Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to A. Vaglia.
The authors present a case of abdominal actinomycosis in a 65-year old woman undergoing explorative laparatomy for suspected colic neoplasm. Only histological examination allowed a correct diagnosis to be made, showing once again the considerable difficulty of differential diagnosis.
We describe patient with Echinococcus granulosus disease primary localized on the back. This case is uncommon because of the lack of risk exposure history and the sole muscular localization. The patient received several surgical operations on the back, without eradication of the infestation. At the end we discuss the clinical considerations that induced the choice of the usual medical therapy
Overt disulfiram-induced hepatitis is rare; it has a high mortality rate, especially when the etiology is non suspected and when the treatment is not promptly discontinued. The Authors describe a case of disulfiram-induced acute hepatitis and emphasize close clinical and biochemical monitoring.