South African Medical Journal - Volume 54, Issue 21, November 1978

The current status of our knowledge of genetic diseases is reviewed.

The xerographic mammography records of 3 002 patients with breast disease were reviewed and classified according to the criteria of Wolfe.

An index of the long-term effects of kwashiorkor on the electrocortical development of the child was obtained by recording the visual evoked potential (VEP) of 4 groups of children aged 6 -12 years.

Two hundred and thirty-eight patients with essential hypertension from 39 general practice centres were treated in 7 double-blind trial with either oxprenolol 160 mg in a slow-release (SR) formulation with cyclopenthiazide 0,25 mg and potassium chloride 600 mg given once daily, or methyldopa 250 mg 3 times daily.

The different causes of painful feet, most of which are obvious, but neglected, are discussed.

A single 2-g dose of benzoylmetronidazole (Flagyl suspension) was given to patients with vaginal trichomoniasis in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.

In a patient who presented with quadriplegia a large mass was demonstrated radiologically in the cervical part of the spinal canal.

Intractable congestive cardiac failure, unexplained arrhythmias, changes in the cardiac silhouette and murmurs which change with position are all features which should arouse suspicion of a cardiac tumour.