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A morbid anatomical study of 50 Jamaican tubal pregnancies revealed that 48 percent were associated with chronic salpingitis. Diverticula were present in the absence of inflammation. Other appearances encountered, such as trophoblastic invasion of maternal blood vessels and vascular changes, are discussed briefly. (AU)
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Humanos , Gravidez , Feminino , Gravidez Ectópica/etiologia , Salpingite/complicações , JamaicaRESUMO
Evidence of hypertension was found in 31 percent of adult Jamaicans coming to necropsy, but no conclusion regarding the incidence of hypertension in the general population can be drawn from this finding. The ratio of presumed renal (38 percent) to essential hypertension (62 percent) was high. Pyelonephritis was the commonest lesion. Hypertension was concerned in the death of 20 percent of Jamaicans coming to necropsy.(AU)
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Humanos , Adulto , Masculino , Feminino , Hipertensão/epidemiologia , Hipertensão/mortalidade , JamaicaRESUMO
An unusual case of ruptured papillary muscle of the heart is desired. The study of serial sections revealed a small aneurysm in the ruptured papillary muscle. The cause of the aneurysm was not certain but it was probably syphilitic. (Summary))
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Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Masculino , Ruptura Cardíaca , Músculos Papilares , Autopsia , Músculos Papilares/patologia , Miocárdio , Aorta/anatomia & histologia , Aneurisma , Cardiomegalia , JamaicaRESUMO
1. A case of congenital taxoplasmosis in a Jamaican infant is described. 2. A short account of the disease is given. (AU)
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Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Toxoplasmose Congênita/diagnóstico , Toxoplasmose Congênita/patologia , Doenças do Recém-NascidoRESUMO
Adrenal glands from 24 relatively well nourished and 44 malnourished Jamaican infants were studied. The average combined adrenal-gland weight was only 1.89 g. as compared with the European average of 5 g. This is almost certainly due to a reduction in the cortical mass and may be a racial difference. The lowest weights were found among the malnourished with an average combined adrenal-gland weight of 1.62 g. as compared with malnourished infants possessed less than 1 g. of adreanal tissue. Adrenal-gland weight was more closely related to body-weight than to height and there was no close correlation between it and the weight of the heart or kidneys. Delayed involution of the foetal cortex, a feature described but not hitherto confirmed in malnourished infants, was presentin only two cases. Other adrenal lesions present in the malnourished group were cortical haemorrhages, ingarctins and necrotic foci. There was evidence of exhaustion of both zones of the adrenal cortex in 3 of the malnourished infants only one showed evidence of exhaustion nad this in only the outer part of the zona fasciculata. (Summary)
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Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Feminino , Glândulas Suprarrenais/patologia , Estado Nutricional , Peso Corporal , EstaturaRESUMO
The adrenal glands in Jamaicans are smaller than in Europeans. this reduction in size is probably due to a reduced cortical mass. It is suggested that this reduced cortical mass is concerned in the poor response to shock reported in Jamaicans and others of African descent. It may also play some part in the different pattern of disease encountered in Jamaica.(AU)
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Glândulas Suprarrenais , Autopsia , Córtex Suprarrenal , Medula Suprarrenal , Europa (Continente) , JamaicaRESUMO
The adrenals in Jamaicans are smaller than in Europeans. (AU)
