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J Rø

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PubMed1995

[Extrapulmonary tuberculosis. An important differential diagnosis in immigrants with suspected malignancy].

The incidence of tuberculous disease is increasing all over the world, mostly in the poor, developing countries, but also in some industrialized countries. In Norway, extrapulmonary tuberculosis is a rare phenomenon. It is found mostly among older Norwegians and in younger immigrants from the third world. Since the disease is rare, it may be overlooked or confused with malignant disease. We describe two patients with unusual forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, both mimicking neoplastic disease. The first patient was a 27-year-old woman from South-East Asia, who was operated on for suspected intraductal comedo-type carcinoma of the breast, but histological examination showed tuberculous mastitis. The second patient was a 26-year-old man from East Africa with a medical history indicating intra-abdominal lymphoma. The final diagnosis, however, was mesenteric tuberculous lymphadenitis. Both patients were treated successfully with isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide.

Abdomen↗
PubMed1992

[Late diagnosis of advanced breast cancer--a challenge for health services].

From 1982 to 1987, 1,637 cancers of the breast were diagnosed in Oslo. 235 were classified as advanced according to one or more of the following criteria: tumour size greater than or equal to 5 cm (T3) or T4, metastasis within 4 months, pathological diagnosis pT3, pT4 or pN2. These were further studied. The distribution of women with advanced cancer mammae was uneven. For no obvious reason, incidence was significantly higher in one out of four hospitals in Oslo. 169 of the patients discovered the tumour themselves. Many patients delayed seeking help. 93 waited for more than eight weeks before doing so. For patients with metastasis at time of diagnosis, survival was slightly more than one year, and for patients without metastasis it was four and a half year. The length of stay in hospital increased with increasing admissions.

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PubMed1979

Gastroschisis and omphalocele.

A series of 100 patients with gastroschisis and omphalocele is presented. It is emphasized that gastroschisis generally has a strikingly homogeneous clinical presentation, while the omphalocele has a more heterogeneous clinical presentation, varying from the smallest to the largest, nearly incorrectable type. The main problem in the two groups is the problem of the closure of the defect. In gastroschisis there are, in addition, two problems related to the length of the intestinal tract and the tendency to peritonitis and septicaemia. In omphalocele, however, the major problem is the associated anomalies. The experience from the present material indicates that greater efforts must be used in the future in trying to avoid hypothermia, both during transportation and during operation. Furthermore, greater efforts must be made in closing the abdominal wall defect primarily in both groups of patients. More liberal use of respirator and total parenteral nutrition, mainly by peripheral veins, has obviously contributed to the improvement in our results from 1 60% mortality rate in the first nine-year period to a 37% mortality rate in the last nine-year period in the omphalocele group. Our best results have been obtained during the last 3 years with 2 deaths in the last 12 patients who all were treated by primary closure. In the gastroschisis group a survival rate of 69% in the whole series and of 74% in those who were primarily completely closed must be looked upon as progress in the light of earlier reports of survival rates of 36% to 43%.

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