Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to T B Best.
A patient with Riedel's struma (invasive fibrous thyroiditis) with hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, and retroperitoneal fibrosis is reported. This disorder appeared to emanate from Hashimoto's thyroiditis in this case. The possible relationship of the two entities is discussed.
Occipitofrontal head circumference (OFC), using tape, and calibrated scale and cranial volumes, using styrofoam plastic cast, were measured in nine preterm and 13 term infants. Term infants had a mean +/- S.E. gestation of 40 +/- 0.2 wk and a mean +/- S.E. birth weight of 3461 +/- 108 g. Preterm infants had a mean +/- S.E. gestation of 30.5 +/- 1.4 wk and a mean +/- S.E. birth weight of 1596 +/- 211 g. Five sequential measurements were made on term infants and nine such measurements were done on preterm infants at specified time intervals. The values of cranial volume were compared with previously published results in term infants. Brain weight and cranial volumes were also compared in 10 preterm infants and seven term infants who died of non-intracranial pathology. To determine if this method is reproducible, it was tested using 50 paired measurements and was found to be within 3%. There was a significant decrease in cranial volume in term and preterm infants with time. Term infants reached the control value at 64 h of age and preterm infants reached the control value at 160 h of age. Preterm infants showed a significant decrease in OFC but term infants did not. The rate of change was not significantly different in either group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
A woman presented with polyhydramnios when 33 weeks pregnant, and three weeks later delivered an infant with idiopathic non-immune hydrops fetalis. Ultrasonic scanning before birth showed a severely edematous infant. An abdominal radiograph revealed the classical "Buddha" position of fetal hydrops. The cause of the infant's hypoalbuminemia could not be determined, but the infant responded quickly to intravenous albumin and to thoracentesis for the large pleural effusions. As non-immune hydrops becomes proportionately more common, radiologists should be aware that the diagnosis of "hydrops fetalis" is not synonymous with "erythroblastosis."