Laparotomy for acute complications of gastrointestinal metastases from lung cancer: is it a worthwhile or futile effort?
Gastrointestinal tract metastases should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of lung cancer patients presenting with an acute abdomen. Aggressive surgical treatment is worthwhile in a selected group of patients as it provides effective palliation.
HERV-K18 superantigen levels were elevated in JRA patients, but not pediatric patients with SLE, suggesting a possible mechanism for autoimmunity in the former group by superantigen stimulation of autoreactive T cells.