[Comparative clinico-histologic study of metastatic adenopathies in cancer of the lip]. / Etude comparative clinico-histologique des adénopathies métastatiques du cancer de la lévre

The authors studied the correlation between clinical examination and histological findings in lymph node metastasis in 256 patients suffering from carcinoma of the lip. According to the clinical stage, the following were encountered: a) 84 cases of nodes without any clinical changes (32.8%); b) 140 cases of nodes larger than normal, but mobile (54.6%); c) 32 cases of fixed nodes (12.6%). Lymph node dissection was carried out in 210 patients and histological examination revealed: --in group (a) 61 patients operated): lymph node involvement in 8.9% of cases; --in group (b) (120 cases operated): lymph node involvement in 30% of cases; --in group (c) (29 patients operated): lymph node involvement confirmed in 86.2% of cases. In conclusion, only histological examination provides definite information regarding lymph node involvement, confirming or contradicting pre-operative clinical findings.

Isolation of Bhanja virus in Romania.

The presence of Bhanja virus was notified for the first time in our country in 1986, by the serological study performed on human and domestic animals sera. In 1988 four Bhanja virus strains from Dermacentor ticks were isolated in Alba and Caras-Severin counties. A high percent of domestic animals, originating in this region, presents antibodies to the isolated strains and also to Bhanja virus reference strain.