BACKGROUND: Occurrence of gastric metastasis as the first symptom of breast carcinoma with a long period of latency before presentation of the primary breast carcinoma is rare. CASE REPORT: A patient with gastric metastasis as the first symptom of lobular breast carcinoma, treated by neoadjuvant preoperative chemoradiotherapy and total gastrectomy, with complete local control. Fourteen months after presentation of the gastric metastasis a primary lobular breast carcinoma was discovered, treated by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonal treatment with complete local response. Twenty-three months after diagnosis of breast cancer multiple colorectal metastases from the breast cancer occurred, which were treated by chemotherapy and hormonal treatment. Eighty-six months after diagnosis of gastric metastasis the patient died due to progression of cancer. CONCLUSIONS: Metastases to gastrointestinal or gynaecological tracts are more likely in invasive lobular carcinoma than invasive ductal cancer. The pathologist should determine whether or not they check estrogen and progesterone receptor status not simply by signet ring cell morphology but also by consideration of clinic-pathological correlation of the patient, such as the presence of a past history of breast cancer, or the colorectal localization of poorly differentiated carcinoma, which may occur less frequently than in the stomach. and D. Buka, J. Dvořák, I. Richter, N. D. Hadzi, J. Cyrany
Je popsán případ legionelózy u staršího muže, který začal chřipkovými symptomy s následným zhoršováním a hospitalizací a při další progresi pokračoval umístěním na ARO fakultní nemocnice. Až zde byla diagnostikována legionelóza. Epidemiologické šetření se zaměřilo na vodovodní vodu v bytě nemocného a odebrané vzorky potvrdily podezření na akviraci nákazy v místě bydliště. Izoláty z pitné a teplé vody obsahovaly bakterii Legionella pneumophila s denzitou 102–103 KTJ/100 ml. Za jednoznačnou příčinu kontaminace vody byl označen nedostatečný ohřev vody v nezaregulovaném teplovodním systému. Účinným opatřením k nápravě byla termodezinfekce domovního vodovodního systému a chemodezinfekce pomocí instalovaného generátoru chlordioxidu., Described is a case of legionellosis in an elderly male, that began with flu symptoms with consequent deterioration and hospitalization progressing to the IC unit. Only then was legionellosis diagnosed. Epidemiological investigations were focused on tap water in the patient's flat; samples taken confirmed the suspicion. Isolates from drinking water as well as warm tap water contained Legionella pneumophila organisms at 102–103 CFU/100 ml. The unequivocal cause of water contamination was the insufficient heating of the water in the unregulated hot water meins system. An effective remedy was thermal disinfection of the water mains system in the building and chemical disinfection with the aid of an installed generator of chlorine dioxide., Helena Šebáková, Radim Mudra, Irena Martinková, Marie Fiedorová, Danuše Hanslíková, and Literatura