Cardiac lymphoma is a rare entity. In this setting, the secondary involvement of the heart is far more frequent than the primary cardiac lymphoma. Herein, we present an autopsy case of a disseminated anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma with a dominant mediastinal invo...
Introduction Acute liver failure (ALF) due to diffuse infiltrating solid malignancy without any focal lesions on radiographic imaging is rare. Case report A 70-year-old man was admitted due to mental confusion, abdominal pain, and ALF. Three years before, he had undergone a left nephrectomy for urotheli...
Marques-Piubelli, Mario L;
Sales, Gabriel Teixeira Montezuma;
Clemente, Letícia Campos;
Rosa, Lidiane Inês;
Savioli, Mariana Lorenzi;
Alvim, Ricardo Pires;
Moreira, Raquel Megale;
Frassetto, Fernando Pereira;
Nascimento, Ellen Caroline Toledo do;
Siqueira, Sheila Aparecida Coelho.
Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKTL-NT) is a rare type of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which usually presents with extranodal involvement and affects the nasal/upper aerodigestive tract in the classical presentation. Herein, we report the case of a 31-year-old, previously healthy, male patient di...
Infections caused by uncommon and resistant pathogens in unusual sites have been increasingly reported in medical literature. We describe four cases of rare cytological findings and clinical impact for patients. In the first case, Aspergillus sp and Pneumocystis jirovecii were observed in the bronchoalve...
Líquido Ascítico/parasitología,
Aspergillus/aislamiento & purificación,
Líquido del Lavado Bronquioalveolar/microbiología,
Enfermedades Transmisibles/diagnóstico,
Citodiagnóstico/métodos,
Resultado Fatal,
Derrame Pleural/parasitología,
Pneumocystis carinii/aislamiento & purificación,
Strongyloides/aislamiento & purificación,
Estrongiloidiasis/diagnóstico,
Trichomonas/aislamiento & purificación,
Tricomoniasis/diagnóstico
Rheumatic heart disease is still common in developing countries and requires prompt intervention to prevent chronic complications. Vegetations in rheumatic heart disease might be due to acute episodes of rheumatic fever itself or due to either infective endocarditis (IE) or Non-infectious thrombotic endo...
Congenital medulloblastoma is a rare brain tumor that appears in less than 1% of pediatric patients. Congenital medulloblastoma has a poor prognosis and should be suspected in patients with clinical manifestations of hyporeactivity, slow suction reflexes, and the presence of hydrocephalus. Herein we pres...
Objetivo: o mieloma múltiplo é uma neoplasia maligna progressiva de células B, caracterizada pela proliferaçãodesregulada e clonal de plasmócitos na medula óssea. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo descreverum caso clínico de mieloma múltiplo diagnosticado pelo cirurgião-dentista. Descriçã...
O mieloma múltiplo é uma neoplasia progressiva e incurável de
células B, caracterizado pela proliferação desregulada e clonal de
plasmócitos na medula óssea. A síndrome de hiperviscosidade é
uma das complicações relacionadas às gamopatias monoclonais,
sendo considerada emergência oncol...
Viscosidad Sanguínea,
Mieloma Múltiple/diagnóstico por imagen,
Melena/etiología,
Radiografía,
Mielografía,
Electroforesis de las Proteínas Sanguíneas,
Mieloma Múltiple/sangre,
gammaglobulinas/análisis,
Microglobulina beta-2/análisis,
Fármacos Cardiovasculares/uso terapéutico,
Hipergammaglobulinemia/diagnóstico,
Mieloma Múltiple/complicaciones,
Hipergammaglobulinemia/etiología,
Mieloma Múltiple/tratamiento farmacológico,
Neoplasias de Células Plasmáticas/complicaciones,
Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico,
Dexametasona/uso terapéutico,
Isquemia/complicaciones,
Intestinos/irrigación sanguínea,
Obstrucción Intestinal/etiología,
Perforación Intestinal/etiología,
Isquemia/cirugía,
Cuidados Paliativos,
Resultado Fatal
