Undifferentiated or anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is rare and one of the most aggressive human malignancies. The tumor is usually voluminous and fast-growing and mostly affects older women. The most common sites of distant metastases are the lungs, brain, and bones. Herein, we describe the case of a...
Resumo: Introdução: Além de demorada, a mentoria em Medicina ocorre em vários níveis e é complexa, pois pode incluir várias combinações de ensino, prática clínica, atendimento ao paciente e pesquisa. Relato de experiência: Trata-se de um relato de experiência individual de uma mentorada em...
Objetivo: identificar os fatores associados ao tempo da morte de vítimas de trauma. Método: coorte retrospectiva que analisou laudos de autópsia de vítimas de trauma admitidas em 2015 no Instituto Médico Legal Central de São Paulo, Brasil. O tempo da morte foi identificado a partir do momento da oc...
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...
Whipple's Disease, a rare diagnosis caused by the slow-growing bacterium Tropheryma whipplei, most often presents with the classically described signs of malabsorption due to gastrointestinal colonization. However, it can also have signs and symptoms that clinically overlap with rheumatic diseases, poten...
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...
The novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is responsible for thousands of deaths worldwide, especially in Brazil, currently one of the leading countries in number of infections and deaths. The beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil is uncertain due to the low number of tests done in the country. The...
