Abstract:The 5 successfully treated patients (Cases 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8) were treated for 13, 12, 7, 15 and 6 mo. and are in remission for 4 yr., 12 mo, 14 mo., 7 mo. and 3 yr., respectively. The 4 patients operated upon (Cases 2, 3, 4 and 9) were treated for 5, 26, 6 and 3 mo., respectively. Case 3 had a remission for 5½ mo. after 24 mo. of continuous medical treatment, relapsed and became refractory to the drug during 2 mo. of additional treatment. (See table 2.)
In 3 of the 5 successful cases (Cases 5, 6… Show more
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