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Indivíduos com doenças genéticas raras que afetam o desenvolvimento esquelético: vulnerabilidade aos problemas bucais

Os indivíduos com doenças genéticas raras podem apresentar alterações no sistema nervoso e/ou musculoesquelético, inclusive comprometimento cognitivo, distúrbios neuropsicomotores, más formações craniofaciais e alterações oclusais e dentárias. Posição alterada dos dentes na arcada, alteraÃ...

Duality of living with systemic lupus erythematosus: fluctuating between "good days" and "bad days"

ABSTRACT Objective: to learn the perception of individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus about living with the disease. Method: an exploratory and descriptive research study, of a qualitative nature, carried out with 26 individuals undergoing treatment at the rheumatology outpatient clinic of a uni...

Primary angiosarcoma of the oral cavity in a young adult

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
Angiosarcoma is a rare neoplasm, constituting only 2% of all the soft tissue tumors and most frequently involves the skin of the head and neck region in elderly males. They are extremely aggressive tumors with high rates of metastasis and poor outcomes. We report a unique case of angiosarcoma involving a...

Primary pituitary tuberculosis

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that involves any organ. However, the primary pituitary tuberculosis is an extremely rare disease. Intracranial tuberculomas account for 0.15-5% of intracranial space-occupying lesions, of which, pituitary as the primary site is unusual, and easily misdiagnosed as pi...

De novo chronic lymphocytic leukemia/prolymphocytic leukemia or B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia? The importance of integrating clinico-morphological and immunophenotypic findings in distinguishing chronic lymphoproliferative diseases with circulating phase

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (B-PLL) is an extremely rare disease, accounting for approximately 1% of the lymphocytic leukemias. B-PLL generally occurs in older people. It is characterized by the presence of more than 55% prolymphocytes in the peripheral blood (PB), no or minimal lymphadenopathy, massi...

Giant epidermal inclusion cyst of the thyroid: a rare occurrence

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
Epidermal inclusion cyst (EIC) of the thyroid is extremely rare in the clinical practice. A handful of cases have been documented in the past in the world literature. A giant EIC of the thyroid is hitherto unreported. This lesion may arise from the squamous metaplasia of the thyroid follicular cells. Tho...

Perfil farmacoeconômico do tratamento da fibrose pulmonar idiopática demandado por idosos no estado do Pará

Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo foi realizar o levantamento de custo dos medicamentos antifibróticos para o tratamento da fibrose pulmonar idiopática no estado do Pará. Métodos: Trata-se de uma pesquisa documental do tipo descritiva, retrospectiva e quantitativa, referente às tecnologias pirfenido...

Miositis por cuerpos de inclusión esporádica
Sporadic inclusion body myositis

Rev. cuba. med; 60 (supl.1), 2021
A pesar de ser la miopatía primaria más frecuente en hombres mayores de 50 años de edad, la miositis por cuerpos de inclusión (MCI) esporádica es una enfermedad rara. En muchas ocasiones su diagnóstico es retrasado por lo que se refuerza la importancia de una adecuada valoración clínica e indicac...

Terahertz Spectroscopy Applied to Diagnostics in Public Health: A Review

Braz. arch. biol. technol; 64 (spe), 2021
Abstract Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy is an emerging technology that is that is bringing a number of technical breakthroughs in several scientific applications. This review aimed to describe potential applications of THz spectroscopy at the biochemistry and molecules detection for food industry, environm...