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Aplastic Anemia and Severe Myelosuppression with Boceprevir or Simeprevir-Containing Hepatitis C Virus Treatment

Ann. hepatol; 16 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT The addition of the new protease inhibitors (PIs) to peg-interferon (IFN) and ribavirin (RBV), approved for chronic hepatitis C, has clearly improved sustained virological response (SVR) rates although several adverse events have been reported with this regimens, including mild hematological tox...

Carcinoma vesicular de células en anillo de sello: diseminación poco frecuente: reporte de un caso con tomografía computada por emisión de positrones con fluor 18-deoxiglucosa

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (4), 2017
Signet ring gallbladder carcinoma is a rare aggressive variant of mucinous adenocarcinoma with poor prognosis. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with Fluor18 deoxyglucose (F18-FDG) is a useful tool in the staging of gallbladder cancer. We report a 68 years old man with a surgicall...

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Tucumán province associated to an unexpected viral genotype

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (2), 2017
We describe the characterization of the viral genotype involved in the first case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome reported in Tucumán, a Northwestern province of Argentina. A 23-year-old woman, with no record of travel history and previously diagnosed with an antiphospholipid syndrome, died after 11 da...

Adenocarcinoma gástrico difuso en un niño de 10 años: reporte de un caso

El objetivo del presente estudio fue presentar un caso extremadamente raro de adenocarcinoma gástrico difuso con células en anillo de sello en un niño de 10 años. Se presenta un niño de 10 años, con un tiempo de enfermedad de 12 meses con sintomatología de disfagia a sólidos, luego a líquidos, p...

Malignant melanoma with synchronous thyroid metastases: case report and literature review

SUMMARY Thyroid metastases are rare in clinical practice. We describe the case of an 85-year-old woman who was referred to our department due to a multinodular goiter with compressive symptoms and subclinical hyperthyroidism. The patient was also undergoing evaluation for a polyp in her left nasal cavity...

Patient with Atrial Myxoma and Signs of Obstruction of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract

Arq. bras. cardiol; 108 (3), 2017

Chikungunya virus infection with severe neurologic manifestations: report of four fatal cases

Abstract Here, we present four patients with confirmed Chikungunya virus infection showing atypical neurologic manifestations and death. This case series includes patients ranging in age from five to 92 years, with or without comorbidities. This report is important, as very few cases in the literature re...

Caso fulminante de rickettsiosis (Rickettsia rickettsii) en una lactante del sureste de México

Arch. argent. pediatr; 115 (1), 2017
La fiebre manchada de las Montañas Rocosas es una enfermedad ocasionada por Rickettsia rickettsii, una bacteria transmitida por garrapatas infectadas, y que se caracteriza por fiebre, exantema, artralgias y mialgias, aunque, ocasionalmente, su presentación es inespecífica. Debido a que su evolución a...