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Tumor de colon como hallazgo incidental en un paciente con endocarditis por Streptococcus gallolyticus: experiencia desde la práctica clínica
Colon tumor as an incidental finding in a patient with endocarditis due to Streptococcus gallolyticus: experience from clinical practice

El Streptococcus gallolyticus del colon. La fisiopatología que explica este fenómeno implica el aumento local de niveles de lactato puede presentarse como el germen causal de la endocarditis infecciosa en pacientes con lesiones premalignas y malignas, colágeno, fibrinógeno y fibronectina secundario a...

Test para el diagnóstico precoz de lesiones premalignas de colon
A Test for Early Diagnosis of Premalignant Colonic Lesions

Introducción: El cáncer colorrectal en nuestro país ocupa la tercera causa de muerte por tumores malignos y constituye un problema de salud a nivel mundial, que en la actualidad es prevenible al realizar pruebas para la detección de lesiones premalignas. Objetivo: Evaluar el valor presuntivo de le...

Impacto da retroflexão na detecção de lesões de cólon proximal: avaliação de 393 pacientes em hospital privado terciário

Arq. gastroenterol; 58 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The gold standard test for colorectal cancer screening the colonoscopy. Although this is the test of choice, colonoscopy misses a significant number of lesions, mainly in the proximal colon. With the purpose of reducing the number of lesions missed, new techniques have been studied...

Avaliação de ressecção de mucosa endoscópica sob imersão d'água de pólipos colorretais em um centro ambulatorial no Brasil

Arq. gastroenterol; 58 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Since 2012, a new technique for resection of large polyps has been described, the underwater endoscopic mucosal resection (UEMR). Some advantages that emerge from it is the needless of injection in submucosal layer and a greater chance of complete capture of the polyp. OBJECTIVE: ...

Evaluation of the serrated lesions detection rate and its role as a colonoscopy quality criteria

Objectives: To evaluate the serrated lesion detection rate in colonoscopy at a specialized clinic and its role as quality criteria for endoscopic examination. Methods: This is an observational cross-sectional study with all patients that underwent colonoscopy between October 2018 and May 2019, performed ...

The risk of post-polypectomy bleeding among patients receiving antithrombotic agents: A prospective observational study

Säo Paulo med. j; 139 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In July 2012, the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society updated their guidelines for gastroenterological endoscopy in patients receiving antithrombotic therapy. Colonoscopic polypectomy procedures are associated with a high risk of bleeding. OBJECTIVES: The present study ev...

Assessment of Quality Indexes in Colonoscopy in the Coloproctology Service of a Tertiary Private Hospital in Southern Brazil

Abstract Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer among men, and the second among women worldwide. In Brazil, the incidence andmortality of CRC continues to increase. In colonoscopies, adenoma detection rates (ADRs) higher than 25% are associated linearly with better outcomes ...

Taxa de detecção de pólipos serrilhados proximais: um indicador de qualidade complementar para a taxa de detecção de adenomas?

Arq. gastroenterol; 57 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of colonoscopy for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening depends on quality indicators, which adenoma detection rate (ADR) being the most important. Proximal serrated polyp detection rate (pSPDR) has been studied as a potential quality indicator for colonoscopy. OBJE...

Caracterización clínica, endoscópica e histológica de los pólipos colorrectales en pacientes de edades pediátricas. Matanzas
Clinical, endoscopic and pathological characterization of colorectal polyps in pediatric patients, Matanzas

Rev. medica electron; 42 (4), 2020
Resumen Introducción: los pólipos del colon son los tumores más comunes del tracto gastrointestinal. Se presentan relativamente frecuentes en niños. El método eficaz para su diagnóstico es la colonoscopia que permite su tratamiento mediante la polipectomía. Objetivo: determinar las caracterís...