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Miomectomía en gestante de 14 semanas: a propósito de un caso
Myomectomy in a 14-week pregnant woman: about a case

ANTECEDENTES: La prevalencia de los miomas uterinos en la gestación es de 0,3 a 2,6% de los cuales un 10% se complican durante el embarazo. El manejo quirúrgico de los miomas en la gestación se reserva solo para los casos complicados. CASO CLÍNICO: Paciente de 36 años, primigesta, que consulta a las...

Glaucoma secundário a fístula carótido-cavernosa

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 75 (2), 2016
RESUMO As fístulas carótido-cavernosas são uma causa rara, porém grave, de glaucoma secundário por aumento da pressão venosa episcleral. Apresenta-se um caso de uma mulher de 72 anos, negra, atendida no Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (HC-UFTM) com dor, sensaçã...

Paracoccidioidomicosis diseminada: Presentación como lesión pseudotumoral cerebral
Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis. Presentation as pseudotumoral cerebral injury

Medicina (B.Aires); 76 (2), 2016

Lesión osteolítica de calota por sífilis secundaria

Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (2), 2016
Bone involvement of syphilis can be observed in tertiary and congenital syphilis. It is infrequent during the secondary stage. The skull is the most affected bone in secondary syphilis, and its most frequent form of presentation is proliferative osteitis. If the skull is affected, headache is usual and c...

Hemangioblastoma cerebeloso y trombocitopenia: reporte de caso

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (4), 2016
The association between vascular tumors and thrombocytopenia is rare. Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome is seen in childhood and is characterized by hemangiomas and thrombocytopenia. A 42 years-old man with a cerebellar hemangioblastoma and thrombocytopenia, admitted with a subarachnoid hemorrhage is reported. T...

Impact of neoadjuvant therapy in downstaging of lower rectal adenocarcinoma and the role of pelvic magnetic resonance in staging

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 43 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effect of neoadjuvant therapy on the stage (TNM) of patients with rectal adenocarcinoma and validate the use of MRI as a method of determining locoregional stage. Methods: we conducted a retrospective study of 157 patients with lower rectum adenocarcinoma, whom we d...

Isolated plexiform neurofibroma mimicking a vascular lesion

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (2), 2016
Abstract Plexiform neurofibromas are benign tumors originating from peripheral nerve sheaths, generally associated with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). They are diffuse, painful and sometimes locally invasive, generating cosmetic problems. This report discusses an adolescent patient who presented with an...

Synchronous gynecologic cancer and the use of imaging for diagnosis

Summary Endometrial and cervical cancers are the most prevalent gynecologic neoplasms. While endometrial cancer occurs in older women, cervical cancer is more prevalente in young subjects. The most common clinical manifestation in these two gynecological cancers is vaginal bleeding. In the first case, di...

Imaging features of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis – Case report

Summary Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a rare disorder of unknown etiology. This disease occurs mostly in young women and often after the lactation period. Women usually present with a fixed, painful mass, sparing the retroareolar region, associated with skin thickening and possible ulceration that...

Brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis: therapeutic, cognitive and clinical impact

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) was always considered as a white matter inflammatory disease. Today, there is an important body of evidence that supports the hypothesis that gray matter involvement and the neurodegenerative mechanism are at least partially independent from inflammation. Gray matter atro...