CLINICAL FEATURES AND MRI CHANGES IN DRUG-NAÏVE NEUROLOGIC WILSON’S DISEASE
Dystonia, dysarthria and tremor are common neurological features of neurologic Wilson’s disease. Abnormalities in MRI of brain are observed in all patients and these abnormalities are positively correlated with disease severity. The diffusion restriction is inversely correlated with the disease duration. MR Spectroscopy is also a sensitive tool for the diagnosis.

Satyabrata Pulai
Kolkata, In

  

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HYPERTENSIVE RENAL DISEASE – SHOULD WE TREAT IT BY ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY?
The treatment of renal hypertension grounded in our clinical findings or when there is change in flow, with increase in velocity, we perform diagnostic angiography and angioplasty if necessary at the same operative time. The treatment of renovascular hypertension is effective when we treat the main branch of the renal artery; prevents the loss of organ function, decreases renal overload and prevents the patient from getting into a dialysis program.

Ana Terezinha Guillaumon
Campinas, Br

  

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ANTHRACOSIS: CAUSE OF BLACK PATCH IN TRACHEA AND BRONCHIAL TREE
Anthracosis is black pigmentation of tracheo-bronchial tree evident on bronchoscopy. We studied 30 cases with and 53 controls without anthracosis. We found that anthracosis patients are more likely to be middle aged to elderly females with history of active or old pulmonary tuberculosis and evidence of fibrosis on CT chest.

Virendra Singh
Jaipur, India

     

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RECENT ADVANCES IN AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a peculiar type of pancreatitis that mimics pancreatic cancer. AIP is divided into type 1, a pancreatic manifestation of IgG4-related disease, and type 2 characterized by granulocytic epithelial lesion. As AIP responds dramatically to steroid therapy, accurate diagnosis is necessary in order to avoid unnecessary surgery.

Terumi Kamisawa
Tokyo, Jp

     

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  MATUROGÉNESIS EXITOSA POR EXCAVACIÓN PROGRESIVA CON CEMENTO CEM
El tratamiento indirecto de la pulpa, en la pulpa expuesta, con material biológico regenerativo, como el cemento CEM, debería evaluarse en estudios futuros.

Saeed Asgary
Teherán, Irán

        

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