A total of 107 patients were divided 2 groups: 50 patients 40-49 years of age (group I) 57 patients 60 years of age or older (group II). The results indicated that advanced age should not be a contraindication to curative pulmonary resections. The overall 2 years survival rate was 46.7% in group I and 53.3% in group II. In groups II: stage IIIa was 72.7%. Squamous cell carcinoma (40.4%) and adeno-carcinoma (36.8%) in group II were higher than in group I but larger-cell carcinoma (18%) in group I was higher than in group II. These pathological types were related to prognosis.
Lung Neoplasms ; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

The authors report the clinical and pathological study of three cases of parathyroid adenoma diagnosed and surgically treated at ViÖt §øc hospital during 3 years (2000-2002). The clinical and paraclinical symptoms were typical. One case showed symptoms of bone disease with the features of classic osteitis fibrosa cystica or Von Reckling Hausen disease. One patient had clinical features of peptic ulcer and one case had compressive symptoms of neck mass. Two patients had a features of too high and continuous hypercacimia (>3.2 mmol/l). The third case had normally laboratory findings. All tumors had typical pathological features of parathyroid adenoma. Two cases had been diagnosed and treated late and one patient was diagnosed as thyroid cyst. The clinical and paraclinical symptoms were discussed
Parathyroid Neoplasms ; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

The study was carried out in normal adults, normal old people and patients aimed to assess the role of thrombocytes in coagulation abnormalities in some diseases using the test of thrombocyte aggregation is reduced significantly in patients with mild burn and severe burn compared with the patients with mild burn. Thrombocyte aggregation is raised significantly in old people with hypertension compared with normal old people. Also, 12.5% patients with hypertension without complications have a raised thrombocyte aggregation.
Platelet Aggregation ; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

This patient is a 38 year old housewife who has been hypertensive and hypokalemic since age 23. She suffered her first stroke at age 32 and a seizure just one week prior to admission. This paper will discuss the clues to the diagnosis of secondary hypertension.
Human ; Female ; Adult ; HYPERTENSION ; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ; VASCULAR DISEASES ; HYPOKALEMIA ; NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISEASES ; METABOLIC DISEASES ; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE ; MUSCLE WEAKNESS ; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ;