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מחלקה פנימית ב', בית חולים קפלן, רחובות, מסונף לפקולטה לרפואה של האוניברסיטה העברית, ירושלים

מעמדה של הרפואה הפנימית נחלש והולך לעומת תחומי ההתמחות הרבים שצמחו ממנה, ואיתה ירד קרנו גם של הרופא הפנימי הכללי. רוב המומחים הפנימאים ממשיכים כיום להתמחות שנייה, ולעבודה במכונים ובמירפאות, ונדמה שבדור הבא לא ייוותרו כמעט רופאים פנימיים כלליים שרואים בעבודה במחלקה פנימית את עיקר עיסוקם. מגמה זו מאיימת על המחלקות הפנימיות – הציר המרכזי של האשפוז במדינת ישראל – ומחייבת חשיבה קדימה ואולי אף שינוי מדיניות.

Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage of Obscure Origin

Yoel Siegel, David Ergaz, Oscar Liphshitz, Felix Gottesfeld, Zev Sthoeger

Depts. of Medicine B and Surgery, and Gastroenterology Unit, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot (Associated with Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem)

Gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin consists of recurrent bouts of acute or chronic bleeding for which no definite source is discovered in routine endoscopic and barium contrast studies of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tracts. Usually its cause is angiodysplasia of the intestine, but many cases are due to tumors, mostly of the small bowel, which may be malignant.

In patients under the age of 50, the proportion with malignancy is relatively high (up to 14%) as compared to older patients. We describe a 45-year-old woman who suffered from gastrointestinal bleeding for 3 years. The cause of bleeding was not found despite extensive work-up.

In her last admission for acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage she was given a total of 30 units of blood. A tumor of the small intestine found by angiography was excised and found to be a stromal tumor of uncertain malignant potential. 1 year after operation she is asymptomatic without bleeding and her hemoglobin is stable without treatment.

Meningitis Due to Streptococcus Bovis Type 2

Anat Ben-Ami, Gera Gandelman, David Ergaz, Zev Shtoeger

Dept. of Medicine B, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot (Affiliated with the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School)

Meningitis due to Streptococcus bovis is rare. Only 14 cases having been reported in the English literature. All patients (including the patient described) had an underlying disease or were treated by pharmacological agents that predisposed the patient to the infection. Most were treated by monotherapy with penicillin G (or amoxicillin) and recovered.

We describe a 74-year-old woman who had splenectomy as treatment for hairy cell leukemia 6 months before hospitalization for meningitis and sepsis by S. bovis type 2. She was successfully treated with intravenous amoxicillin. There was neither evidence of endocarditis nor carcinoma of the colon. Although the association between S. bovis meningitis and endocarditis or carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract is not well established, we recommend a full work-up for GI malignancy and endocarditis in every patient with S. bovis meningitis.