history of sudden death. The coved-type ST-segment elevation disappeared as the acute inflammation subsided. Intravenous administration of pilsicainide, a pure sodium channel blocker, could reproduce the Brugada-type ST shift. This is the first report of the Brugada-type ST shift occurring in association with acute cholecystitis.
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PMID:Right bundle branch block and coved-type ST-segment elevation mimicked by acute cholecystitis. 1293 60