Direct compression by a duodenal diverticulum causing common bile duct obstruction.
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E Merono
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The value of bone scintigraphy in the follow-up of vertebral osteoporosis.
In an open study, we have assessed the bone/soft tissue uptake index in recent osteoporotic vertebral collapse using scintigraphy. The evolution of these cases was followed-up at 6 months in 22 patients treated with 100 IU of salmon calcitonin plus 500 mg of elemental calcium/10 days per month and in 18 patients treated with 500 mg of elemental calcium only on a daily basis. There were no index differences between groups prior to treatment. At six months, the group treated with calcitonin plus calcium showed a significant decrease from 10.2 +/- 6.4 to 3.2 +/- 1.1 (p less than 0.001), while the calcium only group did not show any significant changes (12.1 +/- 6.6 vs 9.2 +/- 4.6), considering that there were significant differences between groups (p less than 0.001). On a mid-term basis, these results have shown the values of the bone/soft tissue index in the follow-up of osteoporotic vertebral collapse.
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Scintigraphic evaluation of reflex sympathetic dystrophy: comparative study of the course of the disease under two therapeutic regimens.
A study was made of 26 patients diagnosed as phase I reflex sympathetic dystrophy. In all of them, a bone:soft tissue uptake index was quantified by scintigraphic scanning before treatment and 3 months later. Eighteen patients were treated with 100 MRC units salmon calcitonin, followed by 500 mg elemental calcium 4 hours after hormone administration. The treatment was administered 10 days a month separated by intervals free of therapy. The other 8 patients were treated without interruption with 500 mg naproxen every 12 hours. In the group treated with calcitonin and calcium, the uptake index declined from 13.3 +/- 8.2 to 4.1 +/- 1.8 (p less than 0.001). The uptake index rose from 2.1.3 +/- 17.7 to 31.1 +/- 23.0 (NS) in the naproxen group. Using the Student t-test for paired samples to evaluate individual changes, a highly significant difference was reached (p less than 0.005) in the calcitonin-calcium group. The difference was also significant (p less than 0.01) in the naproxen group, but it was negative (t = 3.620). These results confirm the efficacy of treating reflex sympathetic dystrophy with calcitonin and calcium and the superiority of this treatment as compared with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
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