Abstract Acute localized exanthematous pustulosis is a localized variant of acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, which is characterized by the eruption of multiple scattered pustules following drug administration. A 72-year-old woman presented with multiple erythematous pustules on her face, which...
Abstract Squamoid eccrine ductal carcinoma is an eccrine carcinoma subtype, and only twelve cases have been reported until now. It is a rare tumor and its histopathological diagnosis is difficult. Almost half of patients are misdiagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma by the incisional biopsy. We report the ...
Ebrahim, Karina Corrêa;
Alves, Júlia Barazetti;
Tomé, Lísias de Araújo;
Moraes, Carlos Floriano de;
Gaspar, Arianne Ditzel;
Franck, Karin Fernanda;
Hussein, Mohamad Ali;
Cruz, Lucas Raiser da;
Ebrahim, Leonardo Duque;
Sidney, Luis Felipe de Oliveira.
Abstract Human scabies affects all social classes and different races around the world. It is highly contagious, but the exact figures on its prevalence are unknown. A 19-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency room reporting fever (38°C) and multiple lesions throughout the body, except face...
Abstract Granuloma faciale is a chronic, benign, cutaneous vasculitis with well-established clinical and morphological patterns, but with an unknown etiology. This study describes clinical and pathologic aspects of patients diagnosed with granuloma faciale. The authors analyzed demographic, clinical, mor...
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Biopsies are used after liver transplantation to evaluate fibrosis. This study aimed to evaluate the elasticity of transplanted livers by means of a non-invasive examination, acoustic radiation force imaging (ARFI) elastography, correlating the results with the histologi...
Biopsia/métodos,
Estudios Transversales,
Diagnóstico por Imagen de Elasticidad/métodos,
Hígado/diagnóstico por imagen,
Hígado/patología,
Cirrosis Hepática/diagnóstico por imagen,
Cirrosis Hepática/etiología,
Cirrosis Hepática/patología,
Trasplante de Hígado/efectos adversos,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas
ABSTRACT Background The diagnosis of H. pylori infection can be performed by non-invasive and invasive methods.The identification through a fecal antigen test is a non-invasive, simple, and relatively inexpensive test. Objective To determine the diagnostic performance of fecal antigen test in the ident...
Antígenos Bacterianos/análisis,
Biopsia,
Cromatografía de Afinidad,
Endoscopía,
Heces/química,
Heces/microbiología,
Infecciones por Helicobacter/diagnóstico,
Helicobacter pylori/inmunología,
Helicobacter pylori/aislamiento & purificación,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad
Kaushik, Dharam;
Boorjian, Stephen A;
Thompson, R. Houston;
Eisenberg, Manuel S;
Carlson, Rachel E;
Bergstralh, Eric J;
Frank, Igor;
Gettman, Matthew T;
Tollefson, Matthew K;
Karnes, R. Jeffrey.
ABSTRACT Objectives: Radical prostatectomy (RP) for locally advanced prostate cancer may reduce the risk of metastasis and cancer-specific death. Herein, we evaluated the outcomes for patients with pT4 disease treated with RP. Materials and methods: Among 19,800 men treated with RP at Mayo Clinic from ...
Biopsia,
Supervivencia sin Enfermedad,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Análisis Multivariante,
Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/patología,
Estadificación de Neoplasias,
Antígeno Prostático Específico,
Prostatectomía/estadística & datos numéricos,
Neoplasias de la Próstata/mortalidad,
Neoplasias de la Próstata/patología,
Neoplasias de la Próstata/cirugía,
Estados Unidos/epidemiología
Abstract Subungual melanoma represents 20% of all melanomas in Hispanic population. Here, we report the outcome of 15 patients with in situ subungual melanoma treated with resection of the nail unit with a 5-mm margin without amputation, followed up for 55.93 ± 43.08 months. The most common complication...
Melanoma/cirugía,
Enfermedades de la Uña/cirugía,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/cirugía,
Biopsia,
Dermoscopía,
Estudios de Seguimiento,
Melanoma/patología,
Enfermedades de la Uña/patología,
Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología,
Factores de Tiempo,
Resultado del Tratamiento
Introducción: existen evidencias de la participación de ciertos genotipos del Helicobacter pylori con patologías más severas. Objetivo: determinar la frecuencia del gen cagA y las variantes alélicas de la citotoxina vacA del Helicobacter pylori en un grupo de pacientes dispépticos, así como el da...