Familial sarcoidosis terminating as neurosarcoidosis

A case of sarcoidosis is recorded in a 27-year-old male, whose elder sister has also been suffering from sarcoidosis.

The disease was characterized by involvement of the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract, gross transient peripheral lymphadenopathy and terminal neurosarcoidosis, death being due to an acute obstructive hydrocephalus.

Combined intestinal and squamous metaplasia of the renal pelvis

A case of combined squamous and intestinal metaplasia of the renal pelvis, associated with hydronephrosis, chronic pyelonephritis, and lithiasis, is reported. The changes are considered to be due primarily to mechanical irritation of the pelvic epithelium.

Carcinoma arising in a lipomatous pseudohypertrophic pancreas

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Pure and mixed hilus-cell tumours of ovary. Arris and Gale Lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 14th November 1966

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