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Adenoma pleomórfico em mucosa jugal: relato de caso clínico

O adenoma pleomórfico é uma neoplasia benigna de glândulas salivares, que acomete, com maior frequência, mulheres entre a 4ª e a 6ª década de vida. Por ser assintomática, ela normalmente é descoberta em exames físicos de rotina, durante a palpação. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo relatar...

Performance of conventional cytology and colposcopy for the diagnosis of cervical squamous and glandular neoplasias

Abstract Objective To estimate the cytological and colposcopic performances for the diagnosis of cervical neoplasias. Methods Cross-sectional retrospective study with data from patients' charts. The participants underwent colposcopy, guided biopsies, and excision when needed. The cytological and colp...

Biopsias percutáneas en pacientes jóvenes menores de 35 años: correlación anátomo-radiológica

Rev. argent. mastología; 37 (135), 2018
Introducción El cáncer de mama es el más frecuente en mujeres, aunque es de baja incidencia en pacientes jóvenes. Objetivos Analizar retrospectivamente las biopsias realizadas en pacientes menores de 35 años, en el Grupo Médico Rostagno en el período comprendido entre enero de 2010 y enero de 2015...

Vasculitis of small and large vessels, a casual association?

SUMMARY The authors report a case of a 69-year-old man with idiopathic leukocytoclastic cutaneous vasculitis. For three years, the lesions recurred with progressive worsening and were associated with systemic manifestations of low-grade fever, weight loss and raised inflammatory markers. The patient latt...

Diagnosis and management of hypercalcemia associated with silicone-induced granuloma

SUMMARY Hypercalcemia associated with silicone-induced granuloma is a rare disease. Diagnosis can be tricky as it is established after ruling out other hypercalcemia-causing entities. In addition, management is customized depending on the patient's wishes and possible solutions. We present a male bodybui...

Proteinuria persistente en pacientes pediátricos, caracterización histopatológica y su influencia en la progresión de la enfermedad renal crónica

Med. U.P.B; 37 (1), 2018
Objetivo: describir los hallazgos histopatológicos y la progresión a enfermedad renal crónica de los pacientes sometidos a biopsia renal en un hospital de referencia de la ciudad de Medellín entre 2005 y 2014. Metodología: estudio descriptivo retrospectivo. Se revisaron historias clínicas de pacien...

Osteotomia Le Fort I para tratamento cirúrgico do angiofibroma juvenil nasofaríngeo: relato de três casos

O angiofibroma juvenil nasofaríngeo é um tumor benigno altamente vascularizado, de crescimento lento, mas localmente invasivo e destrutivo. De baixa prevalência, geralmente se localiza na nasofaringe de indivíduos jovens do gênero masculino. As características clínicas mais comuns são obstrução...

Histomorphometric reference data of transiliac bone biopsy in children from 8 to 17 years old

Abstract: Background: Histomorphometric analysis of bone samples is a key tool for studying bone metabolism; however, only a few pediatric reference data exist. The aim of the present study is to report more reference data and to investigate if histomorphometric differences exist between age and gender...

Duodenal pathologies in children: a single-center experience

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 94 (3), 2018
Abstract Objective Several studies have been performed concerning pathologies of the stomach and esophagus in the pediatric age group. However, there have been very few studies of duodenal pathologies in children. The authors aimed to examine the clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological characteristi...

Molecular diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Acre State in the Amazonian Region of Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION This study proposes to identify the Leishmania species found in the skin lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) patients from Brasiléia municipality (Acre). METHODS Skin biopsy imprints or biopsy fragments were assayed via kDNA-PCR/RFLP and FRET-real-time PCR. RESULTS Of ind...