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Limb Length Discrepancy on an 11-Month-Old Boy with Osteoid Osteoma

Abstract Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor that frequently occurs between the ages of 10 and 25 years old; in about 80% of the patients, it is associated with intense pain. The present article describes the case of an 11-month-old infant with claudication, right lower limb shortening, and painless r...

Paget's disease of the breast without associated ductal carinoma: Case report and review of the literature

RESUMEN Objetivo: presentar un caso de enfermedad de Paget (EP) de la mama, sin carcinoma ductal asociado, y realizar una revisión de literatura respecto a su diagnóstico y tratamiento. Materiales y métodos: mujer de 59 años, con lesión pruriginosa, eritematosa y ulcerada crónica, en pezón izqui...

Macroglobulinemia de Waldenström: experiencia de 15 años en el Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (3), 2019
Background: Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is an uncommon indolent B-cell lymphoma, due to the proliferation of lymphoplasmacytic cells, and secretion of a monoclonal IgM protein. Aim: To evaluate the clinical characteristics, management and results of treatment of patients with WM at a public hosp...

Recurrencia de Síndrome de Goodpasture con negativización de anticuerpos anti-membrana basal glomerular: caso clínico

Rev. méd. Chile; 147 (3), 2019
Goodpasture Syndrome is described as a single episode disease entity. It is diagnosed with the demonstration of antiglomerular basement (anti-GBM) antibodies in plasma or renal tissue. Although the recurrence of anti-GBM disease is rare, it has been reported in up to 3% of cases. Recurrence with negative...

Leucocyte Platelet Rich Fibrin with Autologous Gingival Fibroblasts in the Treatment of Adjacent Recession Defects

ABSTRACT: Periodontium can submit changes that lead to loss of integrity, such as periodontal disease, immune disorders or traumatic brushing. One of the most common consequences resulting from these events is the apical migration of gingival marginal tissue. Among biomaterials used for periodontal tissu...

Tendências temporais da prevalência de Helicobacter pylori em Itajaí - SC: um estudo retrospectivo de 25 anos baseado em banco de dados endoscópicos

Arq. gastroenterol; 56 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is strongly associated with the development of gastric adenocarcinoma. Currently, the prevalence in developed countries is 40%, but this value increases considerably in developing countries, which can reach rates bigger than 90%. OBJECTIVE: The o...

Correlação entre a circunferência do pescoço e resistência a insulina em pacientes com DHGNA

Arq. gastroenterol; 56 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance, especially that induced by obesity, plays a central role in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Although the evaluation of overweight patients is important, the nutritional assessment tools used in clinical practice have limitations. Neck circu...

Hairy tongue: differential diagnosis by use of widefield optical fluorescence

Braz. dent. j; 30 (2), 2019
Abstract Hairy tongue is a benign pathology, characterized clinically by hyperkeratinized plaques on the dorsal surface of the tongue, hairlike, whose coloration ranges from unpigment, whitish, yellowish, green, brown to black. Diagnosis is clinical, and, in cases of whitish plaques, it may be difficult ...

An atypical presentation of a severe and massive atheroembolic disease

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Atheroembolic renal disease (AERD) is a kidney manifestation of atherosclerosis as a systemic disease. AERD is defined as a renal impairment secondary to embolization of cholesterol crystals with consequent occlusion of renal vascularization. The current case report describes one patient with mu...