Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a disorder of antigen-presenting cells, is the commonest disorder of the mononuclear phagocytic system. Diagnosis is always challenging due to heterogeneous clinical presentation. However, with the evolution and better understanding of its biology, many of these child...
Emphysematous gastritis (EG) is a rare and potentially lethal process caused by invasive, gas-producing bacteria leading to inflammation and gas dissection of the stomach. The most common etiologic agents are Clostridium infections, but other organisms, including enterobacteria, staphylococcus, and fungi...
Insuficiencia Renal/complicaciones,
Complicaciones de la Diabetes,
Gastroparesia/complicaciones,
Infecciones/etiología,
Infecciones Oportunistas/etiología,
Infecciones por Clostridium,
Receptores de Trasplantes,
Rechazo de Injerto,
Fallo Hepático,
Colestasis,
Resultado Fatal,
Autopsia
Peripheral neuropathy is common, but rarely due to vasculitis. This report is the case of a 74-year-old woman with systemic vasculitis who presented with progressive arm and leg weakness associated with numbness. Autopsy revealed a colon cancer, which may have triggered the vasculitis. This case illustra...
Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the lung is a rare subtype of lung cancer. We report a case of a metastatic hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the lung with aggressive behavior, including biopsy and autopsy findings. The pulmonary tumors showed features indistinguishable from hepatocellular carcinoma and were diffuse...
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a heritable neuromuscular disorder which encompasses a large group of genetic disorders characterized by slowly progressive degeneration of lower motor neurons. The mutation is seen in the SMN1 gene mapped on chromosome 5. Depending on the age of the onset and the degree ...
Establece los lineamientos a seguir durante en el proceso del manejo de cadáveres infectados con el Coronavirus COVID-19 en todo el territorio nacional. Describe procedimientos para servicios de salud y funerarias, en el trato de los cuerpos....
Cadáver,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control,
Morgue/métodos,
Betacoronavirus,
Neumonía Viral/mortalidad,
Autopsia,
Neumonía Viral/prevención & control,
Guatemala/epidemiología,
Funerarias/normas,
Cementerios/normas,
Saneamiento/métodos,
Infecciones por Coronavirus/mortalidad
Abstract Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden death (SD) continue to be a global public health problem, although the true incidence is unknown, it is estimated that they are responsible for 30% of cardiac origin mortality and may represent 20% of total mortality in adults. Unfortunately, the majority o...
RESUMEN El objetivo fue describir las características de la muerte de mujeres por violencia según las necropsias realizadas en la morgue del Callao desde el 2016 al 2018. Se revisaron los registros forenses de 83 mujeres y se encontró que la muerte de mujeres por violencia ocurrió con mayor frecuenci...
INTRODUCCIÓN Wuhan, capital de la provincia de Hubei, en la región central de China, ha sido el epicentro desde diciembre del 2019 de infeción por SARS-Cov-2, agente causal de una enfermedad respiratoria aguda grave (COVID-19), que se ha expandido rápidamente por varios países y fue declarada como p...
