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M Cecchi

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[Echography in scrotal trauma].

The Authors report 28 cases of scrotal traumas evaluated during a period of 5 years on an amount of 1.100 scrotal echography: 5 patients with severe scrotal trauma are investigated with echography within 2 hours while the others between 1 and 6 days. Some cases of overlooked trauma were studied some months later. In their experience the authors underline the importance of echography in early diagnosis of scrotal contents lesions which need a surgical exploration and those which allow a medical treatment. Also ultrasound investigation is important in evaluating and in the follow-up the scrotal content lesions caused by trauma.

Biopsy, Needle↗

[Echography of injuries of the penis].

The Authors report 3 cases of penile trauma observed in a period of 6 months. The patients were studied by penile echography and cavernosography. In this series+ echotomography resulted more accurate than cavernosography which gave always negative results.

Evaluation Studies as Topic↗

Effects of lithium salts on pain experience in depressed patients.

15 depressed female patients were studied for sensitivity to pain stimuli before and after 1 month of treatment with lithium salts. By electric stimulation techniques, an aspecific sensitivity threshold, a pain sensitivity threshold and a pain tolerance threshold were measured and their relationship were evaluated. In this investigation, we evaluated the influence of the improvement of the clinical picture and of the blood levels of the drug on pain perception. Our data seem to suggest an analgesic action of lithium, which, however, appears to be partially masked by the effects on pain perception induced by the evolution of the depressive picture.

Depressive Disorder↗

[Angiographic and echotomographic comparative evaluation of abdominal aortic aneurysm in 15 operated patients].

The authors report the principle data resulting from the study of 43 patients presenting pulsating abdominal masses: 21 aneurysms of the aorta have been documented, and the comparative results between echography and angiography compared with operatory findings in 15 patients. With echography, reliable diagnostic precision regarding the form and dimensions of the aneurysmatic cavity is possible, and above all, the exclusion or confirmation of the presence of blood clots is allowed. The vascular situation, especially of the principle collateral branches, is better defined by aortography. Echography offers advantages not only in the survey of patients with high operation risk aneurysms, and other pulsating abdominal masses as well, but brings into evidence retroperitoneal fibrosis circumscribing the aneurysm. Last, it is preferable in the follow up of vascular prosthesis after surgery.

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