Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to F J Sutorius.
Nodular cutaneous amyloidosis of the vulva is a rare phenomenon. We describe a patient with localized nodular lesions on the vulva that mimicked kissing ulcers such as are seen with vulvar carcinoma. These lesions were a result of multiple myeloma with subsequent primary systemic amyloidosis. The patient died of cardiac and renal decompensation 2 months after diagnosis.
Sixty-two patients presenting with upper abdominal pain of the non-ulcer dyspepsia type, and radiological signs of duodenitis, were investigated for parasites; biopsies of the duodenum were performed, both by capsule and by endoscopy. The findings were compared with a group of 18 healthy controls with and without parasites. The group of 36 patients with parasites showed a significant degree of inflammatory infiltrate compared to the non-parasitized patients and to the control group.