Objectives: The objective of the study was to evaluate the therapeutic itinerary of patients treated in a specialized center, including its trajectory in seeking treatment and their clinical and epidemiological characteristics. Methods: This is a cross-sectional prospective descriptive study; patients w...
Anorectal melanomas should be characterized by location (anal, rectal and anorectal), color, size, shape and mobility and microscopically, by melanocyte subtypes, grade of melanin pigmentation, junctional changes in the squamous epithelium, atypical mitotic index, cellular atypia, inflammatory infiltrate...
The value of PET (Positron Emission Tomography) in colorectal cancer is presented. PET is a novel technique that uses F-18-FDG (fluorodeoxiglucose) to assess glucose metabolism by whole body imaging. It has been demonstrated that malignant cells have both increase of glucose uptake and utilization. In co...
El objetivo es analizar la conducta tomada con dos pacientes portadoras de cáncer de colon con desnutrición grave que no mejoró con las medidas nutricionales habituales. Se presentan los casos clínicos de dos pacientes describiendo su cuadro clínico, los balances nutricionales y los aportes para rev...
Objetivo. Avaliar a ocorrência de lipomas colorretais, métodos diagnósticos e conduta terapêutica, com o intuito de estabelecer normas no atendimento dos portadores desta afecçäo. Casuística e Métodos. Revisadas autópsias feitas em período de 6 anos e estudados os prontuários de portadores de ...
Objetivo. Determinar la frecuencia de adenomas, así como la sensibilidad, expecificidad, valor predictivo positivo y negativo de la SF en la detección temprana de pólipos, en dos grupos de pacientes asintomáticos, tomando como estándar de oro a la colonoscopia (CP). Antecedentes. La sigmoidoscopia f...
