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Manifestaciones clínicas de la neumonía en organización
Clinical manifestations of organizing pneumonia

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (6), 2016
La neumonía en organización es una entidad clínica asociada a síntomas y hallazgos radiológicos inespecíficos y anomalías en las pruebas de función pulmonar. El patrón histopatológico característico se define por tapones intra-alveolares de tejido de granulación. Puede presentarse sin una eti...

Extensive bullous lichen sclerosus et atrophicus

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (5,supl.1), 2016
Abstract Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus is a chronic disease of unknown etiology characterized by atrophic and sclerotic plaques in both genital and extragenital regions. Extensive bullous lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (BLSA) is a severe variant of the disease with no widely accepted treatment. We prese...

Periorbital discoid lupus: a rare localization in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (5,supl.1), 2016
Abstract A 40-year-old female patient with a 5-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus was referred to our policlinic with complaints of erythema, atrophy, and telangiectasia on the upper eyelids for 8 months. No associated mucocutaneous lesion was present. Biopsy taken by our ophthalmology departme...

Eficacia y seguridad de rituximab para el tratamiento de pacientes menores de 18 años con encefalitis autoinmune refractario al tratamiento de primera línea (inmunoglobulina, pulsos corticoides y plasmaféresis)
Efficacy and safety of rituximab for the treatment of patients younger than 18 years with autoimmune encephalitis refractory to first-line therapy (immunoglobulin, corticoid pulses and plasmapheresis)

INTRODUCCIÓN: Antecedentes: El presente dictamen expone la evaluación de la eficacia y seguridad del medicamento rituximab para el tratamiento de pacientes pediátricos con diagnóstico de encefalitis autoinmune refractarios a la inmunoterapia de primera línea. Aspectos Generales: La Encefalitis se re...

Síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo
Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (4), 2016
El síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo (SDRA) es una insuficiencia respiratoria aguda secundaria a edema pulmonar inflamatorio, con aumento de permeabilidad capilar, inundación alveolar e hipoxemia profunda subsiguiente. El trastorno subyacente es la presencia de shunt intrapulmonar, característic...

Acute acalculous cholecystitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: a rare initial manifestation

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Acute acalculous cholecystitis is a very rare gastrointestinal manifestation in systemic lupus erythematosus and becomes rarer as an initial manifestation. There are only two cases reported. The authors report a 20-year-old black woman that presented acute acalculous cholecystitis revealed by ab...

Isolated posterior scleritis associated with tuberculosis

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Ocular tuberculosis (TB) is considered to be rare, although its incidence has varied widely over time and in different populations. Latent TB is diagnosed when a person is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis but does not have active TB. During the last decade, interferon-gamma release assay...

Sarcoidose ocular: a nossa realidade nos últimos seis anos

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (2), 2016
RESUMO Introdução: Na sarcoidose, as manifestações oculares são comuns e podem constituir a manifestação inicial da doença ou mesmo a única. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar os parâmetros demográficos, manifestações clínicas, terapêutica e principais complicações oculares em doent...

Evaluación del dolor en el adulto mayor

Acta ortop. mex; 30 (2), 2016
Resumen: Objetivo: Comparar las informaciones obtenidas del porcentaje verbal de mejoría declarada verbalmente con la escala visual analógica (EVA) en personas con edad menor y mayor o igual de 65 años. Pacientes y métodos: Fueron evaluados 95 individuos con dolor agudo en el hombro (entesitis). ...

Manejo perioperatorio de pacientes con patología tiroidea y tratamiento crónico con corticoides

Rev. chil. cir; 68 (1), 2016
Abstract Thyroid disorders and chronic use of corticosteroids are common in the surgical population, so is necessary an appropriate perioperative management of these patients. There is no contraindication for elective surgery in patients with asymptomatic hypothyroidism and good control, it is not necess...