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Organomegaly in Chronic Alcoholics

The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 1995
We compared the weights of the brain, heart, spleen, lungs, liver, and kidneys, uncorrected and corrected for body surface area (BSA) and body mass index (BMI), of 50 alcoholics with 50 forensic controls matched for sex, age, and body weight. With the exception of combined renal weight corrected for BSA and BMI, no significant differences were found in
D W, Sadler, G A, Campbell, D J, Pounder
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Treatment for POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes) syndrome.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2008
POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes) syndrome is a rare cause of demyelinating and axonal mixed neuropathy with multiorgan involvement and monoclonal plasma cell-proliferative disorder. The pathogenesis of POEMS syndrome is not well understood, but overproduction of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF),
S. Kuwabara, A. Dispenzieri, K. Arimura, S. Misawa   +3 more
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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition Partially Prevents Diabetic Organomegaly

American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 1994
The present study was conducted to evaluate whether captopril prevents the organomegaly and accumulation of matrix proteins that normally accompanies the diabetic state. The following groups of rats were studied: normal rats, normal rats treated with captopril (30 mg/kg/d orally), streptozotocin diabetic rats, and diabetic rats treated with captopril ...
Melkon Hajinazarian, Fernando G. Cosio, N. Stanley Nahman, John D. Mahan, Cynthia McAllister   +4 more
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Hepatic Campylobacter jejuni infection in patients with Castleman‐Kojima disease (idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease with thrombocytopenia, anasarca, fever, reticulin fibrosis, and organomegaly (TAFRO) syndrome)

Pathology international (Print), 2019
Castleman‐Kojima disease, also known as idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease with TAFRO syndrome (iMCD‐TAFRO), is a recently recognized systemic inflammatory disorder with a characteristic series of clinical symptoms, including thrombocytopenia (T),
Chihiro Kageyama, T. Igawa, Yuka Gion, N. Iwaki, Tetsuya Tabata, Takehiro Tanaka, E. Kondo, H. Sakai, K. Tsuneyama, K. Nomoto, H. Noguchi, T. Yoshino, K. Yokota, Y. Sato   +13 more
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Neurological presentation of Griscelli syndrome: Obstructive hydrocephalus without haematological abnormalities or organomegaly

Brain and Development, 2007
Griscelli syndrome is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder characterised by partial albinism, immunodeficiency, organomegaly and accelerated phases. During accelerated phases, pancytopenia, haemophagocytosis, hypoproteinemeia occur which may be accompanied by neurological deterioration. Primary neurological presentation is rare and we report a case that
Yanick J Crow
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Adenopathy and extensive skin patch overlying a plasmacytoma with unusual histologic findings in a patient with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein and skin changes syndrome and Castleman disease

Journal of cutaneous pathology, 2019
A 56‐year‐old previously healthy man presented to the dermatology clinic with a 2‐year history of an expanding, violaceous, infiltrated plaque on the right flank.
Alicia T. Dagrosa, Molly C E Cowdrey, R. E. LeBlanc, F. Lansigan, P. Kaur, J. Carter   +5 more
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Living with Polyneuropathy Organomegaly Endocrinopathy Monoclonal gammopathy Skin changes (POEMS) syndrome: a case study of healthcare experiences and quality of life

Disability and Rehabilitation, 2019
Aim Polyneuropathy Organomegaly Endocrinopathy Monoclonal gammopathy Skin changes (POEMS) Syndrome is a rare condition with an estimated prevalence rate of 0.3 per 100,000 people.
Jessica Twigg, A. Methley, T. Lavin, Gemma Dickinson, Alistair Teager   +4 more
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Ichthyosis in a Child with Organomegaly

2019
An infant presented with ichthyosis, bilateral corneal opacities, protruded abdomen, hypospadias, hearing defect, and delayed developmental milestones. Liver and bone marrow biopsies, along with lab investigations, substantiated the final diagnosis.
Mohammad Ali El-Darouti, Faiza Mohamed Al-Ali   +1 more
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A Child with Hemihypertrophy, Omphalocele, and Organomegaly

2019
A male child presented with combined features of neonatal hypoglycemia, omphalocele, hemihyperplasia, macroglossia, ear pits, and organomegaly. His diagnosis represented a complex disorder both phenotypically and genetically.
Mohammad Ali El-Darouti, Faiza Mohamed Al-Ali   +1 more
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Infantile osteopetrosis with delayed development, organomegaly and wandering eyes: case report

Paediatrics and International Child Health
Osteopetrosis encompasses rare inherited metabolic bone disorders with defect in the osteoclast activity. Severe forms of presentation such as malignant infantile osteopetrosis are seen in infants and milder forms in older children. The clinical presentation includes failure to thrive, severe pallor, optic atrophy and hepatosplenomegaly.
Ashwini Prithvi
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