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S A Razvi

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PubMed1992

Human coronary and peripheral arteries: on-line three-dimensional reconstruction from two-dimensional intravascular US scans. Work in progress.

To explore the feasibility of computer-based, on-line three-dimensional reconstruction, timed manual withdrawal (pullback) recordings were obtained with two-dimensional intravascular ultrasound (US) in 42 patients who underwent percutaneous revascularization. Three-dimensional processing was performed with commercial software that stacked serially obtained intravascular US scans and created a new set of data points in four steps: interpolation, segmentation, boundary encoding, and surface rendering. In all 42 patients, satisfactory on-line three-dimensional reconstruction was accomplished. In the first three patients, 70-90 seconds was required for three-dimensional processing, and display was limited to the sagittal format. In the next six patients, a sagittal display was rendered in 45-60 seconds, and on-line reconstruction in the cylindrical format was achieved within 30 additional seconds. In the last 33 patients, an unlimited number of sagittal views could be produced in 30-40 seconds, the extra time required for cylindrical display was shortened to 15-20 seconds, and a luminal cast display was added to the on-line menu.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

Clostridium difficile colitis mimicking acute peritonitis.

Five patients receiving penicillin V potassium or a cephalosporin antibiotic for 18 hours to 22 days developed fever, marked leukocytosis, and signs and symptoms that suggested right-lower-quadrant peritoneal irritation. All underwent emergency laparotomy, at which dilatation and inflammation of the ascending colon were found. Only one of the patients had profuse diarrhea, and two patients had no diarrhea prior to laparotomy. Postoperatively, Clostridium difficile colitis was diagnosed by stool toxin assay and was confirmed in one case by proctosigmoidoscopic biopsy results. Antibiotic-associated colitis must be considered in any patient who develops peritoneal signs while or after receiving antibiotics. Over a two-year period, the "acute abdomen" presentation accounted for 5.2% of all patients with C difficile colitis at our institutions. Early proctosigmoidoscopy or stool examination for C difficile or its toxin may avoid unnecessary laparotomy in such patients.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1985

An unusual thyroid tumor: a comparison to a literature review of thyroid teratomas.

Presented is a patient with a tumor containing elements from two germ layers. It was associated within the patient's thyroid gland (located in a benign adenoma), but since the elements were widely separated from each other the tumor could not be classified as a teratoma or hamartoma. To our knowledge no similar tumor has been described. The interesting characteristics of this patient are described. The characteristics of this benign tumor are compared with those of cases in the literature of adult thyroid teratomas.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Cytomegalovirus infection of the colon associated with ulcerative colitis.

We report a 12th case in which infection of the colon with cytomegalovirus was demonstrated in association with ulcerative collitis. Rectal biopsy has proven to be reliable in identifying cells with cytomegaloviral inclusion bodies if careful histologic evaluation is performed. Thus far, prognosis has been serious when cytomegalovirus of the colon has been documented in ulcerative colitis. Nine of 12 patients have required a colectomy, and only seven of 12 have survived.

Agammaglobulinemia↗