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Enfermedades desmielinizantes en niños: Encefalomielitis diseminada aguda y esclerosis múltiple
Demyelinizing diseases in children. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (supl.3), 2019
Se revisan dos de las principales enfermedades desmielinizantes en niños, la encefalomielitis aguda diseminada (EAD) y la esclerosis múltiple (EM). Por sus características fisiopatológicas, etiologías probables, manifestaciones clínicas, diagnóstico, tratamiento, pronóstico, evolución, así como...

Adenoma pleomorfo originado en pared lateral nasal: reporte de un caso clínico

RESUMEN El adenoma pleomorfo constituye la neoplasia benigna más frecuente de las glándulas salivales mayores, y puede también presentarse en otros sitios con mucha menor frecuencia como orofaringe, hipofaringe y nasofaringe. El adenoma pleomorfo intranasal es muy infrecuente y los casos descritos en ...

Sella turcica 3t magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of cushing's disease in children: two case reports

ABSTRACT Objective: To present two clinical cases of pediatric Cushing disease caused by adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting pituitary adenomas, which were diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging using 3 Tesla technology. Case description: Two cases of Cushing disease in 9-year-old children are rep...

Disc stability after condylar discopexy with open surgery technique: a case report

Of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pathologies, temporomandibular disorders (TMD) of discdisplacement present several clinical signs and symptoms, the main ones being joint pain me-asured with the visual analogue scale (VAS) reporting on average VAS>6, and functional inca-pacity measured in mm of mouth...

Functional magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of the elastic properties of ascending aortic aneurysm

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the aortic wall elasticity using the maximal rate of systolic distension (MRSD) and maximal rate of diastolic recoil (MRDR) and their correlation with the aortic size index (ASI). Methods: Forty-eight patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm were enrolled in this study. A ...

Structural and functional neuroimaging studies in generalized anxiety disorder: a systematic review

Objectives: Brain imaging studies carried out in patients suffering from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have contributed to better characterize the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this disorder. The present study reviews the available functional and structural brain imaging evidence on GAD, ...

Is possible to rule out clinically significant prostate cancer using PI-RADS v2 for the assessment of prostate MRI?

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic performance and interobserver agreement of PI-RADS v2. Materials and Methods In this Institutional Review Board approved single-center retrospective study, 98 patients with clinically suspected PCa who underwent 3-T multiparametric MRI followed by MRI/TR...

Thyroid-like follicular carcinoma of the kidney presenting on a ten year-old prepubertal girl

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT The very rare thyroid-like carcinoma of the kidney (TLCK) is microscopically similar to thyroid follicular cell carcinoma (TFCC). Differential diagnosis with secondary thyroid tumors depends on non-reactivity to immunohistochemical (IHC) markers for TFCC (thyroglobulin - TG and TTF1). We herein ...

Detection of clinically significant prostate cancer with PI-RADS v2 scores, PSA density, and ADC values in regions with and without mpMRI visible lesions

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose To determine if PSAD, PSADtz, and ADC values improve the accuracy of PI-RADS v2 and identify men whose concurrent systematic biopsy detects clinically significant cancer on areas without mpMRI visible lesions. Materials and methods Single reference-center, cross-sectional, retrospecti...

Enfermedad carotídea aterosclerosa y enfermedad de sustancia blanca en sujetos sin historia de infarto cerebral o isquemia cerebral transitoria

Gac. méd. Méx; 155 (4), 2019
Resumen Introducción: La enfermedad carotídea aterosclerosa (ECA) es un factor de riesgo importante para enfermedad vascular cerebral. Objetivo: Analizar la asociación entre factores de riesgo vascular mayores con ECA y leucopatía cerebral en pacientes sin historia de ictus isquémico. Método: Se...