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Perforación esofágica cervical tardía por rotura y desplazamiento de placa de artrodesis cervical anterior

Rev. chil. cir; 70 (5), 2018
Resumen Introducción: La perforación esofágica es una posible complicación de la artrodesis cervical anterior. Sin embargo, estas suelen ocurrir intraoperatoriamente o en el posoperatorio precoz. Caso clínico: Mujer de 35 años sometida, 3 años antes, a artrodesis de C3-C5, que tras sufrir un tra...

Equinococosis quística músculo-esquelética primaria de evolución crónica

Rev. chil. infectol; 35 (6), 2018
Resumen La equinococosis quística es una zoonosis parasitaria crónica de alta prevalencia en Chile. Se presenta el caso clínico de un varón de 66 años, proveniente de la Región del Maule, con una equinococosis quística músculo-esquelética. Consultó por dolor, aumento de volumen y una fístula e...

Clinical perspectives of PSMA PET/MRI for prostate cancer

Clinics; 73 (supl.1), 2018
Prostate cancer imaging has become an important diagnostic modality for tumor evaluation. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) has been extensively studied, and the results are robust and promising. The advent of the PET/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has added m...

Current state of multiparameter magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate is an imaging method that has shown increasing relevance in urological practice. Due to technological evolution of scanners and the introduction of functional sequences, it has enabled greater accuracy in detection and characterization of prostate tumor...

Carcinoid syndrome: update on the pathophysiology and treatment

Clinics; 73 (supl.1), 2018
Approximately 30-40% of patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors present with carcinoid syndrome, which is a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with the secretion of several humoral factors. Carcinoid syndrome significantly and negatively affects patients' quality of life; increases costs ...

Electroacupuncture ameliorate learning and memory by improving N -acetylaspartate and glutamate metabolism in APP/PS1 mice

Biol. Res; 51 (), 2018
OBJECTIVE: To explore the precise mechanism of electroacupuncture (EA) to delay cognitive impairment in Alzheimer disease. Methods N -Acetylaspartate (NAA), glutamate (Glu) and myoinositol (mI) metabolism were measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy, learning and memory of APP/PS1 mouse was evaluate...

Interregional correlations of glucose metabolism between the basal ganglia and different cortical areas: an ultra-high resolution PET/MRI fusion study using 18F-FDG

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (1), 2018
Basal ganglia have complex functional connections with the cerebral cortex and are involved in motor control, executive functions of the forebrain, such as the planning of movement, and cognitive behaviors based on their connections. The aim of this study was to provide detailed functional correlation pa...

Abscesos y fístulas perianales en enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal: manejo actualizado

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects the intestinal bowel in a transmural way presenting with fistulizing phenotypes with abnormal communication between two epithelial surfaces. In perianal Crohn’s disease, there are fistulizing tracts between the anal canal and perianal skin...

The molar tooth sign and the bat wing appearance in Joubert syndrome

Clin. biomed. res; 38 (1), 2018

Apoplejía hipofisaria en posoperatorio inmediato de cirugía cardiaca: a propósito de un caso

Rev. chil. anest; 47 (3), 2018
Pituitary apoplexy is caused by ischemia or hemorrhage and is considered a medical emergency. A percentage of undiagnosed pituitary adenomas may be diagnosed in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery. The clinical picture is a consequence of the increase in pressure which causes compression on cereb...