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AIM: The aim of this study was to look at the type and frequencies of complications after an acute stroke in an inpatient rehabilitation setting. We also looked at the type of complications which required the transfer of patient care back to the primary referring physician. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review of case notes of patients transferred to the rehabilitation team was conducted. The study period was a six-month period from the beginning of January 2001 to the end of June 2001. A list of complications was made. Each pre-determined complication was then defined. The frequency of each complication was then calculated. RESULTS: A total of 140 case notes were reviewed. The overall complication rate was 54.3%. The more common complications, in order, from highest to lowest frequencies, were: constipation (complicating 22.9% of strokes); acute retention of urine (ARU, 20.9%); urinary tract infections (UTI, 14.3%); depression (9.3%); and limb pain (8.6%). Females were more likely to have UTI (p=0.038), ARU (p=0.002) and depression (p=0.018). Patients 65 years and above were more likely to suffer multiple complications although the results did not reach statistical significance (p=0.055). The care for eight patients (5.7% of patients with complications) had to be transferred back to the primary referring team or physician. CONCLUSIONS: Complications post stroke are common. Some patients required transfer of care back to the primary referring physician. A pro-active approach is ideal in all post stroke patients, in order to identify and treat any complications early, thereby, improving outcome and reducing costs.

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Little attention has been paid to colorectal xanthoma. To clarify the clinical and pathological features of colorectal xanthoma, we report 28 colorectal xanthomas biopsied from 25 patients. All were composed of typical xanthoma cells and showed polypoid configuration. Median age of the patients was 64 years and there were 15 men and 10 women. Diabetes mellitus, constipation, and hyperlipidemia were found in two, one, and seven patients, respectively. Seventeen (60.7%) of the 28 polyps were located in the sigmoid colon and the remaining 11 in the rectum. Twenty-three polyps (82.1%) were sessile. Twelve (60.0%) of twenty polyps that were recorded were reddish in color. Only two polyps revealed a yellowish tone. Microscopically, foamy cells were present in the lamina propria, but the submucosa did not contain foamy cells. Immunohistochemically, the foamy cells invariably expressed extensive positivity for CD68. The colonic glands showed a deformity in the case with moderate to intense density of the foamy cells. The surface epithelium showed a hyperplastic change in 22 (78.6%) xanthomas. The colonic glands in four xanthomas were also associated with hyperplastic changes. The basement membrane of the surface epithelium was often thickened. Cell debris and proliferation of the capillaries were observed just below the surface epithelium in 19 (67.9%) and 22 (78.6%) xanthomas, respectively. Previous mucosal minute injury was suggested as the pathogenesis of colorectal xanthomas. Colorectal xanthomas were not identical to gastric and esophageal xanthoma, endoscopically or microscopically. We prefer the term "xanthomatous polyp" rather

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Acta Paediatr Taiwan. 2003 Sep-Oct;44(5):303-6.
Neuronal intestinal dysplasia type B with massive small intestinal hemorrhage: report of one case.

Chu YT, Hwang KP, Lee IS, Jeng YM.

Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Neuronal intestinal dysplasia type B is characterized by poor intestinal motility that usually results in constipation. Massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage is very unusual as the initial presentation in this disease entity. We report on a 3-year-and-7-month-old boy who had experienced two episodes of life-threatening lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage and high fever. Technetium-99m labeled red blood cell scan and the Meckel's diverticulum scan failed to demonstrate the bleeding point. The results of panendoscopy and colonoscopy were negative. Laparotomy revealed a 70 cm-long thick-walled intestine (from 100 cm to 170 cm below the Treitz ligament) with cord like material formed by mucosa debris, blood clot and mucus. Pathology report revealed hyperplastic nerve bundles in submucosal plexus with giant ganglion formation, consistent with neuronal intestinal dysplasia type B.

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