Caused by sphincter injuries in various anorectal procedures, fecal incontinence (FI) is a common complication in some patients undergoing coloproctology surgeries. Objective: Demonstrate the occurrence of FI as a result of anorectal surgeries, present the physiotherapy resources for the treatment of thi...
Among the postoperative complications in the digestive system, the fistulae are the most common ones. The changes resulting from these fistulae are very important, once they can determine the patient's situation and the development of multiple organic failures. This paper reports the case of a patient wh...
La técnica convencional (TC) que usa alcohol como agente deshidratante, es un método útil en los laboratorios de Histología y Anatomía Patológica. Recientemente, un nuevo método simplificado con acetona (TA) fué diseñado en un intento por reducir el tiempo de procesamiento de los tejidos (de 12 ...
Glándulas Mamarias Humanas/patología,
Tejidos/patología,
Riñón/patología,
Técnicas Histológicas/métodos,
Acetona/química,
Inmunohistoquímica,
Neoplasias,
Deshidratación,
Colon/patología,
Biopsia,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Anticuerpos,
Receptores de Progesterona,
Queratinas
Se presenta un caso de un paciente femenino de 51 años de edad con un leiomioma de ciego. Se le realizaron
estudios complementarios y se diagnostico un tumor de anexo derecho con compromiso de la pared de ciego....
A interposição permanente ou temporária do cólon, intestino delgado ou estômago no
espaço hepatodiafragmático é conhecido como sinal de Chilaiditi, sendo geralmente assintomático.
É evidenciado normalmente em um exame radiológico de rotina. A sua incidência
é de 0,025% nos exames radiológic...
Se presenta un caso de amebiasis intestinal en el Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela, en un paciente masculino de 42 años, con un cuadro de diarrea mucosanguinolenta de tres semanas de evolución. Además refiere dolor abdominal difuso, pérdida progresiva de peso y apetito asociado a astenia, adinamia y t...
Virtual colonoscopy is a new non-invasive method useful in the evaluation of elevated lesions. Due to the fact that the method has only been used for that purpose in the adult and pediatric population, the aim of this paper is to determine its utility in pediatric pathologies other than elevated lesions....
Colon cancer remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide. Advances in the last few years have improved our understanding of the mechanisms governing colorectal carcinogenesis and have begun to impact patient care. It has long been believed that the progression from normal colonic ep...
Since the first report in 1994 virtual colonoscopy or CT colonography has had an explosive development due to the improvement in hardware and software. The multidetector CT has allowed faster studies with better images due to better multiplanar reconstructions and its speed avoiding the artifact of the b...
