ABSTRACT An asymptomatic 79-year-old woman, with incidental finding on abdominal ultrasound of a solid nodule in the tail of the pancreas. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a 12mm solid tumor. The suggested diagnosis was pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. The pathological examination showed an intrapancrea...
BACKGROUND: The use of endoscopic ultrasound with fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) has improved the characterization and staging of pancreatic solid masses. The primary strategy for improving the ability to diagnose malignant masses is the use of rapid on site evaluation (ROSE) by a cytopathologist. OBJE...
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To critically analyze and standardize the rat pancreatectomy nomenclature variants. METHODS: It was performed a review of indexed manuscripts in PUBMED from 01/01/1945 to 31/12/2015 with the combined keywords "rat pancreatectomy" and "rat pancreas resection". The following parameters ...
Objective: to report the group's experience with a series of patients undergoing pancreatic resection presenting null mortality rates. Methods: we prospectively studied 50 consecutive patients undergoing pancreatic resections for peri-ampullary or pancreatic diseases. Main local complications were def...
Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory process with systemic and local repercussions. Most cases are mild with a low mortality rate, but 20% of patients have severe pancreatitis, with a mortality rate up to 30%. Throughout the years, the medical community has tried to reach a consensus about this disease ...
O objetivo deste estudo foi o de comparar a concordância diagnóstica da CPRE Colangiopancreatografia Retrógrada Endoscópica com a CPRM (Colangiopancreatografia por Ressonância Magnética), como também analisar sensibilidade, especificidade, valores preditivos positivos e a estratégia de indicaçä...
Pharmacotherapy of upper gastrointestinal motility: antifoaming drugs, anti-inflammatory agents in gastroenterology and drugs used in affections of pancreas
O traumatismo esplênico é freqüente em nosso meio. Nos últimos anos tem se dadoênfase à conservaçäo explênica, em substituiçäo à esplenectomia. Apresentamos um caso de esfacelamento esplênico após traumatismo abdominal em criança de 10 anos, na qual realizamos implante autólogo heterotóp...
