We present a 73 year old female with intractable pruritus and nonspecific cutaneous rash for a period of 9 months. She had recieved symptomatic therapy with no improvement. A complete examination revealed axillary and abdominal lymphadenopathy. A biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Hodgkins lymphoma with Langerhans cell histiocytosis. She received 5 cycles of chemotherapy with resolution of pruritus and reduction in axillary and abdominal lymphadenopathy. The patient presented 6 months later with relapse and succumbed to the illness. Simultaneous occurrence of Langerhans cell histiocytosis and Hodgkins lymphoma may lead to misdiagnosis. The awareness of such an association is important to make an accurate diagnosis and guide appropriate therapy., Afsha A. Topal, Ram H. Malkani, Ganapathi Bhat, Reshma T. Vishnani, and Literatura 17
Here we report the case of a 31-year-old man admitted to our hospital with echocardiografic and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance signs of myocarditis complicated by ventricular tachycardia, initially resolved with direct current shock. After the recurrence of ventricular tachycardia the patient was submitted to electrophysiological study revealing a re-entrant circuit at the level of the medium segment of interventricular septum, successfully treated with transcatheter ablation. This case highlights how the presence of recurrent ventricular arrhythmias at the onset of acute myocarditis, suspected or proven, could be associated with a pre-existing arrhythmogenic substrate, therefore these patients should be submitted to electrophysiological study in order to rule out the presence of arrhythmogenic focuses that can be treated with transcatheter ablation., Emanuele Cecchi, Serena Fatucchi, Elena Crudeli, Cristina Giglioli, and Literatura 15
Ledvinné angiomyolipomy (AML) jsou mezenchymové benigní tumory, řadí se mezi hamartomy mohou se vyskytovat osamoceně nebo se sdružují s komplexem tuberózní sklerózy (TSC). Pacienti s AML mají riziko vzniku spontánního, v některých případech až život ohrožujícího krvácení. V tomto sdělení jsou popsány tři případy spontánního krvácení AML: první u 69leté pacientky s prokázanou angiomyolipomatosou ledvin oboustranně, druhý u 60leté pacientky s dlouhodobě sledovaným solitárním AML a třetí u mladého 28letého pacienta s diagnózou tuberózní sklerózy., Renal angiomyolipoma is the mesenchymal benign tumor which belongs to the group of hammartomas. It can occur sporadically or in association with tuberous sclerosis complex. The possible morbidity associated with angiomyolipoma is spontaneous life-threatening haemorrhage. In this report we describe three AML cases. The first one, 69-years old female with diagnosis angiomy-olipomatosis in both kidneys. The second one, 60-years old female with long time followed-up sporadic AML. The third one, young 28-years old male with tuberous sclerosis., Marta Kinštová, Jiří Froněk, Zuzana Ryznarová, and Literatura
Behçet's disease is a multisystem chronic inflammatory disease generally presenting as recurrent oral-genital ulcers and uveitis. Vascular involvement is a common presentation. However, cardiac involvement is rare in this disorder. In this case report, we present a large right ventricular thrombus detected both in computed tomography and echocardiography in a 32 year-old male patient with complaints of fever, haemoptysis and weight loss. Intracardiac thrombus showed both clinical and radiological regression with oral anticoagulant and immunosuppressive therapy. and U. Canpolat, H. Yorgun, A. Akdoğan, K. Aytemir
V kazuistice je popsán průběh onemocnění 55letého nemocného s neuroendokrinním tumorem a postižením jater, pankreatu, mezenteria, tenkého střeva a mediastina. Léčba spočívala v podávání analog somatostatinu a při progresi onemocnění byla přidána léčba sunitinibem., Case history of 55 years old man with neuroendocrine tumor of liver, pankreas, mesentery, small intestine and mediastinum is decribed. The treatment started with somatostatin analogs. The treatment with sunitinib was added due to progression of disease., Hana Šiffnerová, and Literatura 4
Acenocoumarol is a vitamin K antagonist that is used for the treatment of acquired and congenital, both arterial and venous, thrombotic diseases. Its use is complicated by the narrow therapeutic range. Bleeding following oral anticoagulation, despite rare, remains the major complication. Most cases of hemorrhagic episodes usually require short hospitalization and transfusion, while surgical drainage of the hematoma is not recommended. However, in cases that conservative treatment isn’t successful, surgical intervention remains an option. We present a case of severe spontaneous bleeding of the rectus abdominis muscle which was successfully managed surgically., Orestis Ioannidis, George Paraskevas, Anastasios Kotronis, Stavros Chatzopoulos, Athina Konstantara, Nikolaos Papadimitriou, Apostolos Makrantonakis, Emmanouil Kakoutis, and Literatura 15
Kazuistika pojednává o třicetileté pacientce, která byla opakovaně hospitalizována pro levostrannou ileofemorální trombózu. Pacientka byla indikována k lokální farmakologické trombolýze. V průběhu trombolýzy bylo však vyjádřeno podezření na možnost komprese cév zvenčí. Následovala další vyšetření, která odhalila měkkotkáňovou nebolestivou formaci na mediální straně stehna jako příčinu na léčbu rezistentní trombózy. Rezistence se nacházela v těsném kontaktu s nervově-cévním svazkem na stehně. Dle histologie se jednalo o bifázický synoviální sarkom. V době diagnózy byly již přítomny vzdálené plicní metastázy I přes intenzivní neoadjuvantní léčbu dochází k progresi zejména plicního postižení. Chirurgická léčba není toho času indikována. Pacientka umírá 6 měsíců od stanovení diagnózy., Case report deals with a 30-year-old female patient, who was repeatedly admitted to hospital with left sided ileofemoral thrombosis. The patient was scheduled to local farmacological thrombolysis. During the thrombolysis a suspicion of compression of the vessels from outside was expressed. A further examination revealed an extensive soft-tissue non-painful mass on the medial side of the thigh as a cause of the thrombosis, which was not responding to the treatment. The lesion was in close contact with the femoral neurovascular bundle. The histological examination proved biphasic synovial sarcoma. At the time of diagnosis, distant lung metastases were already present. Despite intensive neoadjuvant therapy the disease, especially the lung affection progressed. The patient died six months after the detection of the diagnosis., Michal Dvořák, Alena Štouračová, Jakub Hustý, Marek Mech, and Literatura
Transientní monoklonální gamapatie je stav spojený s přechodnou přítomností monoklonálního imunoglobulinu v séru a/ nebo moči. V článku je popsáno několik kazuistik pozorování přechodné monoklonální gamapatie., Transient monoclonal gammopathy is state involved in present monoclonal immunoglobulin in serum and urine. In article is described several cases observation of transient monoclonal gammopathy., Spáčilová J., Šolcová L., Tichý M., and Literatura 4
Trombóza ledvinné žíly je vzácné onemocnění novorozeneckého věku. Jeho incidence je nízká, pohybuje se na úrovni 2,2 na 100 000 živě narozených dětí. Následky onemocnění jsou však časté a dosti závažné. Vzhledem k nízkému výskytu onemocnění nemáme v dostupné literatuře jednoznačná a jednotná terapeutická doporučení opírající se o randomizované studie. V tomto článku autoři předkládají svojí zkušenost s invazivní léčbou tohoto onemocnění u čtyřdenního novorozence., Renal vein thrombosis is a rare condition of neonatal age. Its incidence is low, 2.2 per 100,000 live births. The consequences of the disease are common and quite serious. Due to the low incidence of the disease, there are no clear and consistent therapeutic recommendations in literature based on randomized trials. In this article, the authors present their experience with invasive treatment of this disease in the four-day newborn., Polovinčák M, Černý M, Bláhová K, Roček M., and Literatura
Sometimes intraorbital foreign bodies lead to unexpected findings. A 16-year old boy was referred due to ocular surface trauma. A conjunctival laceration was detected at the level of the left caruncle with associated left exotropia, reduced adduction as well as a preretinal hemorrhage along the nasal periphery of the fundus. A blow-out fracture of the medial orbital wall was suspected and a CT scan of the orbits was scheduled which revealed the presence of a large intraorbital foreign body. The removal of the intraorbital foreign body (which proved to be a bullet) and precautionary laser photocoagulation along the nasal periphery of the left eye were performed. Ocular surface trauma may reveal unexpected findings, such as an intraorbital foreign body, requiring investigation by a CT scan., Efstathios T. Detorakis, Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis, Eleni Drakonaki, Ekaterini Halkia, Miltiadis K. Tsilimbaris, and Literatura 7