Abstract Objective: To estimate the effect of care-delivery delays on survival among women with breast cancer. Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of 854 women attending 11 hospitals from 2007-2009 was carried out. Kaplan-Meier estimators and a Cox proportional-risk model were employed. Re...
Biopsia,
Neoplasias de la Mama/diagnóstico,
Neoplasias de la Mama/mortalidad,
Neoplasias de la Mama/terapia,
Diagnóstico Tardío,
Atención a la Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Estimación de Kaplan-Meier,
Mamografía,
Estadificación de Neoplasias,
Modelos de Riesgos Proporcionales,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Factores Socioeconómicos
Abstract Pyogenic granuloma (PG) is a benign vascular lesion of the skin and mucous membranes, presenting as a solitary, red, pedunculated papule that bleeds easily and which appears to be a reactive vascular proliferation to minor injury. These lesions are more common in children and are mostly seen in ...
Abstract Plexiform neurofibromas are benign tumors originating from peripheral nerve sheaths, generally associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). They are diffuse, painful and sometimes locally invasive, generating cosmetic problems. This report discusses an adolescent patient who presented with an...
Neurofibroma Plexiforme/patología,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología,
Enfermedades Vasculares/patología,
Biopsia,
Diagnóstico Diferencial,
Pierna/irrigación sanguínea,
Pierna/patología,
Imagen por Resonancia Magnética,
Neurofibroma Plexiforme/diagnóstico por imagen,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/diagnóstico por imagen,
Enfermedades Vasculares/diagnóstico por imagen
Abstract: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum and divided into three stages according to the duration of the disease: primary, secondary and tertiary. Secondary syphilis has diverse clinical presentations, such as papular-nodular lesions. This presentation is rare, wit...
Resumo Introdução: As glomerulopatias são as doenças renais mais frequentemente diagnosticáveis por biópsia. O levantamento epidemiológico das glomerulopatias permite identificar sua distribuição e principais etiologias e serve de subsídio para definição de estratégias de prevenção e trat...
Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is characterized by pathologic expansion and activation of mast cells. The main clinical manifestations of SM include skin involvement, gastrointestinal symptoms and anaphylaxis due to the release of its mediators. Thirty percent of pat ients with SM have a low bone mass and 20...
Mastocitosis Sistémica/complicaciones,
Osteoporosis/etiología,
Biopsia,
Densitometría,
Fracturas Óseas/etiología,
Mastocitosis Sistémica/patología,
Osteoporosis/patología,
Factores de Riesgo,
Triptasas/sangre,
Urticaria Pigmentosa/etiología,
Urticaria Pigmentosa/patología
Abstract Myxofibrosarcoma is recognized as a malignant neoplasm of fibroblastic origin with increased prevalence in the elderly, presenting as nodules or tumors that may extend to the dermis and skeletal muscle, preferably in the lower limbs. Histologically it is characterized by a proliferation of spind...
The prevalence of Celiac disease in the general population is approximately 1% and remains undiagnosed in a significant proportion of individuals. Its clinical presentation includes the classical malabsorption syndrome, unspecific and extra-intestinal manifestations, and silent celiac disease. The serolo...
Autoanticuerpos/sangre,
Enfermedad Celíaca/sangre,
Enfermedad Celíaca/diagnóstico,
Enfermedad Celíaca/etiología,
Enfermedad Celíaca/terapia,
Inmunoglobulinas/sangre,
Transglutaminasas/sangre,
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Biopsia,
Inmunoglobulinas/inmunología,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Transglutaminasas/inmunología
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP) is uncommon and predominantly seen in women. More than 6% of eosinophils in peripheral blood and more than 25% in bronchoalveolar lavage are diagnostic criteria. Secondary causes of hypereosinophilic pneumonia must be ruled out. We report a 72-year-old non-smoker man ...
SUMMARY Basosquamous carcinoma (BSC), as described in 1910, is a distinctive variety of skin cancer and its etiology and pathological characteristics have generated much controversy over the years. Currently, BSC is considered a basal cell carcinoma (BCC) subtype with aggressive behavior and greater tend...
