TRICHINOSIS: REPORT OF CASE MANIFESTING MYOCARDITIS, ENCEPHALITIS AND RADIAL NEURITIS; RESPONSE TO ACTH; REVIEW OF LITERATURE REGARDING THE ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE
Authors: D C ROEHM
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 May 1954TRICHINOSIS: REPORT OF CASE MANIFESTING MYOCARDITIS, ENCEPHALITIS AND RADIAL NEURITIS; RESPONSE TO ACTH; REVIEW OF LITERATURE REGARDING THE ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATEDAN C. ROEHM, M.D.DAN C. ROEHM, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-5-1026 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhen the human body is massively invaded by the larvae ofTrichinella spiralis, a violent systemic reaction is evoked which may lead to death within several weeks.1With the advent of clinical use of ACTH and cortisone it has become possible to intervene in this previously uncontrollable sequence and to preserve life in these critical instances.2-4Such a therapeutic possibility makes urgent the prompt recognition of acute trichinosis, whose manifestations are, however, exceedingly protean. 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