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Kase C, Boppré YT, Rocchetti TT, Yu MCZ, Fernandes AG, Hofling-Lima AL. Microbial keratitis in Sao Paulo, Brazil: a 10-year review of laboratory results, epidemiological features, and risk factors. Arq Bras Oftalmol 2023; 87:e202200660. [PMID: 37878874 DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.2022-0060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To study epidemiological data, laboratory results, and risk factors associated with microbial keratitis. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of corneal sample cultures from patients with microbial keratitis from January 2010 to December 2019. Results were analyzed according to the etiological diagnosis of bacterial, mycotic, or parasitic infection and were associated with related risk factors. RESULTS We analyzed 4810 corneal samples from 4047 patients (mean age 47.79 ± 20.68 years; male 53.27%). The prevalence of bacterial, fungal, and Acanthamoeba infections were 69.80%, 7.31%, and 3.51%, respectively. The most frequently isolated bacteria were coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) (45.14%), S. aureus (10.02%), Pseudomonas spp. (8.80%), and Corynebacterium spp. (6.21%). Among CoNS, the main agent was S. epidermidis (n=665). For mycotic keratitis, Fusarium spp. (35.42%) and Candida parapsilosis (16.07%) were the most common agents among filamentous and yeasts isolates, respectively. Contact lens use was associated with a positive culture for Acanthamoeba spp. (OR = 19.04; p < 0.001) and Pseudomonas spp. (OR = 3.20; p < 0.001). Previous ocular trauma was associated with positive fungal cultures (OR = 1.80; p = 0.007), while older age was associated with positive bacterial culture (OR = 1.76; p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrated a higher positivity of corneal sample cultures for bacteria. Among those, CoNS was the most frequently identified, with S. epidermidis as the main agent. In fungal keratitis, Fusarium spp. was the most commonly isolated. Contact lens wearers had higher risks of positive cultures for Acanthamoeba spp. and Pseudomonas spp. Ocular trauma increased the risk of fungal infection, while older age increased the risk of bacterial infection.
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- Camila Kase
- Department of Ophthalmology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Kase C, Nakayama LF, Bergamo VC, Moraes NSBD. Evisceration and enucleation cases in the ophthalmologic emergency department of a tertiary Brazilian hospital. Arq Bras Oftalmol 2022; 85:558-564. [PMID: 35170630 DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.20220073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To analyze the epidemiological profiles of evisceration and enucleation cases in the ophthalmologic emergency department of a Brazilian tertiary hospital. METHODS Patients treated in the ophthalmologic emergency department of Hospital São Paulo (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) during the period 2013 to 2018 were retrospectively evaluated. Urgent cases of evisceration or enucleation surgery were included, and elective cases were excluded. The following information was extracted from the patients' medical records: demographic data, immediate and associated reasons for the surgical procedure, informed visual acuity, symptom duration until ophthalmologic care, complications, distance from the residence to the tertiary hospital, and time of hospitalization. RESULTS In total, 61 enucleations and 121 eviscerations were included in this study. The patients had a mean age of 63.27 ± 18.68 years. Of the patients, 99 were male (54.40%), and 83 were female (45.60%). The indications for evisceration or enucleation were corneal perforation with (44.50%) and without (23.63%) signs of infection, endophthalmitis (15.38%), ocular trauma (14.29%), neoplasia (0.55%), burn accident (1.10%), and phthisis bulbi (0.55%). The self-reported visual acuity was no light perception (87.36%) or light perception (1.10%). However, 3.30% of the patients did not cooperate with the examination, and no information on visual acuity was available for the remaining 8.24%. The mean symptom duration before ophthalmologic care was sought was 18.32 days. Two patients had sympathetic ophthalmia after evisceration. CONCLUSIONS More eviscerations than enucleations were performed throughout the study period. The most common demographic characteristics were age >60 years and male sex. The main indications for urgent evisceration and enucleation procedures were corneal perforation with and without infection, endophthalmitis, and ocular trauma. The findings from this study could guide clinicians in performing preventive measures to avoid destructive eye procedures.
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- Camila Kase
- Departament of Ophthalmology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departament of Ophthalmology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departament of Ophthalmology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Nakayama LF, Kase C, Bergamo VC, de Moraes NSB. Twelve-Year-Old Girl with Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy: A Multimodal Retinal Evaluation. Case Rep Ophthalmol 2020; 11:620-625. [PMID: 33437237 PMCID: PMC7747070 DOI: 10.1159/000509849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We report a 12-year-old female patient with acute macular neuroretinopathy assessed with multimodal retinal exams. Initial fluorescein angiogram and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) were both normal, and after 4 months OCT-A showed abnormal vascular flow with normal flow in superficial retina layers, choroid, and choriocapillaris.
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- Luis Filipe Nakayama
- *Luis Filipe Nakayama, Physician Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo − EPM, Botucatu St. 821, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, SP 04023-062 (Brazil),
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Brown J, Breslau J, Siegwarth A, Miller R, Kase C, Dunbar M, Briscombe B, Dey J. Implementation and Costs of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Demonstration. Health Serv Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- J. Brown
- Mathematica Atlanta GA United States
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- RAND Corporation Pittsburgh PA United States
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- Mathematica Oakland CA United States
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- RAND Corporation Pittsburgh PA United States
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- RAND Corporation Santa Monica CA United States
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- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Washington DC United States
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Piovezan RD, Kase C, Moizinho R, Tufik S, Poyares D. Gabapentin acutely increases the apnea-hypopnea index in older men: data from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Sleep Res 2017; 26:166-170. [DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Ronaldo D. Piovezan
- Sleep Medicine Division; Universidade Federal de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Sleep Medicine Division; Universidade Federal de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Sleep Medicine Division; Universidade Federal de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Sleep Medicine Division; Universidade Federal de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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- Sleep Medicine Division; Universidade Federal de São Paulo; São Paulo Brazil
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Piovezan R, Kase C, Tufik S, Poyares D. Effects of gabapentin on breathing sleep parameters in older healthy men: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Sleep Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.02.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Busza A, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Kase C. Thromboembolic Stroke in a Young Woman with Chagas Cardiomyopathy (P06.247). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p06.247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Camargo E, Beiser A, Tan Z, Au R, DeCarli C, Pikula A, Kelly-Hayes M, Kase C, Wolf P, Seshadri S. Walking Speed, Handgrip Strength and Risk of Dementia and Stroke: The Framingham Offspring Study (S24.003). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.s24.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Lau H, Romero J, Nguyen T, Babikian V, Kase C, Pikula A. Risk Factor Profile of HIV Patients with Ischemic Stroke (P01.244). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p01.244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Yamada H, Yamasaki M, Yamasaki Y, Kase C, Hama N. [Interstitial pneumonia]. Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi 2001; 90:1399-402. [PMID: 11573255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Kase C, Okubo M, Yamasaki M, Yamada H, Suzuki Y, Hama N, Ichikawa Y, Sasaka K, Nakajima Y. [Minocycline for the treatment of bronchiolitis obliterans associated with rheumatoid arthritis]. Ryumachi 2001; 41:745-50. [PMID: 11577403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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We discribe a rare case of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) complicated with bronchiolitis obliterans that was successfully treated with minocycline. Sixty four-year old woman with a four-years history of RA was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea on exertion and polyarthritis. Pulmonary function test revealed marked decrease in V25 (0.10 l/s: 6.9%) and MMFR (12.6%). High resolution CT of the lung showed scattered centri-lobular micronodules in both lung fields, mucoid impaction, and hyperinflation. These findings indicated the presence of bronchiolitis obliterans. After 3 months of the treatment with minocycline, the patient showed a significant improvement of both arthritis and pulmonary function. Chest CT findings also improved after 1 year. The present case suggests that minocycline is effective for the treatment of bronchiolitis obliterans seen in patients with RA.
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- C Kase
- Department of Internal Medicine & Radiology, Saint Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa
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Kase C. [Diagnosis and treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage]. Rev Neurol 1999; 29:1330-7. [PMID: 10652763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the main hypertensive mechanism occurring as the consequence of structural changes in the small perforating vessels of the cerebral hemispheres and brain stem. DEVELOPMENT These vascular lesions cause deeply situated hemorrhages in the cerebral hemispheres (basal grey nuclei and thalamus) and brain stem (pons); less common sites are in the subcortical white matter and cerebellum. There are many non-hypertensive causes of ICH including: amyloid cerebral angiopathy, vascular malformations, intracranial tumours, the use of anticoagulant and fibrinolytic agents, sympthomimetic drugs and vasculitis. These conditions usually cause hemorrhages situated in the subcortical white matter (lobar), some predominantly in the elderly (amyloid cerebral angiopathy) and others mainly in the young (vascular malformations and consumption of sympathomimetic drugs). Radiological diagnosis of ICH is easily made on computerized tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) gives additional data such as the stage of evolution of the hemorrhage and its possible causes (vascular malformations, underlying tumours). The therapeutic managements of ICH includes: immediate emergency treatment (the need for endotracheal intubation, control of the blood pressure) and the management of the conditions causing ICH (coagulation disorders, detection of toxic substances such as cocaine and other sympathomimetic agents); treatment of intracranial hypertension (hyperventilation, osmotic diuretics, barbiturate coma); the decision to proceed to surgery (reserved for patients with cerebellar bleeding accompanied by supratentorial hydrocephalus, lobar hemorrhage of intermediate size together with progressive neurological deterioration and signs of a space occupying lesion on CT, and ventriculostomy for thalamic or caudate nucleus bleeding with hydrocephalus.
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- C Kase
- Department Neurology, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA.
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Furlan A, Higashida R, Wechsler L, Gent M, Rowley H, Kase C, Pessin M, Ahuja A, Callahan F, Clark WM, Silver F, Rivera F. Intra-arterial prourokinase for acute ischemic stroke. The PROACT II study: a randomized controlled trial. Prolyse in Acute Cerebral Thromboembolism. JAMA 1999; 282:2003-11. [PMID: 10591382 DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.21.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1935] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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CONTEXT Intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator can be beneficial to some patients when given within 3 hours of stroke onset, but many patients present later after stroke onset and alternative treatments are needed. OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical efficacy and safety of intra-arterial (IA) recombinant prourokinase (r-proUK) in patients with acute stroke of less than 6 hours' duration caused by middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. DESIGN PROACT II (Prolyse in Acute Cerebral Thromboembolism II), a randomized, controlled, multicenter, open-label clinical trial with blinded follow-up conducted between February 1996 and August 1998. SETTING Fifty-four centers in the United States and Canada. PATIENTS A total of 180 patients with acute ischemic stroke of less than 6 hours' duration caused by angiographically proven occlusion of the MCA and without hemorrhage or major early infarction signs on computed tomographic scan. INTERVENTION Patients were randomized to receive 9 mg of IA r-proUK plus heparin (n = 121) or heparin only (n = 59). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome, analyzed by intention-to-treat, was based on the proportion of patients with slight or no neurological disability at 90 days as defined by a modified Rankin score of 2 or less. Secondary outcomes included MCA recanalization, the frequency of intracranial hemorrhage with neurological deterioration, and mortality. RESULTS For the primary analysis, 40% of r-proUK patients and 25% of control patients had a modified Rankin score of 2 or less (P = .04). Mortality was 25% for the r-proUK group and 27% for the control group. The recanalization rate was 66% for the r-proUK group and 18% for the control group (P<.001). Intracranial hemorrhage with neurological deterioration within 24 hours occurred in 10% of r-proUK patients and 2% of control patients (P = .06). CONCLUSION Despite an increased frequency of early symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, treatment with IA r-proUK within 6 hours of the onset of acute ischemic stroke caused by MCA occlusion significantly improved clinical outcome at 90 days.
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- Cerebrovascular Center, Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
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Broderick JP, Adams HP, Barsan W, Feinberg W, Feldmann E, Grotta J, Kase C, Krieger D, Mayberg M, Tilley B, Zabramski JM, Zuccarello M. Guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: A statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association. Stroke 1999; 30:905-15. [PMID: 10187901 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.30.4.905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 485] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- J P Broderick
- American Heart Association, Public Information, Dallas, TX 75231-4596, USA.
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PURPOSE To describe the pathologic findings in an unusual case of giant cell arteritis that presented initially with visual loss and rapidly culminated in myocardial infarction. CASE REPORT After the death of the patient, a complete autopsy was performed, including bilateral enucleation. All specimens, including a temporal artery biopsy completed before the patients death, were processed for routine paraffin histology and initially stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Elastic stains were subsequently used on specimens of temporal and coronary artery. The patient presented with loss of vision in the right eye. The clinical diagnosis was anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, secondary to temporal arteritis. The temporal artery biopsy was positive. Despite high-dose corticosteroid administration, the patient progressed to neurologic impairment, and subsequently to a fatal myocardial infarction. DISCUSSION Previous reports of temporal arteritis with coronary involvement are summarized. Myocardial infarction may be a more common early complication of temporal arteritis than appreciated previously. This important complication can occur despite administration of high-dose corticosteroid therapy.
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- T Freddo
- Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, and The New England College of Optometry, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Sasaka K, Nakajima Y, Kase C, Yamada H. [Plain film and CT findings of pulmonary involvement in rheumatoid arthritis]. Ryumachi 1998; 38:705-16. [PMID: 9852747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To analyze the plain film and CT findings of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated lung diseases and to correlate them with clinical manifestations. METHODS/MATERIALS We retrospectively reviewed the plain chest and CT findings of 51 RA patients with lung diseases. Sixteen CT findings were separately corded as present or absent, and drew up our classification of lung diseases as follows; 1. interstitial pneumonia/pulmonary fibrosis (IP/PF), 2. airway disease (AD), 3. parenchymal disease (PD), and 4. mixed. Four plain film findings were also recorded, and classified in IP/PF or AD group. This classification was analyzed with reference to clinical parameters and courses. RESULTS Fifty-one patients were classified as follows; 1. IP/PF (n = 32, 62.6%), 2. AD (n = 15, 29.4%), 3. PD (n = 3, 5.9%), 4. mixed (n = 1, 2.0%). CT findings of PD were compatible with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia with rapid improvement. IP/PF diagnosed with CT was depicted by the plain chest in 25 patients (78.1%). There is no false positive of the plain chest diagnosis in terms of IP/PF. As compared with IP/PF, AD consisted of significantly higher prevalence in female patients and patients with severe articular involvement and sinusitis. In spite of variable outcome in patients with AD, those with IP/PF showed the progression of honeycombing, and 4 of them were died from respiratory failure. CONCLUSIONS CT based classification of rheumatoid lung diseases correlates with clinical manifestations and prognosis and is useful for clinical management in patients of RA. CT diagnosis is useful especially when plain chest does not demonstrate typical IP/PF pattern.
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Ishii O, Yamada H, Ohya S, Moriuchi E, Kase C, Ichikawa Y, Yamasaki K. [Remission induction after pentoxifylline treatment in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis]. Ryumachi 1997; 37:810-5. [PMID: 9492569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pentoxifylline (POF) has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. including suppression of TNF-alpha production by activated macrophages, Th-1 response of T cells, and fibroblasts' proliferation and metalloproteinase production. Pentoxifylline was also reported to possess therapeutic properties in 50% of severe refractory RA in an open study. We experienced a 64 year-old man with seronegative RA, stage 2, class 3. He showed 23 swollen joints, 32 painful joints, ADL score 37/40, and ESR 135 mm/h. All these parameters were dramatically improved 3 weeks after administration of POF 300 mg/d and prednisolone 5 mg/d. Discontinuation of POF resulted in rapid exacerbation of RA. POF was restarted and the patient showed complete recovery from arthritis with normalization of ESR within 3 months and was maintained a complete remission for another 1 year. This case further supports a potential antirheumatic effect of POF on some patients with RA.
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- O Ishii
- Institute of Medical Science, Saint Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki-city
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Chaves CJ, Pessin MS, Caplan LR, Chung CS, Amarenco P, Breen J, Fine J, Kase C, Tapia J, Babikian V, Rosengart A, DeWitt LD. Cerebellar hemorrhagic infarction. Neurology 1996; 46:346-9. [PMID: 8614492 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.46.2.346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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We investigated 17 patients with 26 cerebellar hemorrhagic infarcts for their vascular anatomy, stroke mechanisms, and clinical course. Sixteen infarcts involved the superior cerebellar artery, nine the posterior inferior cerebellar artery, and one the anterior inferior cerebellar artery territories. The infarcts involved the full territory of the supplying arteries in 19 of 26 infarcts (73%). Sixteen of 17 patients were stable or improving when the hemorrhagic infarction was detected. All but one patient had an imaging study at the time of presentation that was negative for blood; hemorrhagic infarction was detected on routine serial scans performed during the first 15 days. Nine of the 17 patients were on anticoagulants when the cerebellar hemorrhagic infarct was detected; anticoagulation was maintained in eight of them with no clinical worsening. The stroke mechanism in all patients was considered embolic from cardiac and intra-arterial sources. The causes, imaging findings, and consequences of hemorrhagic infarcts in the posterior circulation are similar to those in the anterior circulation.
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- C J Chaves
- Department of Neurology, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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We discuss selected issues concerning the design of stroke treatment trials. Key issues include the type of stroke studied, the time interval from stroke onset to patient entry, and whether to include cardioembolic strokes and allow concomitant therapy.
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Babikian VL, Kase C. Leukoencephalopathy in normal and pathologic aging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1987; 8:734. [PMID: 3113214 PMCID: PMC8333686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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