/library/oar/handle/123456789/161 2025-11-11T04:40:53Z 2025-11-11T04:40:53Z Soria, M. Busuttil, Anthony /library/oar/handle/123456789/848 2020-07-17T09:36:08Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Xanthogranulomatous endometritis Authors: Soria, M.; Busuttil, Anthony Abstract: Xanthogranulomatous inflammatory changes of the endometrium are rare and appear to be related to obstructive changes in the endocervical canal. An elderly patient with an advanced squamous carcinoma of the cervix uteri presented with this condition. Other similar cases are discussed in relation to aetiology and pathogenesis.

1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Bonnici, Mario R. /library/oar/handle/123456789/844 2020-06-22T08:40:04Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A two year survey of ophthalmic traumas in the Maltese Islands, 1986-87 Authors: Bonnici, Mario R. Abstract: Many are the ophthalmic injuries seen daily at the ophthalmic department at St. Luke’s Hospital. The majority are of a minor nature and are treated on an out-patient basis. This is a retrospective survey of ophthalmic traumas of a serious nature occurring during the years 1986/1987. All the case required admission to hospital. The criteria used are various. Since this is a retrospective study no standardised format for data collection was used. There were 110 cases of which 94 were males and 16 females. The aim of the article is not to present the mode of treatment of these cases but to enlighten on the types of injures encountered and their causation.

1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Cuschieri, Alfred Gauci, Sandra /library/oar/handle/123456789/837 2020-05-28T12:46:35Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: A survey of chromosome anomalies in Malta Authors: Cuschieri, Alfred; Gauci, Sandra Abstract: 433 individuals referred for chromosome analysis between 1983 and 1987 were included in the survey. Among individuals with dysmorphic features or congenital anomalies 42% of babies referred in the neonatal period and 12 to 30% of individuals in older age groups had a chromosome abnormality. Chromosome abnormalities were also found in 10 or 11% of boys or girls with problems of pubertal development, in 14% of azoospermic or severely oligospermic men, in 8.3% of couples with repeated foetal loss and in 5% of couples with malformed children. Whereas most cases of autosomal aneuploidies were diagnosed, a large proportion of sex chromosome anomalies, particularly in males, remained undetected presumably because of under-referral in the pubertal period. The prevalence of chromosome anomalies in Malta was 2.20 per 1,000 births between 1984 and 1987. The incidence of Down Syndrome showed great annual fluctuation with a mean of 1.88 per 1,000 births of which 61% occurred in mothers over 35 years of age. The lowest occurrence risk for trisomy 21 appears to be in the 25 to 34 years maternal age group.

1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Brincat, Stephen /library/oar/handle/123456789/834 2020-05-28T12:36:23Z 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Supraclavicular node metastasis presenting with internal jugular vein thrombosis Authors: Brincat, Stephen Abstract: A case of internal jugular vein thrombosis secondary to compression by a metastasis in Virchow’s node and the investigations leading to the diagnosis is described. Internal jugular vein thrombosis was not an uncommon complication of fulminant sepsis in the head and neck in the pre-antibiotic era. The commonest causes are now iatrogenic usually secondary to central venous catheterisation or related to intravenous drug abuse. Thrombosis commonly complicates superior vena caval obstruction secondary to malignancy in the chest but isolated internal jugular vein thrombosis is rare and usually secondary to obvious tumour in the neck. Infection related to head and neck malignant disease may also cause venous thrombosis.

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