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Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

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BÁLINT Géza

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2006;16(08-09)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

[THE PRACTICE AND RESULTS OF OSTEOPOROSIS MANAGEMENT IN HUNGARY]

POÓR Gyula

[Osteoporosis poses a major public health problem worldwide due to the extreme number of patients and to the deterioration of quality of life, disability, excess mortality and costs associated with consequent fractures. Representative studies of the author’s group have previously shown that the average bone mineral density values of the Hungarian population are among the lowest in Europe while the prevalence of vertebral fractures is among the highest in international comparison. This... tovább »

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[STATE-OF-THE-ART DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PITUITARY ADENOMAS SECRETING GROWTH HORMONE]

CZIRJÁK Sándor

[The history of the treatment of pituitary adenomas that cause acromegaly is as long as that of neurosurgery. While in the first half of the past century the aim of surgery was to save the patient's life, later the radical removal of the tumour was coupled with an effort to decrease complications, morbidity and mortality to the minimum. Today, beside all these, the complete sparing of the remaining hypophyseal substance and restoration of normal pituitary function are also important goals. The... tovább »

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2006;16(08-09)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

[DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HYPERPROLACTINAEMIA]

IVÁN Gabriella, GÓTH Miklós

[Hyperprolactinaemia is one of the most common endocrine diseases. Besides hypothyroidism- associated hyperprolactinaemia and that arising as a side effect of certain drugs, the most common cause of hyperprolactinaemia is a pituitary microadenoma (<10 mm in diameter) or macroadenoma (≥10 mm) that produces prolactin (prolactinoma). In addition, several physiological conditions can elevate (mostly temporarily) the serum prolactin level, therefore, setting up the precise diagnosis requires careful... tovább »

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2006;16(08-09)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

[MENOPAUSE AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK]

MASSZI Gabriella

[The physiological changes of menopause are associated with an increase in cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular diseases lead mortality statistics also in women. Several physiological effects of oestrogen are thought to be protective for the circulatory system. The reasonable idea of hormone replacement therapy, however, has not met the expectations. This article reviews the relevant studies and discusses the possible causes of failure. The second part focuses on the issue of prevention. The... tovább »

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2006;16(08-09)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

[THE ROLE OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL OBESITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE]

ZÁMOLYI Károly

[Obesity, particularly intra-abdominal (visceral) obesity, is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia, and thrombosis. There is a growing consensus that abdominal obesity, measured by wait circumference, is a better predictor of coronary artery disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome than body mass index. Although the primary function of adipocytes is storage and release of energy, several factors secreted by adipocytes have regulatory... tovább »

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2006

[BREAST CANCER CARE: FROM PREVENTION TO SURVEILLANCE]

KAHÁN Zsuzsanna

[Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in developed countries. The development of most breast cancers is related to various hormonal effects, while 10% is associated with inherited gene mutations. Most of the primary prevention methods aim at decreasing the effects of hormones, but education on proper lifestyle is also an important risk-lowering method. The primary treatment of early breast cancer is usually breast-conserving surgery, either with the targeted removal of regional... tovább »

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2006;16(08-09)

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[RHEUMATIC DISEASES AND MALIGNANCIES - PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES]

SZEKANECZ Éva, ANDRÁS Csilla, KISS Emese, TAMÁSI László, SZÁNTÓ János, SZEKANECZ Zoltán

[Numerous malignancies may be associated with musculoskeletal symptoms. In paraneoplastic syndromes, the rheumatic disease is related to the tumour development and the removal or treatment of the underlying malignancy results in the improvement of rheumatic symptoms. Sometimes it is the bad responsiveness of the rheumatic disease to conventional therapies that calls the attention to an underlying malignant condition. Therefore, in case of an unusual disease course a thorough search for... tovább »

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[BRONCHUS ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA]

HERTEL Katalin, ZSIRAY Miklós, SOLTÉSZ Ibolya

[INTRODUCTION - Primary lymphomas rarely occur in the lung. CASE REPORT - The authors present the case of an asymptomatic 61-year-old man. The patient was identified on routine chest X-ray having a streak infiltrate in the upper lobe of the right lung, which did not respond to antibiotics. On histological examination of the bronchoscopic specimen BALT- (bronchus associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma was presumed. Since staging showed the disease to be localized, lobectomy was performed. The... tovább »

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2006;16(08-09)

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[TAKAYASU’S ARTERITIS DETECTED IN AN EARLY PHASE]

SZÁNTÓ Antónia, VEISZ Richárd, KRENÁCS László, CSIKI Zoltán, GRIGER Zoltán, ZEHER Margit

[INTRODUCTION - Takayasu’s arteritis is an idiopathic inflammatory disease of the great elastic arteries, mainly of the aorta and its primary branches. It primarily affects young women. CASE REPORT - A 20-year-old woman presented with general inflammatory symptoms that had begun 3 to 4 months before. Earlier she underwent a biopsy from a mass on the neck thought to be a lymph node, which on histopathological examination turned out to be a non-necrosing granulomatosis in the wall of a large... tovább »

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2006