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Is there a link between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease aspects and pancreatic cancer? Results of a case-matched study

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 48 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Background and Aims: An association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has been previously suggested. This study aims at investigating this association and at identifying potential links between variables of the NAFLD spectrum and PDAC...

Uniportal surgical biopsy, without orotraqueal intubation, without thoracic drainage in intersticial pulmonary disease: initial results

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 48 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: interstitial lung disease comprises a group of lung diseases with wide pathophysiological varieties. This paper aims to report the video thoracoscopic surgical biopsy in patients with interstitial lung disease through a single minimal chest incision, without orotracheal intubation, ...

Evaluation of percutaneous renal biopsy complications based on outcomes and indicators of the Nursing Outcomes Classification

Abstract Objective: to evaluate the complications of percutaneous renal biopsy based on outcomes and clinical indicators of the Nursing Outcomes Classification. Method: a prospective longitudinal study. The sample consisted of 13 patients submitted to percutaneous renal biopsy, with 65 evaluations. Th...

Esclerodermia localizada en Coup de Sabre: a propósito de un caso

Rev. chil. reumatol; 37 (1), 2021
INTRODUCCIÓN: La esclerodermia localizada o morfea corresponde a una patología idiopática autoinmune que produce cambios escleróticos subcutáneos, que presenta diferencias con respecto a la esclerosis sistémica o esclerodermia. Un tipo de morfea lineal es la morfea “En Coup de Sabre” que consis...

Osteomielitis de pubis. Reporte de caso
Osteomyelitis pubis. Case report

La osteomielitis de pubis es una enfermedad infrecuente (<2% de todas las infecciones óseas) que rara vez se sospecha y su diagnóstico suele pasarse por alto, se la confunde fácilmente con pubalgias que no responden al tratamiento. Consideramos que la comunicación de este caso puede serle útil al tr...

Stereotactic biopsy for lesions in brainstem and deep brain: a single-center experience of 72 cases

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 54 (8), 2021
Stereotactic biopsies for lesions in the brainstem and deep brain are rare. This study aimed to summarize our 6-year experience in the accurate diagnosis of lesions in the brain stem and deep brain and to discuss the technical note and strategies. From December 2011 to January 2018, 72 cases of intracran...

Glomerulonefritis rápidamente progresiva mediada por inmunocomplejos (tipo II). Revisión de la literatura

Med. lab; 25 (3), 2021
La glomerulonefritis rápidamente progresiva mediada por complejos inmunes (GMNRP II) es un síndrome clínico caracterizado por el rápido deterioro de la función renal asociado a hematuria, edemas y oliguria. Histológicamente se manifiesta como una glomerulonefritis crescéntica, con la presencia de ...

Enfermedad indiferenciada del tejido conectivo con progresión a esclerosis sistémica
Undifferentiated disease of the connective tissue with progression to systemic sclerosis

Med. interna (Caracas); 37 (1), 2021
La enfermedad indiferenciada del tejido conectivo es una condición de etiología desconocida que comparte características clínicas, patológicas y de laboratorio de varias colagenosis, sin cumplir los criterios del Colegio Americano de Reumatología para el diagnóstico de una enfermedad reumática es...

Lipoma no Septo Interventricular – Relato De Caso

ABC., imagem cardiovasc; 34 (1), 2021
Tumores cardíacos primários consistem em patologia rara, sendo encontrados em até 0,03% das autópsias e a maioria benigna. Dentre os benignos, os lipomas apresentam incidência de 8,5%, localizando-se mais frequentemente no septo interatrial. Quando localizado no septo interventricular, é considerad...

Acute liver failure due to radiographically occult infiltration of urothelial cancer

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
Introduction Acute liver failure (ALF) due to diffuse infiltrating solid malignancy without any focal lesions on radiographic imaging is rare. Case report A 70-year-old man was admitted due to mental confusion, abdominal pain, and ALF. Three years before, he had undergone a left nephrectomy for urotheli...