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Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1996 Jun;8(6):585-93.
Epidemiology of cholelithiasis in southern Italy. Part II: Risk factors.

Misciagna G, Leoci C, Guerra V, Chiloiro M, Elba S, Petruzzi J, Mossa A, Noviello MR, Coviello A, Minutolo MC, Mangini V, Messa C, Cavallini A, De Michele G, Giorgio I.

Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S. De Bellis, Ospedale Specializzato in Gastroenterologia, Castellana (Bari), Italy.

OBJECTIVE: To determine behavioural, dietary and other common factors associated with new cases of gallstones, diagnosed by ultrasonography, in a prospective cohort study conducted in southern Italy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Between May 1985 and June 1986, systematic sampling from the electoral register of Castellana, a small town in southern Italy, yielded 2472 subjects who had had their gallbladder checked for gallstones by ultrasonography. Between May 1992 and June 1993, 1962 out of the 2235 (87.7%) subjects without gallstones at baseline agreed to a further ultrasound examination. At the first survey a standardized questionnaire was administered, inquiring about medical history, diet, cigarette smoking and other behavioural characteristics. Height and weight were also measured, and blood levels of glucose, cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides were determined by standard methods. The same variables were measured at the second survey. The diagnosis of gallstones was made with the same echograph by echographists working in the same department. Multiple logistic regression was used to determine which factors measured at the first survey were associated with the incident cases of gallstones. RESULTS: One hundred and four subjects had developed gallstones, an incidence of 9.7 per 1000 persons per year. Age, body mass index (BMI), weight change, a history of diabetes, constipation (shown by use of laxatives), cigarette smoking, years of schooling, consumption of fried foods and excessive oil, and pregnancy in females, were positiv



Dis Colon Rectum. 1996 Oct;39(10):1126-9.
Diagnosis and outcome of isolated rectal tuberculosis.

Puri AS, Vij JC, Chaudhary A, Kumar N, Sachdev A, Malhotra V, Malik VK, Broor SL.

Department of Gastroenterology, G. B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.

PURPOSE: Segmental colonic tuberculosis commonly involves the ascending, transverse, or sigmoid colon. Rectal involvement in tuberculosis is uncommon and poorly characterized. This study describes the clinical presentation, endoscopic features, and outcome of isolated rectal tuberculosis. METHODS: Isolated rectal tuberculosis was defined as focal lesions of the rectum in the absence of radiologically demonstrable lesions in the small and large bowel on barium contrast studies. Diagnosis of rectal tuberculosis was based on characteristic endoscopic appearance of lesions, histopathologic features of tuberculosis in biopsy/ resected material, and response to antitubercular therapy. RESULTS: Eight patients with rectal tuberculosis were seen during a four-year period at our hospital. Hematochezia was the most common presenting feature (88 percent), followed by constitutional symptoms (75 percent) and constipation (37 percent). Rectal examination revealed a tight stricture within 10 cm of the anal verge in seven patients. Barium enema showed stricture of variable length, with focal areas of deep mucosal ulceration and increase in presacral space. Proctoscopic findings were tight stricture (7), nodularity with ulceration (6), and multiple aphthous ulcers (1). Granulomatous infiltration was detected in seven of eight patients in biopsy material obtained at endoscopy (6) or surgery (1). Cessation of hematochezia, resolution of constitutional symptoms, and weight gain were seen in all patients following treatment with antitubercular drugs. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that tubercular involvement of rectum, although uncommon, is an important cause of rectal strictures in India. Response to antitubercular chemotherapy is uniformly good, and surgery is seldom



Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 1990 Nov;30(11):1208-13.
[Nosological correlation between autonomic failure with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease--comparative assessment of clinical features in both diseases]

[Article in Japanese]

Tamura N, Shimazu K, Yamamoto T, Watanabe S, Hamaguchi K.

Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical School.

Autonomic failure with Lewy bodies (AF-LB) was first described by Fichefet et al. in 1965, and more than ten cases have been reported to date. AF-LB and Parkinson's disease (PD) share the neuropathological findings characterized by widely distributed Lewy bodies in the central nervous system including the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus. However, clinical manifestations of AF-LB are far different from PD in which autonomic dysfunction, if present, is not a predominant feature. In the present study, clinical features were comparatively analysed in AF-LB and PD to investigate the nosological relation between PD and AF-LB. The subjects were 94 patients with PD and 11 reported cases of AF-LB in the literature. A test of 70 degrees passive head-up tilt was performed upon the patients with PD in our laboratory. Based on the results in tilting test, the patients with PD were divided into two groups; PD-I (69 cases) with an orthostatic fall of systolic blood pressure less than 30 mmHg, and PD-II (25 cases) with a fall of 30 mmHg or more. Autonomic dysfunctions were more extent in PD-II than in PD-I, because the incidences of anhidrosis, impotence, neurogenic bladder and constipation were higher in PD-II. All of the cases of AF-LB were contained in the previous literatures with reasonably full clinical descriptions. Mean age at onset of the disease was 62.1 +/- 8.7 (mean +/- SD) years old in PD-I, 64.5 +/- 7.5 years old in PD-II and 63.9 +/- 9.0 years old in AF-LB, and no significant differences were found among the three groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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