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M F Castelli

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Hepatic adenomata in type Ia glycogen storage disease.

Liver adenomata are common in young adults and adults with type Ia glycogen storage disease. Complications that may arise in these patients include acute hemorrhage and malignant transformation. With appropriate dietary therapy, they may partially or completely regress. We describe a young woman with type Ia glycogenosis who developed liver adenomata. Because of its persistence and the significant potential of malignant transformation, liver transplantation was performed. This case is discussed in light of a review of the literature on the subject.

Adenoma

Ischemic bowel disease.

The clinical, radiologic and pathologic features of 25 cases of ischemic bowel disease are presented. The majority of patients presented with the triad of abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting. In 13 patients the diarrhea was associated with the passage of bright red blood per rectum. There were 10 cases of infarction, 11 of enterocolitis and 4 had resulted in stricture formation. In five cases of enterocolitis the lesion was transient; symptoms improved with conservative medical management and the radiologic findings returned to normal. Barium enema examination yielded abnormal findings in the majority of the cases in which it was performed. Plain films of the abdomen, however, were not helpful. The actual mortality in this group of patients was 44%, 80% in those with infarction of the bowel and 20% in the other two groups.

Adult