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The role of nasopharyngeal examination and biopsy in the diagnosis of malignant diseases

Abstract Introduction: In direct proportion to the increasing rate of nasopharynx examinations applied, the early diagnosis and treatment of lesions in this region is possible. At times the clinical findings and the biopsy results are not consistent, so biopsies may have to be repeated. Objectives: The...

Debut de adenocarcinoma de próstata en adenopatía cervical metastásica: reporte de caso clínico

Rev. méd. Maule; 34 (1), 2019
INTRODUCTION: Prostatic carcinoma is a tumor that occurs mainly in men older than 50 years. More than 95% correspond to adenocarcinomas and their degree of tumor differentiation is related to metastasis and death. Becausemetastasis to cervical lymphatics is infrequent and with worse survival, a clinical ...

Anesthesia for muscle biopsy to test susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 69 (4), 2019
Abstract Introduction Malignant hyperthermia is an autosomal dominant pharmacogenetic disorder, characterized by hypermetabolic crisis triggered by halogenated anesthetics and/or succinylcholine. The standard method for diagnosing malignant hyperthermia susceptibility is the in vitro muscle contracture ...

Case 4/2019 - 26-Year-Old Man with Congenital Chagas Disease and Heart Transplantation

Arq. bras. cardiol; 113 (2), 2019

Spontaneous gas in a retroperitoneal mass: check the testis!

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Testicular germ cell tumor is the most common cancer in 20-to 35-years-old men. There are known risk factors such as undescended testicle(s) and history of testicular cancer. Most lesions are germ cell tumors with two main subtypes: seminomas and non-seminomatous germ cell tumors....

Plasmocitoma solitario de costilla como presentación inicial de mieloma múltiple: reporte de un caso

Rev. cir. (Impr.); 71 (4), 2019
Resumen Introducción: El 50% de los tumores de pared torácica son malignos, dentro de los que destaca el plasmocitoma de costilla. Objetivo: Presentar un caso clínico que debutó inicialmente como un plasmocitoma de costilla, y que terminó presentándose como mieloma múltiple. Materiales y Métod...

Clinical-histopathological profile of the frontal fibrosing alopecia: a retrospective study of 16 cases of a university hospital

An. bras. dermatol; 94 (4), 2019
Abstract: Background: Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a condition of unknown origin, histologically similar to classic lichen planopilaris and generally observed in postmenopausal women with alopecia of the frontal-temporal hairline. Objectives: To describe the clinical, dermatoscopic, and histopathologi...

Combined high-frequency and Doppler ultrasound in early diagnosis of atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini

An. bras. dermatol; 94 (4), 2019
Abstract: Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini is a skin disorder affecting dermal collagen and is clinically characterized by well-defined plaques of depressed skin. Histopathological changes are subtle, and in most cases, the diagnosis requires a comparative study with healthy skin from the same anatomic...

Pemphigus vegetans with isolated involvement of the nose and chest: rare variant of pemphigus vulgaris

An. bras. dermatol; 94 (4), 2019
Abstract: Pemphigus vulgaris is chronic bullous disease that manifests as bullae and erosions of skin and mucosas, with intraepidermal suprabasal cleft formation seen in the histological examination. It has a rare variant called pemphigus vegetans, where vesicles and bullae are replaced by pustular, verr...