scholarly journals Dupuis de Fresnel. Appendicitis, perivisceritis and colitis. Translated. from the French Dr. P. M. Alperin, edited by prof. H. N. Burdenko. Library "Medical Practice", State Medical Publishing House. 1929, the price is 90 kopecks

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1226-1227
Author(s):  
I. Tsimkhes

The translation from French of this small book is to be welcomed, as it is devoted to the sore point of the present moment the diagnosis of chronic appendicitis and the analysis of the reasons why some patients continue to complain of pain in the right iliac cavity. Various para-appendicular diseases and their differential diagnosis are analyzed in detail. The position (inclined, head down), in which palpation and fluoroscopy are performed, are the basic methods of researching patients. Only that pain that reaches its maximum in the region of the appendix and does not spread high along the ascending intestine is of diagnostic value, and especially the presence of a painful cord rolling under the fingers.

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-58
Author(s):  
Georgi I. Popivanov ◽  
Marina N. Konaktchieva ◽  
Vladimir V. Vasilev ◽  
Kirien Ts. Kjossev ◽  
Marin B. Penkov ◽  
...  

Summary Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common non-traumatic abdominal emergency. Despite the improved knowledge, experience, and technological advance, its diagnosis remains a challenge. Herein we report an example of a difficult diagnosis of acute appendicitis and comment on the possible pitfalls in the differential diagnosis and surgical tactics. We present the case of a 41-year-old man who had been admitted to another hospital with an initial diagnosis of acute appendicitis and changed to Crohn’s disease (CD). Because of a pelvic abscess, percutaneous drainage had been performed. Thrombosis of the right femoral vein had been diagnosed and treated accordingly. In an improved condition, he was referred for elective operation with a final diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumour based on cytology. At laparotomy, the appendix was found densely adherent to the right external iliac vein with a well-demarcated tumour (1 cm) at the base. Appendectomy with partial resection of the caecum with a linear stapler was performed. The histological examination revealed acute to chronic appendicitis with lymphoid follicle hyperplasia at the base. The case illustrates the necessity for broad differential diagnosis in AA and the possibility of severe vascular complications in complicated AA. Taking a detailed history and CT are of paramount importance for an accurate preoperative diagnosis, especially of CD. All emergency surgeons should also be familiar with the scenario of unexpected findings at laparotomy, especially with the management of CD and the algorithms for treatment of appendiceal malignancies. The mini-invasive drainage of right iliac fossa abscess allows for optimizing the patient’s condition and may help to avoid unnecessary extensive resections.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Mehta ◽  
R Botelho ◽  
F Fernandez ◽  
C Villagran ◽  
A Frauenfelder ◽  
...  

Abstract Background We have previously reported the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) guided EKG analysis for detection of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). To demonstrate the diagnostic value of our algorithm, we compared AI predictions with reports that were confirmed as STEMI. Purpose To demonstrate the absolute proficiency of AI for detecting STEMI in a standard12-lead EKG. Methods An observational, retrospective, case-control study. Sample: 5,087 EKG records, including 2,543 confirmed STEMI cases obtained via feedback from health centers following appropriate patient management (thrombolysis, primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), pharmacoinvasive therapy or coronary artery bypass surgery). Records excluded patient and medical information. The sample was derived from the International Telemedical Systems (ITMS) database. LUMENGT-AI Algorithm was employed. Preprocessing: detection of QRS complexes by wavelet system, segmentation of each EKG into individual heartbeats (53,667 total beats) with fixed window of 0.4s to the left and 0.9s to the right of main QRS; Classification: A 1-D convolutional neural network was implemented, “STEMI” and “Not-STEMI” classes were considered for each heartbeat, individual probabilities were aggregated to generate the final label for each record. Training & Testing: 90% and 10% of the sample were used, respectively. Experiments: Intel PC i7 8750H processor at 2.21GHz, 16GB RAM, Windows 10 OS with NVIDIA GTX 1070 GPU, 8GB RAM. Results The model yielded an accuracy of 97.2%, a sensitivity of 95.8%, and a specificity of 98.5%. Conclusion(s) Our AI-based algorithm can reliably diagnose STEMI and will preclude the role of a cardiologist for screening and diagnosis, especially in the pre-hospital setting.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-423
Author(s):  
Ray C. Anderson ◽  
Paul Adams ◽  
Richard L. Varco

Ten cases are presented of children having patent ductus arteriosus with reversal of shunt. Cyanosis, often greater in the toes, was present in all. Exertional dyspnea developed early. Murmurs were of no diagnostic value, but an accentuated pulmonic second sound was uniformly present. Right ventricular preponderance was found in all cases on the electrocardiogram. Cardiac size varied on roentgenography, but there was usually prominence of the pulmonary artery segment. Six cases showed evidence of bi-directional shunts, one showed only a reversed shunt, while data were insufficient to determine this point in the remaining three. Three patients had surgery, one with a successful outcome. The latter was a 1-year-old infant in whom lung biopsy at surgery revealed only minimal pulmonary arterial changes. Forty-five cases are reviewed from the literature. The majority of these occurred in adults. Twenty-two have been subjected to surgery, four with good results, three of the latter being children. The differential diagnosis is briefly discussed. The safest and simplest diagnostic test to perform is the determination of oxygen saturation of samples of blood obtained simultaneously from the right brachial and femoral arteries. Angiocardiography and cardiac catheterization also provided helpful information. The diagnosis will not be made unless the examiner keeps the entity in mind. The entity can no longer be considered rare. Surgical treatment of the condition has been very disappointing, especially in the adult. There is reason to believe that surgical intervention very early in life will yield a higher salvage rate.


2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozlem Tokgoz ◽  
Ebru Unlu ◽  
Ilker Unal ◽  
Ismail Serifoglu ◽  
Ilker Oz ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Zhen Kang ◽  
Xiangde Min ◽  
Liang Wang

Background. Abernethy malformation is a rare splanchnic vascular abnormality characterizing extrahepatic abnormal shunts that is classified into types I and II. Abernethy malformation type I has a female predilection and is associated with a variety of concurrent hepatic benign or malignant tumours while type II with concurrent tumours is very rare in females. Case Report. We report a rare female case of Abernethy malformation type II with concurrent occupying lesion in the right liver, which was successfully transplanted; the occupying lesion was pathologically proven to be nodular hyperplasia. Conclusion. This case might provide further knowledge regarding Abernethy malformation. On imaging, the anatomy of portal vein should be carefully investigated to categorize Abernethy malformation, and a wide variety of differential diagnosis of concurrent occupying lesions should be taken into account.


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