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Inhalación masiva de amoniaco: reporte de dos casos

Ammonia (NH3) is an irritant and corrosive gas whose inhalation at high concentrations mainly occurs during agricultural and industrial activities, as occupational accidents. The extent and severity of the damage depends on the concentration and time of exposure to the toxic, which can cause skin, eye, r...

Eventracion congenita de diafragma, a proposito de un caso
Congenital eventration of diaphragm, a purpose of a case

La eventración diafragmática es una anomalía poco frecuente, que se caracteriza por una elevación anormal del músculo diafragma, pudiendo ser de causa congénita o adquirida. El diafragma afectado presenta movilidad paradójica, con afectación respiratoria de intensidad variable; se ha considerado ...

Signo de la cimitarra

Rev. chil. radiol; 19 (4), 2013
The scimitar sign refers to the image resembling a short, curved Turkish sword called scimitar, created by an anomalous pulmonary vein. It can be seen in chest radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance. It forms part of the scimitar syndrome, characterized by partial or total anomalous pulm...

Escores clínicos e diagnósticos por imagem na fibrose cística
Clinical Scores and Diagnostic Imaging in Cystic Fibrosis

Rev. méd. Minas Gerais; 22 (supl.7), 2012
Objetivo: rever a literatura, verificando o papel da tomografia computadorizada de alta resolução (TCAR) do tórax no acompanhamento de crianças e adolescentes com fibrose cística. Método: o levantamento bibliográfico foi realizado a partir das informa- ções disponibilizadas pelas bases de dados ...

Liposarcoma gigante de mediastino
Giant mediastinal liposarcoma

Rev. cuba. cir; 46 (2), 2007
El liposarcoma es, entre los sarcomas, el tumor maligno de los tejidos blandos más frecuente en el adulto. Se presenta un caso de liposarcoma situado en el mediastino, localización infrecuente, y que resultó ser un liposarcoma bien diferenciado. El paciente fue un hombre de 48 años de edad que ingres...

Aspergilosis necrotizante crónica en un paciente con secuelas de tuberculosis pulmonar

Aspergillus fumigatus is the causative agent of differents pathologies in the human being: aspergilloma, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, chronic necrotizing aspergillosis and invasive aspergillosis. In chronic necrotizing aspergillosis there is local invasion of the lung tissue and parenchyma de...

Tumor fibroso solitario de la pleura: análisis de 41 casos

Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (TFSP) is an uncommon and mostly benign neoplasm. It grows slowly and presents with scant symptoms. Recurrence after surgical excision has been described. The aim of this report is to show our experience in managing this disease. Clinical as well as radiological, surg...